Remove the index.html from the public directory of your application. That's the "this file" in step 3 of the welcome page.
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Richard Schneeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > what is the correct way to set a default homepage with rails? So when a > user goes to www.first.snowmaninthesun.com they are automatically > redirected to www.first.snowmaaninthesun.com/first/view instead of > seeing "Welcome aboard You're riding Ruby on Rails"! ?? > > i have tried setting my routes to > > map.connect '' :controller=> 'first', :action => 'view' > > but this doesn't seem to do anything. > > *links are to a demo rails app, no advertising or anything inappropriate > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deploying Rails" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-deployment@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-deployment?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---