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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 1, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-does-index-html-home-fit-into-ror/159132 "2009-02-01T02:09:00Z")\
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**Author:**  [@bloodsample](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bloodsample)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-does-index-html-home-fit-into-ror/159132/1 "2009-02-01T02:09:00Z")
The page that loads when no controller name is given in the URL is the
public/index.html page (eg: [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/))
Now this is a pure HTML page so I cannot use any link\_to tags or yield
tags, etc.
My navigation bar is in my application layout
(app/views/layouts/application.html.erb). This is what provides the
ability to navigate.
So how do I access this layout if the home page that loads is index.html
which has no reference to any of my rails views?
Basically I want to know how to create a “home” page with rails (without
always having to type controller/action in the URL.
Thanks in advance.
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**Author:**  [@bloodsample](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bloodsample)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/where-does-index-html-home-fit-into-ror/159132/2 "2009-02-01T02:18:35Z")
On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Nebs P.
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> Basically I want to know how to create a “home” page with rails (without
> always having to type controller/action in the URL.
And remarkably, on the default Rails “home” page are three points
under “Getting started”, the last being
1. Set up a default route and remove or rename this file
You might want to look at – i.e., read the comments in – that file.
## HTH,
Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid