Creating URL rules for static pages

A website typically contains some static pages. Usually, they include /about, /contact, /tos, and so on, and it is common to handle these pages in a single controller action. Let's find a way to create URL rules for these types of pages.

Getting ready

1. Create a fresh Yii application using yiic webapp as described in the official guide and find your protected/config/main.php file. It should contain the following:

   // application components
   'components'=>array(
      …
      // uncomment the following to enable URLs in path-format
      /*
      'urlManager'=>array(
         'urlFormat'=>'path',
         'rules'=>array(
            '<controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>'=>'<controller>/view',
            '<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>/<id:\d+>'=>'<controller>/<action>',
            '<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>'=>'<controller>/<action>',
         ),
      ),

2. Delete everything from rules as we are going to start...