Question

I have a question about browser string in rails.

For example i have rails app with routes:

resources :posts

and this resource create :

post/:id

post/21
post/167
post/356

but i create a simple blog and i want to rename ‘:id’ to

post/some-name
post/another-name
post/another-different-name

in post i have title, text field
but i dont know how do this

I know that this can be achieved through manipulation of the :id

can you post some link with detailed answer on this question, or some simple example

Answer 1

You can of course put anything you want in the URL and actually there is railcast about it:
http://railscasts.com/episodes/63-model-name-in-url

It is preferable (read: easier) to also keep model.id in the URL, or it means that post name MUST be unique, otherwise you can put anything you want:

/post/2465-my-pretty-post-name

Also, there is a gem friendly_id and related railcast:
http://railscasts.com/episodes/314-pretty-urls-with-friendlyid

Hope that helps.