Reroute old content (.html/.php etc.) to Ruby on Rails

Question

I have switched to Ruby on Rails and my current problem is to reroute the old contents like XXX/dummy.html or XXX/dummy.php in RoR.

What ex

Answer 1

What do you mean by migrating? I recommend to redirect clients to use the RoR URLs. This can be done using HTTP 301 status codes. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_301:

The HTTP response status code 301 Moved Permanently is used for permanent redirection.

This can be done in the configuration of your HTTP server.