How to change the index page for rails?

Question

I know that in order to change the index page for rails I need to do three things: remove index.html, do something with route.rb, and possibly take the action that the route points to. These are the details that I'm a little fuzzy :-)

Answer 1

Ok, I figured it out. Basically you

• Delete public.html
• Add 'map.root: controller => "foo"' to routes.rb
• and then of course create a foo controller with an action index.

Answer 2

Follow the Frew steps and, as step 4, put the small html file in the index view file in the / views / foo folder to check everything.

Example:

<h1>My New Index Page</h1> <p>Some text here.</p> 

Answer 3

Do not forget to restart the server.

You can also run rake routes to show all known routes and make sure everything looks normal.

Answer 4

Please note that this has changed in RoR version 4.0+ - follow the simple steps in the getting started guide !

In a few minutes it will become clear how this works.

I just thought it was worth updating this threat, because those who use a newer version may get confused and upset :)