From: Joel VanderWerf Date: 2005-02-21T08:00:11+09:00 Subject: Re: Including problems T E wrote: > Page.start( 'Message Boards', 'Message Boards', nil ) This is sending the #start method to Page. In other words, it is calling a class method. > class Page > def start( page_title = nil, page_header = nil, page_caption = nil ) This defines an _instance_ method of class Page. You can call #start on instances of Page, but not on Page itself. Maybe what you want is class Page def self.start(...)