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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/routing.textile b/railties/guides/source/routing.textile index 0a9f1e8388..0823fb14e3 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/routing.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/routing.textile @@ -596,6 +596,8 @@ match "/stories/:name" => redirect {|params| "/posts/#{params[:name].pluralize}" match "/stories" => redirect {|p, req| "/posts/#{req.subdomain}" } </ruby> +Please note that this redirection is a 301 "Moved Permanently" redirect. Keep in mind that some web browsers or proxy servers will cache this type of redirect, making the old page inaccessible. + In all of these cases, if you don't provide the leading host (+http://www.example.com+), Rails will take those details from the current request. h4. Routing to Rack Applications @@ -618,7 +620,7 @@ You can specify what Rails should route +"/"+ to with the +root+ method: root :to => 'pages#main' </ruby> -You should put the +root+ route at the end of the file. You also need to delete the +public/index.html+ file for the root route to take effect. +You should put the +root+ route at the top of the file, because it is the most popular route and should be matched first. You also need to delete the +public/index.html+ file for the root route to take effect. h3. Customizing Resourceful Routes @@ -653,7 +655,7 @@ You can use the +:constraints+ option to specify a required format on the implic resources :photos, :constraints => {:id => /[A-Z][A-Z][0-9]+/} </ruby> -This declaration constraints the +:id+ parameter to match the supplied regular expression. So, in this case, the router would no longer match +/photos/1+ to this route. Instead, +/photos/RR27+ would match. +This declaration constrains the +:id+ parameter to match the supplied regular expression. So, in this case, the router would no longer match +/photos/1+ to this route. Instead, +/photos/RR27+ would match. You can specify a single constraint to apply to a number of routes by using the block form: |