# Need Help! after upgrade rails to 2.3.2 it show empty page **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 18, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-after-upgrade-rails-to-2-3-2-it-show-empty-page/172294 "2009-07-18T19:11:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sthapaun)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-after-upgrade-rails-to-2-3-2-it-show-empty-page/172294/1 "2009-07-18T19:11:59Z")
When I create rails app using version 2.3.2 It show nothing but empty page of localhost [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/) I notice that rails 2.3.2 doesn’t create .htaccess, dispatch.cgi, and dispatch.rb but when I’d copy all the missing file to the public folder it still doesn’t work Then I use rails version 2.0.2 to create new app, everything work fine but I need to know how to use rails 2.3.2 Any suggestion would be appreciate. I need to use this new version. Thank in advance. more info about environment if it necessary Ruby version 1.8.6 (universal-darwin9.0) RubyGems version 1.3.2 ---
**Author:** ![sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sthapaun)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-after-upgrade-rails-to-2-3-2-it-show-empty-page/172294/2 "2009-07-19T04:37:07Z")
When you browse to [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) , public/index.html will be rendered. What does your public/index.html look like? Is it producing a page with no visible content? Regards, Craig – Craig D. Mutually Human Software > **[Homepage | Mutually Human](https://www.mutuallyhuman.com/)** > > Technology Made for Humans by humans Data Analytics Data Analytics Data has become a critical part of business for most organizations. We work with you to ensure you have confidence in your data, can properly access it, and present it in a way that... ---
**Author:** ![sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sthapaun)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 9:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-after-upgrade-rails-to-2-3-2-it-show-empty-page/172294/3 "2009-07-19T09:21:53Z")
Craig D. wrote: > When you browse to [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) , public/index.html will be > rendered. What does your public/index.html look like? Is it producing a > page > with no visible content? > Regards, > Craig > > – > Craig D. > Mutually Human Software > [http://mutuallyhuman.com](http://mutuallyhuman.com) No, It’s not producing a page ---
**Author:** ![sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sthapaun)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-after-upgrade-rails-to-2-3-2-it-show-empty-page/172294/4 "2009-07-19T17:44:55Z")
Sthapaun Patinthu wrote: > Craig D. wrote: > > > When you browse to [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) , public/index.html will be > > rendered. What does your public/index.html look like? Is it producing a > > page > > with no visible content? > > Regards, > > Craig > > > > – > > Craig D. > > Mutually Human Software > > [http://mutuallyhuman.com](http://mutuallyhuman.com) > > No, It’s not producing a page Anyone Help me please! ---
**Author:** ![sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sthapaun)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-after-upgrade-rails-to-2-3-2-it-show-empty-page/172294/5 "2009-07-19T18:07:26Z")
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Sthapaun Patinthu[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Anyone Help me please! What have you done to help yourself? [http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html](http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html) Your posts don’t mention anything about: 1. checking logs 2. checking routes 3. starting a console to look for errors 4. running tests – Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid twitter: @hassan ---
**Author:** ![sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sthapaun)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-after-upgrade-rails-to-2-3-2-it-show-empty-page/172294/6 "2009-07-19T19:15:12Z")
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Sthapaun Patinthu[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > 1. checking logs > > The development.log file is empty though I had open the page, even > create another controller and make it as a default index. Did you have this problem before you “created another controller”? > > 1. checking routes > > About the routes.rb file. It’s looks normal to me Sorry, I meant run `rake routes` and see what it gives you as the route for / > > 1. running tests > > I don’t know how to do with it. > > I’d never use test but sure I’m going to learn how to use it. `rake test:units` for starters Also, it would be good to use something like the Firebug plugin for Firefox to make sure that your perceived “empty” page really is an empty response. – Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid twitter: @hassan ---
**Author:** ![sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sthapaun)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-after-upgrade-rails-to-2-3-2-it-show-empty-page/172294/7 "2009-07-19T19:04:50Z")
Hassan S. wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Sthapaun > Patinthu[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Anyone Help me please! > > What have you done to help yourself? I’m a self learning web programmer I search on the internet to find that does anyone confront with this problem, but still not found it Then I use older version of rails which I use to and found that it show welcome page normally. > [http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html](http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html) Thank! for the link, now I bookmark it already. > Your posts don’t mention anything about: > Thank again for suggest what I should do. > 1. checking logs The development.log file is empty though I had open the page, even create another controller and make it as a default index. > 1. checking routes About the routes.rb file. It’s looks normal to me ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| # a lot of comment # only these two lines uncoment map.connect ‘:controller/:action/:id’ map.connect ‘:controller/:action/:id.:format’ end > 1. starting a console to look for errors ruby script/console Loading development environment (Rails 2.3.2) > 1. running tests > I don’t know how to do with it. > I’d never use test but sure I’m going to learn how to use it. > – > Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > twitter: @hassan ---
**Author:** ![sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sthapaun)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 10:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-after-upgrade-rails-to-2-3-2-it-show-empty-page/172294/8 "2009-07-20T10:08:05Z")
Maybe you have a bluehost hosting space? I founded the same problem and the only solution, that works 4 me, is to freeze the application to the version 2.2.2. ---
**Author:** ![sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@sthapaun](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sthapaun)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-help-after-upgrade-rails-to-2-3-2-it-show-empty-page/172294/9 "2009-07-19T22:24:06Z")
I found this when creating new 2.3.2 application in routes.rb. # You can have the root of your site routed with map.root – just remember to delete public/index.html. # map.root :controller =\> “welcome” by TheR