# Host HTML page on Discourse install
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/host-html-page-on-discourse-install/235186
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [August 5, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/host-html-page-on-discourse-install/235186 "2022-08-05T04:26:14Z")
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/host-html-page-on-discourse-install/235186/2 "2022-08-05T07:37:31Z")
That’s tricky, because Ember/Rails would try to interpret that as an app route … which doesn’t exist.
I would step back if I were you and reconsider what you are ultimately, _functionally_ trying to achieve and see if there isn’t another way to go about it?
One option is to use this:
> [@Page Publishing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-publishing/151971):
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> bookmark This guide covers how to use the Page Publishing feature on Discourse. This feature allows Staff users to convert a topic into a standalone static page with custom styling. Examples include the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy pages. person_raising_hand Required user level: Staff Publishing static pages on Discourse Page Publishing allows Staff users to create standalone static pages from topics. This is similar to the process for creating Terms of Service or Privacy Policy …
Another option might be to host that page on a sub-domain, rather than a folder (and all that entails).
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