# config Rails .htaccess

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/config-rails-htaccess/22101>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [December 21, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/config-rails-htaccess/22101 "2007-12-21T20:40:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Hardbap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Hardbap](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Hardbap)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/config-rails-htaccess/22101/1 "2007-12-21T20:40:10Z")

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I'm pretty sure you don't need to touch your .htaccess. Just edit your  
config/routes.rb

# You can have the root of your site routed with map.root -- just  
remember to delete public/index.html. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;map.root :controller =\> "home"

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**Author:** ![11175](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8edcca/32.png) [@11175](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11175)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/config-rails-htaccess/22101/2 "2008-09-16T18:27:43Z")

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i have implemented the same as said above but still facing the same problem...