one of the most amazing frameworks for dynamic content.. and what’s my problem? i cant figure out where the hell the best place is to place static content.

my first thought was “sure i could just dump a file in /app/views”. seems like a reasonable solution.. but of course rails won’t route that correctly.

so the next solution is to put it there or somewhere else and map it using /config/routes.rb

yeah that could work too..

i definitely wanted it to inherit the layout of all the other pages though and that was managed by the controllers.. so -
easiest thing to do though is to just dump it in a controller.. so for example my file was an faq so i dumped it in

/app/views/mycontroller/faq.rhtml

you dont have to create a placeholder or anything like that.. like


def faq
end


in your “mycontroller” controller.. just drop the file in and go to it in your browser
localhost:3000/mycontroller/faq

if you want it to appear outside the controller i guess the best bet is to just use routes.rb.