Rewrites in rails
How to do a rewrite rule in rails .htaccess to disallow rails in certain subfolders (for example, you might want to run a php forum software under /public/forum)
Mainly, you can just edit the .htaccess file in your rails app under public/.htaccess. Inside there is a short explanation and example of how to do this.
For example,
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forum.* RewriteRule .* - [L]