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Asked: 2026-05-26T17:23:12+00:00

I’m developing a website but want a Coming soon page to be up for

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I’m developing a website but want a “Coming soon” page to be up for now. How do I structure a “Coming soon” page in my rails app 3.1? What’s the best way to go about doing it.

Four options I’m considering are:

  1. Have a static coming soon page in the public directory. Have rails routes point to it and then modify my routes file when I go live.

  2. Have a page served by a controller pointing to http://www.myproject.com/home. I’ll just change the routes file when I’m ready to go live to http://www.myproject.com

  3. Use LaunchRock.com. Have my domain posted to LaunchRock and then point it to my site when I’m ready.

  4. Use https://github.com/vinsol/Launching-Soon/

Which method is best suited for my Rails project?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Any of these have different pros and cons. It’s up to you really.

    If you’re close to launch, you’ll have to set up a web-server and Rails anyhow, so either setting up a Rails controller for serving the static pages, or have a static page in your public directory, are probably the best choices then.

    Personally I’d not serve the “coming soon” page through other sites/services.
    One reason for having some sort of “coming soon” page is for SEO purposes. For that it’s best to have full control over your site / page.

    I’d go for using a Controller for the static pages, because you can more easily use the same layout as your site, and you can add dynamic content to that page (e.g. a sign-up or a contact form).

    See:

    http://railscasts.com/episodes/117-semi-static-pages

    Option number 6) serve the static page through Rack

    http://railscasts.com/episodes/222-rack-in-rails-3

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