Rails3 - routing: How do you create a root path for a database-driven item?

Question

Background info

• I have an app where users can make microsites ala http://myname.the_app.com .
• Microsite has_many :pages
• Each Microsite belongs_to :landing_page (which is a Page) that determines where the visitor is fowarded when they view the site. Right now the app does a redirect_to @microsite.landing_page . The visitor then sees a url like so: `http://myname.the_app.com/pages/id

How can I render the landing page but keep the root path? I want to be able to see the "about page" but with the url http://myname.the_app.com .

An option

Here's an option: have a home_controller#index action that instantiates all the page variables it needs. However ... I'm holding this off because what if I have more than page? What if I want the landing_page to be something else in the future, like a contact_form located at `/contact_forms/id?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Perhaps render :template => "pages/#{whatever_id}" might solve your problem. Just replace your redirect_to with the render...