# Routes with common text?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-with-common-text/75326>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 9, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-with-common-text/75326 "2006-11-09T05:33:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rosoft2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@rosoft2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rosoft2001)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-with-common-text/75326/1 "2006-11-09T05:33:32Z")

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basically I want to convert the [site.com/Controller/Action](http://site.com/Controller/Action)

with [site.com/how\_about\_Controller\_and\_this\_action.html](http://site.com/how_about_Controller_and_this_action.html)

Any idea?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![rosoft2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@rosoft2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rosoft2001)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-with-common-text/75326/2 "2006-11-09T06:47:35Z")

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rosoft2001 wrote:

> basically I want to convert the [site.com/Controller/Action](http://site.com/Controller/Action)
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> with [site.com/how\_about\_Controller\_and\_this\_action.html](http://site.com/how_about_Controller_and_this_action.html)
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> Any idea?
> 
> Thanks

If you are running on edge rails you can do:

map.connect ‘how\_about.:controller.html’  
map.connect ‘how\_about.:controller.and\_this.:action.html’  
map.connect ‘how\_about.:controller.and\_this.:action.:id.html’

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**Author:** ![rosoft2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@rosoft2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rosoft2001)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routes-with-common-text/75326/3 "2006-11-16T11:59:27Z")

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Is there any way to do this without running edge rails?