# New app - where to start

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-app-where-to-start/149216>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 22, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-app-where-to-start/149216 "2008-09-22T15:58:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-app-where-to-start/149216/1 "2008-09-22T15:58:11Z")

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Well not quite new, and not quite a fresh start.

I’m just wondering what people think is a good way in general to manage  
the content of a site. I mean, I appreciate you can generate a view and  
start typing but is there a benefit in making a PageContent model and  
starting with that.

I mean for content management of some kind, e.g. I could later make use  
of stuff like @page\_title and @page\_content. How do people manage page  
content? Is something like, “./script/generate scaffold page\_content  
page\_title:string page\_content:text” a good place to start?

OR

do people just type the content into the view files, e.g.  
homepage.html.erb

What’s best?