# Rails producing the / page **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 25, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-producing-the-page/58768 "2006-04-25T19:35:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jgeggatt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-producing-the-page/58768/1 "2006-04-25T19:35:16Z")
Hi all Very simple question, im sure, but I cant find docs anywhere that tell me how to do this. What I want is for the index page of the server to be generated from rails, is [www.wibble.com/](http://www.wibble.com/) will result in a page that has been processed by rails, has the templates etc. > From what I can see, the index page comes from public/index.html How do > I get this to be a rails page? Thanks Jonathan G. ---
**Author:** ![jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jgeggatt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-producing-the-page/58768/2 "2006-04-25T19:41:17Z")
Rails pages are handled by routes, and there is no route that matches the root of the domain by default. in config/routes.rb map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> ‘my\_controller’, :action =\> ‘index’ Then delete public/index.html since it will interfer with the routing. Jonathan G. wrote: > Hi all > > Very simple question, im sure, but I cant find docs anywhere that tell > me how to do this. > > What I want is for the index page of the server to be generated from > rails, is [www.wibble.com/](http://www.wibble.com/) will result in a page that has been processed > by rails, has the templates etc. > > > From what I can see, the index page comes from public/index.html How do > > I get this to be a rails page? > > Thanks > > Jonathan G. ---
**Author:** ![jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jgeggatt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-producing-the-page/58768/3 "2006-04-25T19:41:37Z")
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:27:18AM +0800, Jonathan G. wrote: > I get this to be a rails page? > In config/routes.rb, put something like this: map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> “maincontroller”, :action =\> “index” Naturally, you will want to change the names of the controller and the action to suit your own needs. You will also want to move the current public/index.html out of the way. Dan – Daniel B. PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A \_ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ ---
**Author:** ![jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jgeggatt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-producing-the-page/58768/4 "2006-04-25T20:16:02Z")
Hi Dan > > What I want is for the index page of the server to be generated from > > rails, is [www.wibble.com/](http://www.wibble.com/) will result in a page that has been processed > > by rails, has the templates etc. > In config/routes.rb, put something like this: > > map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> “maincontroller”, :action =\> “index” So if I right, say I have a controller called home that should handle the top level of the site I would use something like : map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> “home”, :action =\> “index” Is that right? > You will also want to move the current public/index.html out of the way. I bet I forget that bit 🙂 Thanks Jonathan ---
**Author:** ![jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jgeggatt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-producing-the-page/58768/5 "2006-04-25T19:57:05Z")
Jonathan G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes: > Hi all > > Very simple question, im sure, but I cant find docs anywhere that tell > me how to do this. Search in the wiki. > What I want is for the index page of the server to be generated from > rails, is [www.wibble.com/](http://www.wibble.com/) will result in a page that has been processed > by rails, has the templates etc. > > > From what I can see, the index page comes from public/index.html How do > > I get this to be a rails page? Delete index.html and add the line below to the config/routes.rb file map.connect ‘/’, :controller =\>“my\_controller”, … ## HTH. Surendra S. [http://ssinghi.kreeti.com](http://ssinghi.kreeti.com), [http://www.kreeti.com](http://www.kreeti.com) Read my blog at: [http://cuttingtheredtape.blogspot.com/](http://cuttingtheredtape.blogspot.com/) ,---- | “War is Peace! Freedom is Slavery! Ignorance is Strength!” | – Orwell, 1984, 1948 `---- ---
**Author:** ![jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jgeggatt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-producing-the-page/58768/6 "2006-04-25T21:02:05Z")
On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 19:47 +0100, Daniel B. wrote: > > > In config/routes.rb, put something like this: > > > > > > map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> “maincontroller”, :action =\> “index” I usually put two lines in for this. It isn’t always needed but I had to have the second line for my plugin to work (broomstick). The second line will allow you to use url\_for and have it map back to the correct controller/action instead of just ‘/’. Here’s what mine looks like. map.connect ‘/maincontroller/index’, :controller =\> “maincontroller”, :action =\> “index” map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> “maincontroller”, :action =\> “index” The above allows you use url\_for to get the “long” version of the url and still lets ‘’ map back to the correct controller/action. Charlie B. [www.recentrambles.com](http://www.recentrambles.com) ---
**Author:** ![jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jgeggatt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-producing-the-page/58768/7 "2006-04-25T20:49:49Z")
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:45:23AM +0800, Jonathan G. wrote: > So if I right, say I have a controller called home that should handle > the top level of the site I would use something like : > > map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> “home”, :action =\> “index” > > Is that right? Yep, that would do it. Assuming you have the right action and view etc in place to render the home page. > > You will also want to move the current public/index.html out of the way. > > I bet I forget that bit 🙂 Heheh! If you keep getting the same index page you see now, that should at least serve to jog your memory! Dan – Daniel B. PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A \_ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ ---
**Author:** ![jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jgeggatt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jgeggatt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-producing-the-page/58768/8 "2006-04-25T21:11:22Z")
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 03:00:20PM -0400, Charlie B. wrote: > I usually put two lines in for this. It isn’t always needed but I had to have > the second line for my plugin to work (broomstick). The second line will allow > you to use url\_for and have it map back to the correct controller/action > instead of just ‘/’. Here’s what mine looks like. > > map.connect ‘/maincontroller/index’, :controller =\> “maincontroller”, :action > =\> “index” > map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> “maincontroller”, :action =\> “index” > > The above allows you use url\_for to get the “long” version of the url and still > lets ‘’ map back to the correct controller/action. Ah! That may well account for some heretofore unfathomed routing weirdness I have been seeing. Thanks, Charlie! Dan – Daniel B. PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A \_ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \