If all you want is to render static HTML, I suggest using nanoc from nanoc.stoneship.org, and use thin to serve it, and Maybe nginx to act as a front.
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Phoenix Rising <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm in the process of doing some front-end design and planning, and > the thought has occurred to me that I'd like to make use of the > layouts in my Rails application for static assets. In other words, > some one may go to example.com/stuff, and instead of bringing up a > specific controller and action, I'd like it to simply render a > straight-up HTML page *inside* the yield block of a given layout. > > Is there any way to do this without using a controller? It seems like > a bit of a waste of space and resources to fire up a full controller > stack just to have the benefit of static HTML and assets being > rendered inside a layout's yield block. > > Would Rails Metal be the only way to do this, or is there a simpler > solution? Thanks for any information you can provide! > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
