Personalized URL -- route.rb

Rails
1

Hello Friends,
I want to configure personalized url for e.g. -
http://localhost:3000/xyzhere xyz is a database value. Now for the
same i have implemented the
following syntax inside my route.rb file

map.url ‘/:name’, :controller => ‘controller_name’, :action =>
‘action_name’

But now when ever i run my application the action_name.rhtml appears
whereever i click.

So guys really confused any suggestion from your side?

Thanks
Abhi

2

Abhi,

Do you want that off of the root path or something like
http://domain.com/people/robbyrussell ?

These are generally referred to as permalinks.

Robby

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Abhishek shukla [email protected]
wrote:

So guys really confused any suggestion from your side?

Thanks
Abhi

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3

Hey Robby
Thanks for reply i want just after the domain name
– http://domain.com/robbyrussell
http://domain.com/people/robbyrussell

instead of
http://domain.com/people/robbyrussell

And the robbyrussell http://domain.com/people/robbyrussell will be a
dynamic value…

Though i tried the following code inside the route.rb

map.url ‘/:name’, :controller => ‘controller_name’, :action =>
‘action_name’

It’s work but for ever page the above mentioned action is getting called
:frowning:

Thanks
Abhishek

4

Have you placed it at the end of your routes.rb file?

It’s easier if you show up some real code.

Maurício Linhares
http://alinhavado.wordpress.com/ (pt-br) | http://blog.codevader.com/
(en)

5

On Feb 17, 4:14 pm, Abhishek shukla [email protected] wrote:

Hello Friends,
I want to configure personalized url for e.g. -http://localhost:3000/xyzherexyz is a database value. Now for the
same i have implemented the
following syntax inside my route.rb file

map.url ‘/:name’, :controller => ‘controller_name’, :action => ‘action_name’

But now when ever i run my application the action_name.rhtml appears
whereever i click.

That sounds like its working.

map.name “/:name”, :controller => “people”, :action => “show”
map.connect “:controller/:action.:format”

will see a url like “http://localhost:3000/anything”
and match it to the first route.
it will do the same for “http://localhost:3000/admin”

and hence always try and grab PeopleController#show

what you’d need to do is declare any important routes before that

eg.

map.admin “/admin”, :controller => “admin”
map.name “/:name”, :controller => “people”, :action => “show”
map.connect “:controller/:action.:format”

this will make sure that “http://localhost:3000/admin” goes to the
right place.

My suggestion is if you’re just starting out in rails,
keep it simple.

http://localhost:3000/people/Abishek

looks just as nice,
but is much simpler for a newbie.

Enjoy.

6

Hey thanks guys its working
i put the line @ the bottom…
Regards
Abhishek S.

7

Make sure you put this near the bottom of routes.rb.

map.person ‘/:name’, :controller => ‘people’, :action => ‘show’

Then in your view…

<%= link_to “Person Name”, person_path(“jimmy”) %>

I don’t think this is the ideal situation, but it’ll do what you’re
looking to have done. Really you should be using a named resource, and
set the “to_param” value in your person model to “name”.