Hey that's nice! parameterize i think more or less does s/[^a-z0-9-]+/-/gi and maybe a few other things (like downcasing). Thanks for sharing that gem! [image: Bodaniel Jeanes]
*Bodaniel Jeanes* [image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/bjeanes>[image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/bjeanes>[image: Tungle.me] <http://tungle.me/bjeanes>[image: Blog] <http://bjeanes.com> Whttp://bjeanes.com e...@bjeanes.comt+61412639224 [image: Google Talk] [image: MSN] [image: Google Wave] m...@bjeanes.com [image: Skype][image: AIM] bojeanes On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Julio Cesar Ody <julio...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not sure how it works on Rails 3, but I've been using the stringex gem for > that for a while now. It has some cool features such as: > > > rock & roll".to_url => "rock-and-roll" > > > Check it out at http://github.com/rsl/stringex > > > > > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Bodaniel Jeanes <m...@bjeanes.com> wrote: > >> Matt, >> >> This has always been easy in rails. All you have to do is define the >> `to_param` method on your model. >> >> E.g. >> >> class Product < AR::Base >> def to_param >> "perhaps-product-name-or-other-string" >> end >> end >> >> Usually you wouldn't arbitrarily return a string though. I usually have a >> column called "permalink" which I initialise on record creation (using >> before_create) to be something sensible. Here's a good example: >> >> class Product < AR::Base >> before_create :set_permalink >> >> def to_param >> self.permalink >> end >> >> protected >> def set_permalink >> self.permalink = self.title.parameterize >> end >> end >> >> In order to find the products, you have to also change the controller so >> that instead of `Product.find(params[:id])`, you'd do something like ` >> Product.find_by_permalink(params[:id])` >> >> Cheers, >> Bo >> [image: Bodaniel Jeanes] >> >> *Bodaniel Jeanes* [image: LinkedIn] >> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/bjeanes>[image: >> Twitter] <http://twitter.com/bjeanes>[image: Tungle.me] >> <http://tungle.me/bjeanes>[image: >> Blog] <http://bjeanes.com> >> Whttp://bjeanes.com e...@bjeanes.comt+61412639224 >> [image: Google Talk] [image: MSN] [image: Google Wave] m...@bjeanes.com >> [image: >> Skype][image: AIM] bojeanes >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Matthieu Stone >> <matthieu.st...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Anyone got any thoughts on the best way to generate search engine >>> friendly urls in a rails 3 app? >>> >>> ie: >>> >>> www.mysite.com/products/big-green-furry-thing >>> >>> instead of >>> >>> www.mysite.com/products/23 >>> >>> rgds, >>> - matt. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rails-oceania%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rails-oceania%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > http://awesomebydesign.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rails-oceania%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to rails-ocea...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
