# Re: Simple rails website design question **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 13, 2007, 6:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-simple-rails-website-design-question/114482 "2007-09-13T06:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![andre\_hartawan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@andre\_hartawan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andre_hartawan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 6:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-simple-rails-website-design-question/114482/1 "2007-09-13T06:45:00Z")
hi eggie5, you could read this book “Apress - Beginning Ruby On Rails E-Commerce - From Novice To Professional”,there are examples just you mentioned bellow ----- Original Message ---- From: eggie5 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) To: Ruby on Rails: Talk [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:37:59 AM Subject: [Rails] Simple rails website design question I want to make a simple website with rails, but I’m confused about how to setup my controllers. Here’s what I want: 5 pages: Home, Products & Services, Press Center, White Papers & About us So, I’m confused about how to set this up. Should each page have it’s own controller, e.g.: home\_controller, products\_controller, press\_controller, white\_papers\_controller and about\_us\_controller Is this a wise design decision? I would like to use a layout “template” for all the pages. How then, if I’m using independent controllers for each page do I share a layout? All the rails site examples I’ve found are kinda non-standard sites with only 1 real page, like a shopping cart, so I’m not sure how to structure my rails app for a site with many pages. Can you cite any examples? * * * Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. > **[Turbify.com | Buy a Domain | Websites & Domains | Purchase a URL - Turbify](https://www.turbify.com)** > > Turbify is a trusted internet domain registrar headquarter in Rockville, Maryland offering Domain Name, Web Hosting, Business Email, Website Builder, Local Business Listing and eCommerce Store services. ---
**Author:** ![andre\_hartawan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@andre\_hartawan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andre_hartawan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-simple-rails-website-design-question/114482/2 "2007-09-16T13:20:19Z")
You could have home controller with subpages as actions. Like …/home/products … with /home/index beeing default. But then again if you like more restful approach you could create all those controllers and put a single redirect\_to into each one of them and stil have single (complicated) source file. If you have more controllers but want a single layout than name your layout ‘application.rhtml’. This layout is valid for all controlers that do not have their own layout defined. by TheR