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diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.textile b/guides/source/getting_started.textile index 84c438e607..e89602218e 100644 --- a/guides/source/getting_started.textile +++ b/guides/source/getting_started.textile @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Now that we have made the controller and view, we need to tell Rails when we wan To fix this, delete the +index.html+ file located inside the +public+ directory of the application. -You need to do this because Rails will serve any static file in the +public+ directory that matches a route in preference to any dynamic content you generate from the controllers. The +index.html+ file is special: it will be served if a request comes in at the root route, e.g. http://localhost:3000. If another request such as http://localhost:3000/welcome happened, a static file at <filename>public/welcome.html</filename> would be served first, but only if it existed. +You need to do this because Rails will serve any static file in the +public+ directory that matches a route in preference to any dynamic content you generate from the controllers. The +index.html+ file is special: it will be served if a request comes in at the root route, e.g. http://localhost:3000. If another request such as http://localhost:3000/welcome happened, a static file at <tt>public/welcome.html</tt> would be served first, but only if it existed. Next, you have to tell Rails where your actual home page is located. |