# Restful routes **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 3, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-routes/180990 "2010-01-03T04:18:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rgreen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-routes/180990/1 "2010-01-03T04:18:56Z")
If I created a route like this map.about ‘/about’, :controller =\> ‘pages’, :action =\> 'about And then added this to a different page \<%= link\_to “About”, about\_url %\> And decided to change my route to map.resources :about the link to no longer works. What am I doing wrong? – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rgreen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 7:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-routes/180990/2 "2010-01-03T07:08:05Z")
An “about us” page is not a candidate for a rest resource. You had it fine before. If you turned your pages controller into a rest resource and moved the “about” page into the resulting cms, then you might create a helper method “about\_url” that generates the newly correct url. If you wanted users to be able to create many “abouts”, edit and destroy them, then you would create an “abouts\_controller”. The index action would give a list of abouts (abouts\_url would link to it). If you want to view an individual “about” then about\_url(@about). To edit it, edit\_about\_url(about). To update it, the form\_for(@about) will take care of the put method. Likewise, link\_to “delete about”, about\_url(about), :method =\> :delete will remove it. To create a new one, new\_about\_url will get you there. On Jan 2, 10:17 pm, Rong [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > What am I doing wrong? – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rgreen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-routes/180990/3 "2010-01-03T11:48:26Z")
And how about your Page Controller, did you change it to About Controller? In your first implementation you’ve used Pages Controller to create your About page. If you didn’t change it to and About Controller you can to do something loke that: map.resources :pages, :member =\> { :about =\> :get } []'s 2010/1/3 Rong [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > For more options, visit this group at > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). – Thais C. … nem todo mundo é igual, as experiências da vida definem atitudes – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rgreen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-routes/180990/4 "2010-01-03T20:07:30Z")
Ron G. wrote: > The correct answer is: > > map.resources :pages, :collection =\> {:home =\> :get, :about > =\> :get, :contact =\> :get } > > and then the link\_to becomes: > > \<%= link\_to ‘About’, about\_pages\_path%\> This is a bit of a perversion of map.resources. You probably want to just consider this :controller/:action (which the default routes already provide). [Please don’t top-post.] Best, –Â Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rgreen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-routes/180990/5 "2010-01-03T19:54:51Z")
The correct answer is: map.resources :pages, :collection =\> {:home =\> :get, :about =\> :get, :contact =\> :get } and then the link\_to becomes: \<%= link\_to ‘About’, about\_pages\_path%\> On Jan 2, 9:41 pm, Thais C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > 2010/1/3 Rong [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > > “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. > > To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\ > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). > > – > Thais C. > … nem todo mundo é igual, as experiências da vida definem atitudes – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rgreen)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-routes/180990/6 "2010-01-05T02:25:33Z")
Ron G. wrote: > This is not a real app. so stuff your perversion and top posting. Be polite if you want help. And if it’s not a real app, then why waste your time on it? Presumably to learn good practice, right? > I got this from RailsCasts > [#35 Custom REST Actions - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com/episodes/35-custom-rest-actions) Yes, it will work. My point was that it’s conceptually wrong for what you’re doing – you don’t want to make every static page a custom REST action. Best, –Â Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rgreen)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-routes/180990/7 "2010-01-04T05:06:51Z")
This is not a real app. so stuff your perversion and top posting. I got this from RailsCasts > **[\#35 Custom REST Actions - RailsCasts](http://railscasts.com/episodes/35-custom-rest-actions)** > > Short Ruby on Rails screencasts containing tips, tricks and tutorials. Great for both novice and experienced web developers. On Jan 3, 1:07 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > This is a bit of a perversion of map.resources. You probably want to > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**Author:** ![rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@rgreen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rgreen)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/restful-routes/180990/8 "2010-01-05T05:14:58Z")
I understand. My apologies for my rudeness. On Jan 4, 7:25 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > you’re doing – you don’t want to make every static page a custom REST > action. > > ## Best, > > ## Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en).