Comments on: Pretty-ifying URLs http://ryanbigg.com/2009/04/pretty-ifying-urls/ Life & Everything Else Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:30:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Radar http://ryanbigg.com/2009/04/pretty-ifying-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-23526 Radar Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:31:08 +0000 http://frozenplague.net/?p=510#comment-23526 <p>psychess, not if you have the ID prefix. I never thought about this but you do raise a valid point, I'll fix this up in the post later on tonight.</p> psychess, not if you have the ID prefix. I never thought about this but you do raise a valid point, I’ll fix this up in the post later on tonight.

]]> By: psychess http://ryanbigg.com/2009/04/pretty-ifying-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-23465 psychess Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:35:13 +0000 http://frozenplague.net/?p=510#comment-23465 <p>And what happens if you have an edit form for this model? Then it would seem you're stuck because form<em>for calls to</em>param right away (e.g., form_for @person) and right there everything is going to break. Right?</p> And what happens if you have an edit form for this model? Then it would seem you’re stuck because formfor calls toparam right away (e.g., form_for @person) and right there everything is going to break. Right?

]]> By: Radar http://ryanbigg.com/2009/04/pretty-ifying-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-10895 Radar Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:27:15 +0000 http://frozenplague.net/?p=510#comment-10895 <p>Neil,</p> <p>Thanks for the link, I should've probably written about it in the post, but I didn't think about it at the time. I like how he covers it.</p> Neil,

Thanks for the link, I should’ve probably written about it in the post, but I didn’t think about it at the time. I like how he covers it.

]]> By: Josh Nichols http://ryanbigg.com/2009/04/pretty-ifying-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-10651 Josh Nichols Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:46:00 +0000 http://frozenplague.net/?p=510#comment-10651 <p>I've been a big fan of friendly<em>id for permalinks: http://github.com/norman/friendly</em>id/tree/master</p> I’ve been a big fan of friendlyid for permalinks: http://github.com/norman/friendlyid/tree/master

]]> By: NeilCauldwell http://ryanbigg.com/2009/04/pretty-ifying-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-10598 NeilCauldwell Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:33:47 +0000 http://frozenplague.net/?p=510#comment-10598 <p>My favorite usage of to_param is the username at root scenario, i.e. http://twitter.com/radarlistener . This guy gave a great explanation of how to work round any routes.rb conflicts with doing so http://henrik.nyh.se/2008/10/validating-slugs-against-existing-routes-in-rails</p> <p>...I'm sure I've commented here with the above link once before, but it's so useful it's worth sharing whenever to_param is mentioned; the topic often leads to the 'root usernames' scenario. If your Rails app has a core 'social object' (cats, recipes, discussion threads, etc), putting pretty urls for the model at the root is worth thinking about.</p> My favorite usage of to_param is the username at root scenario, i.e. http://twitter.com/radarlistener . This guy gave a great explanation of how to work round any routes.rb conflicts with doing so http://henrik.nyh.se/2008/10/validating-slugs-against-existing-routes-in-rails

…I’m sure I’ve commented here with the above link once before, but it’s so useful it’s worth sharing whenever to_param is mentioned; the topic often leads to the ‘root usernames’ scenario. If your Rails app has a core ‘social object’ (cats, recipes, discussion threads, etc), putting pretty urls for the model at the root is worth thinking about.

]]> By: pjammer http://ryanbigg.com/2009/04/pretty-ifying-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-10587 pjammer Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:01:19 +0000 http://frozenplague.net/?p=510#comment-10587 <p>Man parameterize is sure easier then what i was doing: "#{id}-#{title.downcase.gsub(/[^[:alnum:]]/,'-')}".gsub(/-{2,}/,'-')</p> Man parameterize is sure easier then what i was doing: “#{id}-#{title.downcase.gsub(/[^[:alnum:]]/,’-')}”.gsub(/-{2,}/,’-')

]]> By: Bodaniel Jeanes http://ryanbigg.com/2009/04/pretty-ifying-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-10584 Bodaniel Jeanes Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:37:54 +0000 http://frozenplague.net/?p=510#comment-10584 <p>Hrmm good article except you should only set the permalink on create, if you don't have the ID in the URL. If you change the permalink when the title changes then it's no longer permanent! Then it actually has a NEGATIVE effect on SEO and general linking to from other sites...</p> Hrmm good article except you should only set the permalink on create, if you don’t have the ID in the URL. If you change the permalink when the title changes then it’s no longer permanent! Then it actually has a NEGATIVE effect on SEO and general linking to from other sites…

]]> By: Yaroslav http://ryanbigg.com/2009/04/pretty-ifying-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-10583 Yaroslav Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:28:49 +0000 http://frozenplague.net/?p=510#comment-10583 <p>You gotta use find<em>by</em>permalink! (with the bang) to let it behave exactly as find, ie throw an exception if not found.</p> You gotta use findbypermalink! (with the bang) to let it behave exactly as find, ie throw an exception if not found.

]]>