Hey everyone!
Is there a way of saying something like this in the routes file (note
that map.connect :controller/:action/:id is my last pattern):
“If the controller you specified doesn’t exist, then go to the next
pattern”
I want this because if users type in domain.com/noncontrollername, I’d
like the app to render or forward the user to
domain.com/profiles/noncontrollername. So, for example, if my
username is ramon, and I type domain.com/ramon, I will see my profile.
If this is not possible, what’s a good way of doing this? 
Thanks!
Ramon
Not sure I understand the behavior you’re after completely, but should
be
able to do this by specifying a named route in your routes file before
the
default ones.
Ex:
map.user_profile ‘:username’, :controller => ‘users’, :action =>
‘show’
map.connect ‘:controller/:action/:id’
…
This will have the effect, however, of matching any incoming request
with
only one string. So you won’t be able to have another route like:
map.user_profile ‘:username’, :controller => ‘users’, :action =>
‘show’
map.group_profile ‘:groupname’, :controller => ‘groups’, :action =>
‘show’
All requests here meant for either of these would be sent to the
UsersController#show because it appears first in the routes file.
Hope this answers your question.
Awesome! That seemed to have worked. If I type in a /username it
sends me to my profile, if I type in a controller it still defaults to
that controller.
Thanks!
Ramon T.