Add a static frontpage to Meteor.js

Question

I've started learning Meteor.js and it seems fabulous for single page app. But I only know how to create one page for the entire site.

How can I add a static page to http://domain.com and have my Meteor app run at http://domain.com/app? For your solution, will your page actually change when you go to domain.com/app from domain.com?

You may also be able to use apache, ngenx, or some other http server to do what you want. Which http server would you choose if you were hosting a static page? Hosting static page at domain.com and meteor app at app.domain.com is very straightforward. — user728291, Jul 29 '13 at 07:12
I will choose either nginx and apache to host the static pages. How should it be configured in these cases? — Nyxynyx, Jul 29 '13 at 14:54
if you are undecided, go with ngenx since it supports websockets. Get your static site working on ngenx. Then follow [instructions](http://stackoverflow.com/a/14976998/728291) to add proxy to the meteor app running on a separate port and accessible by subdomain. — user728291, Jul 29 '13 at 22:39
more examples - [here](http://stackoverflow.com/q/16283045/728291), [here](https://gist.github.com/joemccann/644282) — user728291, Jul 29 '13 at 22:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '13 at 15:41

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Check out meteor-router. It lets you assign routes to templates.

answered Jul 26 '13 at 15:41

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While not released yet, you should be aware of `meteor-iron-router`, a far more flexible router that is being worked on by both people that worked on the past meteor routers. – Andrew Mao Jul 26 '13 at 22:24
iron router ftw. use that. – Mustafa Dec 04 '14 at 10:12
As of June 2015, [flow-router](https://forums.meteor.com/t/should-i-be-using-iron-router-or-is-it-dying/4540) is starting to be preferred vs. iron-router. – Dan Dascalescu Jun 22 '15 at 08:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '13 at 21:19

If you dont mind calling a html file you can have static pages in /public. This probably wont work for you, because your page probably isnt actually a "static" page. This would be accessed at http://mydomain.com/index.html .

eg, /public/index.html :

<html>
    <head>
        <link href="/public/index.css rel="stylesheet">
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1 class="something"> I am a web page </h1>
    </body>
</html>

Add a static frontpage to Meteor.js

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