# Rails urls **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 3, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-urls/103250 "2007-05-03T11:48:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![levent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@levent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/levent)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-urls/103250/1 "2007-05-03T11:48:19Z")
Our app dynamically publishes multiple sites for multiple clients but the urls they need are vastly different and I was wondering if rails routes could handle them dynamically somehow Right now we have a unique site\_code for each site and the site controllers live in a sites folder so the urls are [application.com/SITE\_CODE/sites/controller/action/id](http://application.com/SITE_CODE/sites/controller/action/id) The admin interface is [application.com/admin/controller/action/id](http://application.com/admin/controller/action/id) How would we get the site urls to map to combinations like: [http://poweredby.jobsgopublic.com/employername](http://poweredby.jobsgopublic.com/employername) [http://www.surreyjobs.info](http://www.surreyjobs.info) [http://jobs.lewisham.gov.uk](http://jobs.lewisham.gov.uk) [http://www.jobsgopublic.com/telegraph](http://www.jobsgopublic.com/telegraph) [http://police.jobsgopublic.com/](http://police.jobsgopublic.com/) ---
**Author:** ![levent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@levent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/levent)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-urls/103250/2 "2007-05-03T13:13:40Z")
On 5/3/07, Levent A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > The admin interface is > [http://www.jobsgopublic.com/telegraph](http://www.jobsgopublic.com/telegraph) > > [http://police.jobsgopublic.com/](http://police.jobsgopublic.com/) Nope, rails doesn’t handle this. This is not a standard setup for applications, so you’ll have to write some custom code. My publishing system Mephisto does something similar, however. Domains map to sites ([www.rubyonrails.org](http://www.rubyonrails.org), [weblog.rubyonrails.org](http://weblog.rubyonrails.org), and [prototypejs.org](http://prototypejs.org) all run on the same mongrel cluster). I use a catch-all route to handle custom paths that renders the public content. Here’s a real simplified routes file: # add admin routes first map.admin ‘admin’, :controller =\> ‘admin/overview’, :action =\> ‘index’ # put this at the bottom, it sends custom paths to this controller/action map.connect ‘\*path’, :controller =\> ‘mephisto’, :action =\> ‘dispatch’ – Rick O. [http://lighthouseapp.com](http://lighthouseapp.com) [http://weblog.techno-weenie.net](http://weblog.techno-weenie.net) [http://mephistoblog.com](http://mephistoblog.com) ---
**Author:** ![levent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@levent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/levent)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-urls/103250/3 "2007-05-03T13:24:43Z")
I’ve managed something similar to what you’re describing by using Jamis Buck’s routing\_tricks plugin [ [Buckblog: Monkey-patching Rails: Extending Routes #2](http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2006/10/26/monkey-patching-rails-extending-routes-2)]. I’m serving up multiple sites from the same app and each site served has its own routing. RSL ---
**Author:** ![levent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@levent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/levent)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-urls/103250/4 "2007-05-03T15:29:35Z")
That DynamicRouting link you posted looks interesting but it also seems to merely _mask_ the standard routes rather than let each site have its own, which Jamis’ Buck does beautifully. RSL ---
**Author:** ![levent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@levent](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/levent)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-urls/103250/5 "2007-05-03T13:36:23Z")
Russell N. wrote: > I’ve managed something similar to what you’re describing by using Jamis > Buck’s routing\_tricks plugin [ > [Buckblog: Monkey-patching Rails: Extending Routes #2](http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2006/10/26/monkey-patching-rails-extending-routes-2)]. > I’m serving up multiple sites from the same app and each site served has > its > own routing. > > RSL cheers guys… I’ll look into the Mephisto codebase as well as Jamis B.'s post right away… I also found [http://leflo.de/blog/2007/04/05/literal-urls-with-rails](http://leflo.de/blog/2007/04/05/literal-urls-with-rails) which may be useful also… regards levent ps: Rick… Thanks for Lighthouse!.. it’s been excellent so far… We’ve been using it at work since day 1 and personally I’m glad I don’t have to look at Mantis’ prehistoric interface any longer 😉