John,
:collection applies to collections of your resource. See the standard index action:
/users
:member applies to one instance of your resource. See the standard show action:
/users/1
If your custom action will return an array of your resource use :collection if it return one instance of your resource use :member.
Also in case your action creates a new instance of your resource use :new
Also make sure you use the correct method in your custom actions. Keep REST verbs in mind and use the proper one for the task.
Example:
map.resources :users :member => { :disable => :put }
creates:
/users/:id;disable
Here we create routes for disabling a member (instance) of User and are updating it's state to be disabled. You may want to do something like this in case other related actions should be taken when a user gets disabled. If only the user resource's state changes you can use the standard routing to update (PUT) it's new values.
jon wrote:
