Digineo HasFriendlyName gem

Description

HasFriendlyName adds a search engine friendly name to your active record model. It also extends the String class with a "to_friendly" method

Installation:

add the following to your config/enviroment.rb

config.gem "has_friendly_name"

Add friendly_name column to your model

Examples & usage

add an unique friendly_name to your model

If your user model has a name method and you want an unique friendly_name just use:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base  
  has_friendly_name
end

first record with name myStylish~Name gets the following friendly_name: mystylish-name

the second record with the same name gets the following friendly_name: mystylish-name-2

customize

HasFriendlyName comes with serveal configuration options:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base  
  has_friendly_name(:unique => false, :from => :title, :downcase => false, :titelize => true, :seperator => "_")
end

first record with name myStylish~Name gets the following friendly_name: MyStylish_Name

the second record with the same name gets the same because unique is false