[getting started] Default root route in config/routes.rb is for a welcome controller. Let's make it easy by creating a WelcomeController, not a HomeController, in the guide

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Ryan Bigg 2012-03-14 14:33:16 -07:00
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To create a new controller, run this command:
<shell>
$ rails generate controller home index
$ rails generate controller welcome index
</shell>
Rails will create several files for you. Most important of these are of course the controller, located at +app/controllers/home_controller.rb+ and the view, located at +app/views/home/index.html.erb+.
Rails will create several files for you. Most important of these are of course the controller, located at +app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb+ and the view, located at +app/views/welcome/index.html.erb+.
Open the +app/views/home/index/html.erb+ file in your text editor and edit it to contain a single line of code:
Open the +app/views/welcome/index/html.erb+ file in your text editor and edit it to contain a single line of code:
<code class="html">
<h1>Hello, Rails!</h1>
@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ invoking the command: <tt>rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production</tt>.
h4. Adding a Link
To hook the posts up to the home page you've already created, you can add a link
to the home page. Open +app/views/home/index.html.erb+ and modify it as follows:
to the home page. Open +app/views/welcome/index.html.erb+ and modify it as follows:
<ruby>
<h1>Hello, Rails!</h1>
@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ Associations":association_basics.html guide.
h4. Adding a Route for Comments
As with the +home+ controller, we will need to add a route so that Rails knows
As with the +welcome+ controller, we will need to add a route so that Rails knows
where we would like to navigate to see +comments+. Open up the
+config/routes.rb+ file again. Near the top, you will see the entry for +posts+
that was added automatically by the scaffold generator: <tt>resources