This doesn't work either:
routers = dict(
BASE = dict(
default_application = 'try',
),
)
I placed the above as routes.py in the web2py folder (of /var as it
happens). All applications run when explicitly referenced as
www.mydomain.com/try.
Do I need to restart web2py?
On Feb 11, 12:34 pm, Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have followed what both the book and sample files say can be done in
> routes.py:
>
> default_application = 'try'
> default_controller = 'default'
> default_function = 'index'
>
> This simply doesn't work. Enteringwww.mydomain.comas the target
> url in the browser routes to the welcome app notwww.mydomain.com/try.
>
> I believe these need to be put in a dict to work.
>
> <rant>
> So, NEVER show them outside of the dict--that approach apparently
> doesn't work. You can be sort of high-level and conceptual in the
> text, but not in code samples. Code samples actually need to work
> exactly as provided, else why provide them?
>
> Please make your examples less fragmentary and contradictory. It is
> very important to be complete and clear. We don't understand every
> intricacy of web2py and all of the syntactic variations you've chosen
> to allow (sometimes with important functional differences; sometimes,
> apparently, just to provide typing shortcuts). That's why we are
> relying on all of the information you provide.
>
> This is a frequent problem in the writing style of the manual (not a
> language issue--Massimo and many helpers express themselves perfectly
> in English). It is hard to write good documentation; but it makes a
> product much more accessible.
>
> ...and I quote:
>
> """
> ...Explicit is better than implicit.
> ...Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
> ...There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do
> it.
> """
>
> </rant>
