How to do static content in Rails?

Question

Looking at different options:

One is to just put the static pages in the public/ folder, but I do want the header from layout/application to be consistent.

I

Answer 1

Create a PagesController for your static pages (e.g contact) and insert

def contact_page
end

in config/routes.rb insert

get 'contact' => 'pages#contact_page'

which will display the content from views/pages/contact_page.html.erb