# Simple rails url question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-rails-url-question/104161>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 14, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-rails-url-question/104161 "2007-05-14T22:16:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![pingu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pingu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pingu)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-rails-url-question/104161/1 "2007-05-14T22:16:34Z")

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Hi, how do i have my rails index page at [www.thing.com](http://www.thing.com), and not  
[www.thing.com/controller](http://www.thing.com/controller). Is this done in the routes.rb? if so, how?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![pingu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pingu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pingu)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-rails-url-question/104161/2 "2007-05-14T22:32:09Z")

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Hi Pingu,

Just take a look at routes.rb - it pretty much tells you in there what  
to  
do.

Look at this section:

# You can have the root of your site routed by hooking up ‘’

# – just remember to delete public/index.html.

# map.connect ‘’, :controller =\> “welcome”

Uncomment that last line, put in the name of your controller and it  
should  
work fine. Create an index method in your controller and an  
index.rhtmlfile in the views folder for your controller, delete the  
public/index.html  
file and your url should now point to that controller’s index page.

Good luck!

On 5/14/07, Pingu P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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–  
Terry (TAD) Donaghe  
[http://tadspot.tumblr.com](http://tadspot.tumblr.com)

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**Author:** ![pingu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pingu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pingu)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 9:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-rails-url-question/104161/3 "2007-05-15T09:11:27Z")

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Brilliant! works perfectly!