# Best way to generate static pages **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 3, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-generate-static-pages/182820 "2010-02-03T08:58:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ct9a)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-generate-static-pages/182820/1 "2010-02-03T08:58:53Z")
hi, guys I tried using Thoughtbot’s High-Voltage to generate static pages in my app. For some reason, I can’t seem to make it work cause it keeps redirecting to one of my search pages. Anyway, I can’t seem to find more info in the documentation of high-voltage. There was some mention of “danger” in the docs but that’s about it. I have googled on how to generate static pages using rails but can’t find anything useful. I guess for the moment, i will have to create a controller (named after the static resource, “about\_us”) followed by a corresponding file in the view. Anyway, can anyone share a good way of generating static pages? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ct9a)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-generate-static-pages/182820/2 "2010-02-03T15:21:43Z")
ct9a wrote: > hi, guys > I tried using Thoughtbot’s High-Voltage to generate static pages in > my app. For some reason, I can’t seem to make it work cause it keeps > redirecting to one of my search pages. Anyway, I can’t seem to find > more info in the documentation of high-voltage. There was some mention > of “danger” in the docs but that’s about it. > > I have googled on how to generate static pages using rails but can’t > find anything useful. If they’re static, don’t generate them with Rails. Rails is only for generating dynamic pages. > I guess for the moment, i will have to create a controller (named > after the static resource, “about\_us”) followed by a corresponding > file in the view. No controller needed. Just put the static stuff in the public directory. > Anyway, can anyone share a good way of generating static pages? If you really want to _generate_ static pages, try StaticMatic. But I don’t think that’s what you actually meant. > Thanks! Best, –Â Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ct9a)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-generate-static-pages/182820/3 "2010-02-03T15:36:20Z")
Ryan B. (railscasts) also has an episode on the subject: > **[\#117 Semi-Static Pages - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com/episodes/117-semi-static-pages)** > > Short Ruby on Rails screencasts containing tips, tricks and tutorials. Great for both novice and experienced web developers. ---
**Author:** ![ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ct9a)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-generate-static-pages/182820/4 "2010-02-03T19:20:29Z")
On Feb 3, 2:57 am, ct9a [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I tried using Thoughtbot’s High-Voltage to generate static pages in > my app. For some reason, I can’t seem to make it work cause it keeps > redirecting to one of my search pages. Anyway, I can’t seem to find > more info in the documentation of high-voltage. There was some mention > of “danger” in the docs but that’s about it. The “Danger” reference in the docs is a joke, referring to the name of the engine, which is named after the song “High Voltage” by the Electric Six: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HD5tnb2RBYg/hqdefault.jpg "Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD5tnb2RBYg) You do not create a controller (part of the reason for using it). You should be able to: link\_to “About Us”, page\_path(“about\_us”) What is your search page’s route? What is your output when running “rake routes”? ---
**Author:** ![ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ct9a)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-generate-static-pages/182820/5 "2010-02-03T19:20:29Z")
What kind of problems are you seeing? Maybe you set it up wrong, have you seen [High Voltage](http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/160768450/high-voltage) ? Perhaps paste your routes.rb or `rake routes` and that could help too. -Nick ---
**Author:** ![ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ct9a)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-generate-static-pages/182820/6 "2010-02-03T22:48:57Z")
hi, Marnen 🙂 StaticMatic - sounds interesting. Will google and read. Cheers 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ct9a)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-generate-static-pages/182820/7 "2010-02-04T01:38:39Z")
hi Dan, thanks for the explaination. Finally clicked LOL Alas, i have remove the code that used it but i will go back to git and see what i can do. Cheers, Dan! ---
**Author:** ![ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ct9a)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-generate-static-pages/182820/8 "2010-02-04T01:43:55Z")
hey, Dan, Any intention to offer high voltage as a gem? ---
**Author:** ![ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@ct9a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ct9a)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-way-to-generate-static-pages/182820/9 "2010-02-04T02:57:04Z")
# 1)routes.rb ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| map.resources :parts, :has\_many =\> :images map.resources :parts, :has\_many =\> :fits map.set\_primary\_image ‘parts/:part\_id/images/:id/ primary’, :controller =\> ‘images’, :action =\> ‘set\_as\_primary’ map.resources :brands map.resources :makes, :has\_many =\> :vehicles map.resources :categories, :has\_many =\> :sub\_categories map.resource :account, :controller =\> “users”, :has\_one =\> ‘address’ map.resource :user\_session map.search\_form ‘/search\_form’, :controller =\> ‘search’, :action =\> ‘form’ map.search ‘/search’, :controller =\> ‘search’, :action =\> ‘perform\_search’ map.root :controller =\> “home” end # 2)Extract of “rakes” \<---------- Extract start --------------------\> (in /home/ct9a/projects/myApp) search\_form / search\_form {:controller=\>“search”, :action=\>“form”} search / search {:controller=\>“search”, :action=\>“perform\_search”} root / {:controller=\>“home”, :action=\>“index”} ``` ... page GET / ``` pages/:id(.:format) {:controller=\>“high\_voltage/pages”, :action=\>“show”} Showing all Routes - /pages/:id(.:format)? \<---------- Extract end --------------------\> 1. Error message ================ Error message on webbrowser as soon as I open up: “[http://sample.com/](http://sample.com/) pages/tester” \<---------- Extract start --------------------\> ActionController::RoutingError in High\_voltage/pages#show Showing app/views/search/\_keyword\_form.erb where line #1 raised: No route matches {:action=\>“perform\_search”, :controller=\>“high\_voltage/search”} Extracted source (around line #1): 1: \<% form\_for :search, :url =\> { :action =\> “perform\_search”, :controller =\> “search” }, :html =\> {:method =\> “get”} do |f| %\> 2: 3: 4: \<%= f.submit ‘Search’ %\> \<---------- Extract end --------------------\> For some weird reason, I do not know why the search controller is being invoked…