Catch all error for incorrect urls etc

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Hi,

I am changing a very standard old school website to rails. When I make
the change to rails, all of the old urls will not be valid. If a
person has a bookmark to an old web page I would like them to be
directed to the front page of the new website www.domain.com. How do I
do this? Do I do something in routes.rb?

Thanks,
Peter

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You could just change your public/404.html page to add a meta
redirect. I would probably recommend putting in a slight delay so
legitimate 404’s don’t cause people to be redirected without an
explanation.

Tom

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Hi Tom,

For example, a missing action error doesn’t seem to produce my
404.html page anyway.

I could use the flash and then redirect to the front of the site.
However I still don’t know where to do the “catch all”

Peter

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Hi Peter,

The 404 should work for any missing pages. One thing worth mentioning
is if you are running in development mode Rails will render a built-in
404.rhtml for missing actions. However, in production mode, it will
render the public/404.html.

For your original question about stale URLs to the old site, they
should be handled adequately by the public/404.html.

Try changing your environment to production and try it again.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Tom

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