# How can I render an existing complete web page within rails?

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**Created:** [June 21, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-render-an-existing-complete-web-page-within-rails/107443 "2007-06-21T21:57:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-render-an-existing-complete-web-page-within-rails/107443/1 "2007-06-21T21:57:29Z")

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I’ve looked for an answer to this but not found anything dealing with  
complete html pages.

I have a collection of complete web pages (harvested and localized by  
wget) my app classifies these and presents the user with a list and I  
would like to display the page when the user clicks a list entry.

At the moment I generate a clickable link with a full file://URL for the  
page, something of which I am deeply ashamed.

What I’d like to do is render the file with my own close button at the  
top. The page itself should be fully functional so that if the user  
clicks on links within it then control is taken away from my app.

render :file should give me a complete page and the back button will get  
back again? but can I also have a close/back button

Is life easier if I call the file .rhtml rather than html?

Bonus question: is it possible to present a scaled view of the page,  
e.g. as a mouse hover action.

Pointers to relevant documentation or howtos greatly appreciated

Ed