Question

I would like to be able to set things like the page title and <meta> description from within HAML “pages” served up by my static page controller.

Is there a good way to do this? Ideally, I see it working something like:

1. Name files like about_us.html.haml.yaml
2. Use the normal render method
3. But now there is a hash of metadata available to my controller and layout templates, which set various headers and elements, respectively.

Thoughts?

Answer 1

(Since no one contributed a full answer)

If you want to set up title, description, noindex or similar tags in the head, then github.com/kpumuk/meta-tags is the best way to do it! I’ve used in a various projects, and think it’s best gem ever for manipulating with title, description and other stuff that sits in the head tag.

— Dmitry Polushkin

It seems to work well for me, though it is a touch less powerful than what my question was looking for. Further answers welcome.