Thank you Colin. I believe you may be correct about the logfile. I did change the name of the controller so it must be something else. I will follow what you suggested and get back to you if I still havent solved the problem. I replied in a different section so I hope this prevented the top posting you mentioned..
On Sep 1, 3:21 pm, Rich d <[email protected]> wrote: > running virtual rails on linux mint with rails 2.3.4 > > im having trouble redirecting routes so here is what ive done by > following tutorials: > > i opened rails directory and created rails_test > then i ran script/server to boot mongrel > i opened another terminal and changed directory to rails_test > i then ran script/generate controller site index about help > then i went back to terminal and typed rm public/index.html to remove > index page > after this i went to rails_test folder then navigated and opened > config routes.rb > once in routes.rb i changed the following line: > > map.root :controller => "welcome" to... > map.root :controller => "site" > > i then got an error message stating something went wrong after opening > browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000/ > i have pasted below the routes.rb file > the only thing i changed was > map.root :controller => "welcome" to...... > map.root :controller => "site" > > ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| > # The priority is based upon order of creation: first created -> > highest priority. > > # Sample of regular route: > # map.connect 'products/:id', :controller => 'catalog', :action => > 'view' > # Keep in mind you can assign values other than :controller > and :action > > # Sample of named route: > # map.purchase 'products/:id/purchase', :controller => > 'catalog', :action => 'purchase' > # This route can be invoked with purchase_url(:id => product.id) > > # Sample resource route (maps HTTP verbs to controller actions > automatically): > # map.resources :products > > # Sample resource route with options: > # map.resources :products, :member => { :short => :get, :toggle > => :post }, :collection => { :sold => :get } > > # Sample resource route with sub-resources: > # map.resources :products, :has_many => > [ :comments, :sales ], :has_one => :seller > > # Sample resource route with more complex sub-resources > # map.resources :products do |products| > # products.resources :comments > # products.resources :sales, :collection => { :recent => :get } > # end > > # Sample resource route within a namespace: > # map.namespace :admin do |admin| > # # Directs /admin/products/* to Admin::ProductsController (app/ > controllers/admin/products_controller.rb) > # admin.resources :products > # end > > # You can have the root of your site routed with map.root -- just > remember to delete public/index.html. > map.root :controller => "site" > > # See how all your routes lay out with "rake routes" > > # Install the default routes as the lowest priority. > # Note: These default routes make all actions in every controller > accessible via GET requests. You should > # consider removing or commenting them out if you're using named > routes and resources. > map.connect ':controller/:action/:id' > map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format' > end > > On Aug 30, 12:18 am, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 29 August 2010 22:13, Rich d <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > i am running virtual rails on linux mint. i created a controller in > > > my commnad prompt. then i opened up the public folder and delted > > > index.html .. after this I opened up the rails application i created > > > and went to config / routes.rb. I am trying to re route or add a new > > > route to the default page. I have pasted the code below. > > > > I tried editing the line > > > map.root :controller => "welcome" and i changed welcome to "site" > > > but it didnt re route......Can someone please tell me which line to > > > edit and what to put in the line? > > > > ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| > > > # The priority is based upon order of creation: first created -> > > > highest priority. > > > > # Sample of regular route: > > > # map.connect 'products/:id', :controller => 'catalog', :action => > > > 'view' > > > # Keep in mind you can assign values other than :controller > > > and :action > > > > # Sample of named route: > > > # map.purchase 'products/:id/purchase', :controller => > > > 'catalog', :action => 'purchase' > > > # This route can be invoked with purchase_url(:id => product.id) > > > > # Sample resource route (maps HTTP verbs to controller actions > > > automatically): > > > # map.resources :products > > > > # Sample resource route with options: > > > # map.resources :products, :member => { :short => :get, :toggle > > > => :post }, :collection => { :sold => :get } > > > > # Sample resource route with sub-resources: > > > # map.resources :products, :has_many => > > > [ :comments, :sales ], :has_one => :seller > > > > # Sample resource route with more complex sub-resources > > > # map.resources :products do |products| > > > # products.resources :comments > > > # products.resources :sales, :collection => { :recent => :get } > > > # end > > > > # Sample resource route within a namespace: > > > # map.namespace :admin do |admin| > > > # # Directs /admin/products/* to Admin::ProductsController (app/ > > > controllers/admin/products_controller.rb) > > > # admin.resources :products > > > # end > > > > # You can have the root of your site routed with map.root -- just > > > remember to delete public/index.html. > > > map.root :controller => "welcome" > > > You have not changed this line. Change welcome to the name of your > > controller. > > > Assuming you have done this and it still does not work then show us > > the error when you go tohttp://localhost:3000/ > > > In fact you might be best first to have a look at the Getting Started > > guide athttp://guides.rubyonrails.org/andfor routes in particular > > you will find one on that also. In fact look at them all. > > > Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
