You want to create a slug? web2py comes with IS_SLUG validator which helps with this.
db.define_table("product", Field("title", unique=True), ... ... Field("slug", compute=lambda row: IS_SLUG()(row.title)[0] ) So now you can use slug field to build your urls. URL("product", "show", args=product.slug) in product/show/product-name def show(): try: product = db.product[int(request.args(0))] except: product = db(db.product.slug == request.args(0)).select().first() return product On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:18 PM, SeamusSeamus <morrisjamespatr...@gmail.com>wrote: > I didnt mean to do {{ }}, but I mean domain.com/product/productname > (Product name being the name of the variable in the field from the model) > > > > On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:43:35 PM UTC-6, Anthony wrote: >> >> What is {{fieldname title}}? How do you get that value? >> >> On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:31:54 PM UTC-4, SeamusSeamus wrote: >>> >>> Thanks, what about URLs so it is >>> www.domain.com/product/{{**fieldname<http://www.domain.com/product/%7B%7Bfieldname>title}} >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:56:49 AM UTC-6, Anthony wrote: >>>> >>>> You can set response.title and response.meta in the controller or >>>> function to make it specific to particular controllers or functions (or you >>>> can set them conditionally in a model file). If you need to use a database >>>> value, just do a query to get the value (your probably want to cache it to >>>> improve performance). >>>> >>>> Anthony >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 12:49:00 PM UTC-4, SeamusSeamus wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 1. What is the easiest way to make it so each page has it's own title? >>>>> Currently it is set by layout.html, but what if I want its own page to >>>>> have >>>>> an independent title? >>>>> 2. How can I make it so the <title> of the page is the "name" of a >>>>> field in a model? I am using SQLForm now, and have /product/1 and would >>>>> like to have /product/purple-desk >>>>> 3. How can I make it so the meta description on each page has its own >>>>> ? For example, the description is the data in the field 'product >>>>> description' used in the model. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> -- > > > > --