Question

I’m stuck in a Rails tutorial trying to configure Rails routes.

This is my routes.rb:

SampleApp::Application.routes.draw do
  match '/', :to  => 'static_pages#home', :via => :get
  match '/help',:to => 'static_pages#help', :via => :get
  match '/about', :to => 'static_pages#about', :via => :get
  match '/contact', :to => 'static_pages#contact', :via => :get

When I try to access “localhost” I get:

No route matches [GET] “/static_pages/help” Try running rake routes
for more information on available routes.

I also tried:

match '/', :to  => 'static_pages#home'
  match '/help',:to => 'static_pages#help'
  match '/about', :to => 'static_pages#about'
  match '/contact', :to => 'static_pages#contact'

but that gives the same error. It only works when I use:

get 'static_pages/about'

How can I get localhost to work?

Answer 1

Try putting the following at the end of routes.rb

match ':action' => 'static#:action'

A request to /help will then render app/views/static/help.html.erb. Don’t forget to create the static controller though, even if it’s empty.