I see lots of :
map.root :controller => "home"
Its I know simple, but what does home point to? A file? A controller? How/where does it gets its magic?
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In that case, Rails would route root requests to the 'home' controller, although you should probably specify an action just to be unambiguous... I imagine you do want the index action
Gareth
2010-06-08 23:18:26
Does one define a "home" controller - like "home_controller"? Is that what it means? I was wondering if it defaulted to something I was not aware of.
rtfminc
2010-06-08 23:23:56
Yes, you'll then have a home_controller.rb right alongside your other controllers. You make this controller the same way you'd make any other one.
LanceH
2010-06-09 02:45:47
Thanks, I'd seen many tutorials etc that had the text "map.root :controller => “home”" without explaining this that I wondered if it had some other behind-the-scene magic I was not aware of.
rtfminc
2010-06-09 15:36:59
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Read the documentation.
This particular route maps "/" to the action index (default) of the controller "home", most likely in "app/controllers/home_controller.rb".
map.connect "foo", :controller => "something", similarly, maps /foo to the index action of the "something" controller.
August Lilleaas
2010-06-08 23:22:15
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Hi rtfminc
map.root :controller => "home" has two things hapenning
1 - map.root will always consider as your web sites home page
as an example if you have your home page in a controller called 'website' and in an action called 'home_page'
you can give the root as
map.root :controller => "website", :action => 'home_page'
2 - If you are directing to a controller with out giving an action, rails will default redirect to that controllers 'index' action
So in this case
map.root :controller => "home" will redirect to 'home' controllers 'index' action
hope this helps
cheers, sameera
sameera207
2010-06-09 04:06:49