Many thanks Robin , yes it's possible doing this as you said but i have too much categories and subcategories (using acts_as_tree) , Method i will use must be dynamic , if not i cant handle with 100categories
On Jun 19, 2:44 pm, Robin Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19 June, 11:48, lecielbleu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi , do we have to use controller name in url , can we change this? > > For example i have a controller named => category > > when user click to link "Computer Components" > > can rails > > writehttp://domain/computer-componentsinsteadofhttp://domain/categories/53 > > Hi, > > This is possible by creating a custom route in routes.rb. You would > need to do the following: > > map.connect '/:category_name', :controller => 'categories', :action => > 'show' > > However, you need to be careful where this sits in your routes.rb as > it will catch every URL if it is too high in the file. In your > categories controller, the show action would need the following: > > @category = Category.find_by_name(params[:category_name] > > I should point out that this is not good practice and if you intend to > have a significant number of categories, the id should be used. The > following link shows how you can get 'friendly' urls whilst still > using standard Rails routing. > > http://www.jroller.com/obie/entry/seo_optimization_of_urls_in > > Regards > > Robin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
