How do I get a largely HTML site generated from a rails app?

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I would like to create a Rails 4 app, where some data is entered into the db via a form and when it is published, any changes on the site are compiled and the entire consumer facing site is just a bunch of flat HTML files.

That way, on each request there isn't a db request done and just a simple HTML file is sent.

This is similar to the way Octopress operates, where you write a blog post locally and when you do a deploy it basically compiles the entire site into a large set of connected HTML files that are then pushed to your host(gh-pages for instance).

Is there a way to use extensive caching or something similar to get the same effect in Rails 4 or should I go about it another way in Rails or should I just try to customize Octopress for my needs?

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marcamillion

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