Welcome to the acts_as_dasherize_vanity

This "acts_as" extension provides the capabilities a application to allow to generate meaning full dasherize vanity urls for SEO perpose.

Installation

Gemfile: gem 'acts_as_dasherize_vanity'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install acts_as_dasherize_vanity

Usage

Models:

If need to apply in User model on default field than need to add 2 field in users table default field:

name dasherize_vanity

and add this line in model(user.rb)

acts_as_dasherize_vanity

Example:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

acts_as_dasherize_vanity

end

Than it will work

If have product model and need to apply in Product model on custom field than need to add 2 field custom field in products table

suppose you have filed name in product model

product_name product_dasherize_vanity_url

than add this line in model(product.rb)

acts_as_dasherize_vanity({ initial_column: "product_name", dasherize_vanity_column: "product_dasherize_vanity_url" })

Example

class Product < ActiveRecord::Base

 acts_as_dasherize_vanity({ initial_column: "product_name", dasherize_vanity_column:"product_dasherize_vanity_url" })

end

Than it will work.

Url in view pages

for user

<%= link_to 'Dasherize Vanity Url', user_path(user.dasherize_vanity), class: 'link' %>

for product

<%= link_to 'Dasherize Vanity Url', product_path(product.product_dasherize_vanity_url), class: 'link' %>

In controller

 def set_product 
   if params[:id].is_number?
     @product = Product.where("id = ?",params[:id]).first
   else 
     @product = Product.where("product_dasherize_vanity_url = ?",params[:id]).first
   end
 end   

 def set_user 
   if params[:id].is_number?
     @user = User.where("id = ?",params[:id]).first 
   else
     @user = User.where("dasherize_vanity= ?",params[:id],params[:id]).first 
   end
 end 

publish in rubygems

https://rubygems.org/gems/acts_as_dasherize_vanity

on github

https://github.com/vinaytech/acts_as_dasherize_vanity

Sample app on github

https://github.com/vinaytech/rails_sample_app_acts_as_dasherize_vanity

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/acts_as_dasherize_vanity/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request