# Routes mongrel, please help

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-mongrel-please-help/111772>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 10, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-mongrel-please-help/111772 "2007-08-10T17:31:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![stephenT](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@stephenT](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stephenT)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-mongrel-please-help/111772/1 "2007-08-10T17:31:58Z")

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I can’t get rid of the “welcome aboard” page! Really, I’m not  
kidding.

I’ve deleted the public/index.html page (completely gone not just  
renamed)  
I’ve added a route for ‘’ and ‘/’ to my main application controller  
map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> “shows”  
map.connect ‘/’, :controller =\> “shows”  
I’ve cleared the cache on all my browsers  
I’ve restarted mongrel (multiple times)  
I’ve restarted apache (multiple times)

Where is it coming from!!!

OS: OS X 1.3.9 (server)  
HTTP: proxy to mongrel  
cgi\_multipart\_eof\_fix (2.2)  
fastthread (1.0)  
fcgi (0.8.7, 0.8.6.1)  
gem\_plugin (0.2.2)  
mongrel (1.0.1)  
rails (1.2.3)  
rake (0.7.2)  
ruby (1.8.4)

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**Author:** ![stephenT](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@stephenT](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stephenT)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-mongrel-please-help/111772/2 "2007-08-10T17:48:02Z")

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Fixed. But I had to restart the server!