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Ruby

Lee Hughes
Lee Hughes
8,380 Points
Posted by Lee Hughes
Lee Hughes
8,380 Points

Creating controllers - Problems with URLs dashes and underscores

I needed different styles and a different layout for certain pages on my app so I created a new controller using

rails g controller subject-text index

While it produced the files I wanted, my server shows a 404 error.

In Sublime the file has been created and shows find me in

Find me in app/views/subject_test/index.html.erb

If I go to this file the message displays the correct content.

But why does rails convert my dash between subject-test to an underscore: subject_test ?

Is there a way I can make rails use a dash?

1 Answer

Nima Shariatian
Nima Shariatian
1,760 Points
Nima Shariatian
Nima Shariatian
1,760 Points

if i understand you correctly, you can use the routes file to have dashes in the url :

match '/about-us' => 'pages#about'

for a resource you can something like :

resources :user_bundles, :path => '/user-bundles'

hope this helps

Lee Hughes
Lee Hughes
8,380 Points
Lee Hughes
Lee Hughes
8,380 Points

Thanks, I'll give it a try :)