# Html into rhtml

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-into-rhtml/113592>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 2, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-into-rhtml/113592 "2007-09-02T14:35:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![demoversion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@demoversion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/demoversion)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-into-rhtml/113592/1 "2007-09-02T14:35:28Z")

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Hello,

How to render a HTML file from RHTML file?

When I used “render :file” i need to put HTML file to VIEWS folder, but  
i have static web-pages in  
“PUBLIC” folder?

Thanks for replies

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**Author:** ![demoversion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@demoversion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/demoversion)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-into-rhtml/113592/2 "2007-09-02T16:37:14Z")

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On Sep 2, 5:35 am, “Igor K.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.  
> There’s a number of good tutorials on routing and caching you can  
> google for, if you don’t want to buy the AWDR book

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**Author:** ![demoversion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@demoversion](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/demoversion)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/html-into-rhtml/113592/3 "2007-09-02T16:45:09Z")

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Igor K. wrote:

> Hello,  
> How to render a HTML file from RHTML file?  
> When I used “render :file” i need to put HTML file to VIEWS folder, but  
> i have static web-pages in  
> “PUBLIC” folder?

here’s one opt: (out of many)

use an iframe in the rhtml and render the file

\< iframe name=“html\_frame” src="/the/path/to/public/file.html" \>

(given your html’s are in the public folder)
