# Default Page Only? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 29, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-page-only/147260 "2008-08-29T23:15:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dizzyd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-page-only/147260/1 "2008-08-29T23:15:17Z")
I have installed RoR on and XP machine running XAMPP. I followed the installation steps provided from here: [http://tinyurl.com/6py2v7](http://tinyurl.com/6py2v7) and I am following a [Lynda.com](http://Lynda.com) tutorial found here: [http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=324](http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=324) I’m still VERY early in the tut and it says to create a controller called “Say”. Did that and found it in the project folder i created (railz) railz/app/controllers/say\_controller.rb I’m then told to edit the say\_controller and add: def hello end so it now looks like: class SayController \< ApplicationController def hello end end I’m then told to go to localhost:3000/say/hello and in doing so i get a 404 error. have I missed something? ---
**Author:** ![dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dizzyd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-page-only/147260/2 "2008-08-29T23:32:36Z")
DizzyD wrote: > I’m then told to go to localhost:3000/say/hello and in doing so i get > a 404 error. have I missed something? Have you started the server? ---
**Author:** ![dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dizzyd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-page-only/147260/3 "2008-08-30T00:02:15Z")
Shandy N. wrote: > Have you started the server? I have apache running, so i can run webrick at the same time. However, with you saying so, I shutdown apache and ran webrick. In doing so my pages worked! However, with apache down, the rest of my entire server was down. Do you know of a solution for this? Perhaps making ruby run on apache? ---
**Author:** ![dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dizzyd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-page-only/147260/4 "2008-08-30T00:02:42Z")
Hi, did you create a file called ‘hello.html.erb’ in your \/app/views/say directory? Good luck, -Conrad ---
**Author:** ![dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dizzyd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-page-only/147260/5 "2008-08-30T00:09:42Z")
Conrad T. wrote: > Hi, did you create a file called ‘hello.html.erb’ in your > \/app/views/say directory? > Good luck, > > -Conrad > Thanks for the reply Conrad. I’m following a tutorial from [lynda.com](http://lynda.com) and > i haven’t gotten to that point yet. The idea was to create the > controller and test, and there was supposed to be a template error. And > I assume the creation of the file was to come next. But I didn’t get > that error, just a 404. So i’ve spent the last hour trying to figure out > why, when all it was is ruby was running under apache like I thought. > And I had assumed so because the default page showed and I assumed it > was ruby working. But now i know. So I have to figure how to get it > running under my current apache configuration. ---
**Author:** ![dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dizzyd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-page-only/147260/6 "2008-08-30T00:57:44Z")
Hi, I have been able to run both Apache and Mongrel without any issues because Apache is listening on port 80 and Mongrel on port 3000. In any case, if you don’t need Apache up while learning Rails, then by all means shut it down because Mongrel is sufficient for local development. Good luck, -Conrad On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Im David ---
**Author:** ![dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dizzyd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-page-only/147260/7 "2008-08-30T13:49:40Z")
there is no server to start. Apache is running. When i visit localhost: 3000/ i get the index page. Wouldn’t that mean the server’s running? If not i’ve tried “ruby script/server” and i tries to run webrick but then i get an error, i think because of apache already running. You can see the url below: [cleanproweb.com:3000/](http://cleanproweb.com:3000/) On Aug 29, 2:32 pm, Shandy N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@dizzyd](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dizzyd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/default-page-only/147260/8 "2008-08-30T13:49:40Z")
ok, so i have apache running, but when i shut it down and run webrick, it works. But then my apache isn’t running so EVERYTHING else serverwise, is down. Any ideas? On Aug 29, 2:32 pm, Shandy N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)