Ruby on Rails Thursday, September 2, 2010

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 <elevenb4...@gmail.com> 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 <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 29 August 2010 22:13, Rich d <elevenb4...@gmail.com> 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

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