URLs don't work when application is in web root

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Thanks Aken for confirming about the tutorial and that I'm at least on the right track with the modification. I don't see the VIEWPATH, so it must be in the unreleased build. One more question: how can I adapt navigation such as the below if the application isn't in the site's directory:

Code:

<a href="pages/view">Go to a page</a>

Using the class/method/id/ style of uri here fails because the index page doesn't find the 'pages' controller. Is this where I need to add cases to my routes.php file?