bypass application.html.erb in Rails app
Use
render :layout => falseor
render :layout => 'whatever'in your action. If you are using a separate LandingController you simply can create a app/views/layouts/landing.html.erb which will be picked up or you can override the layout via
class LandingController < ApplicationController layout 'whatever' ...end
You can set a layout in your render function:
render {other arguments}, :layout => :homepageYou can also set that option to false to not use any layout at all.
You can do something similar if you want an entire controller to use a custom layout:
class MyController < ApplicationController layout :homepage #...endHope that helps!
In the controller that renders the view, change the render to:
render :layout => falseYou can read more about options to render and how to work with layouts at the Rails guide to render and layouts.