# Catch all error for incorrect urls etc **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 26, 2006, 8:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/catch-all-error-for-incorrect-urls-etc/94238 "2006-04-26T08:23:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dracos)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 8:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/catch-all-error-for-incorrect-urls-etc/94238/1 "2006-04-26T08:23:31Z")
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](http://www.domain.com). How do I do this? Do I do something in routes.rb? Thanks, Peter ---
**Author:** ![dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dracos)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/catch-all-error-for-incorrect-urls-etc/94238/2 "2006-04-26T16:54:34Z")
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 On 4/26/06, Peter M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – Tom D. [http://blog.atomgiant.com](http://blog.atomgiant.com) [http://gifthat.com](http://gifthat.com) ---
**Author:** ![dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dracos)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/catch-all-error-for-incorrect-urls-etc/94238/3 "2006-04-26T17:20:06Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dracos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/catch-all-error-for-incorrect-urls-etc/94238/4 "2006-04-27T02:36:15Z")
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 On 4/26/06, Peter M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On 4/26/06, Tom D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > I am changing a very standard old school website to rails. When I make > > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) > > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – Tom D. [http://blog.atomgiant.com](http://blog.atomgiant.com) [http://gifthat.com](http://gifthat.com)