DefaultRouting

This is an SEO Optimization plugin that allows you to specify that one or more nested routes will not have a path segment added to their url.

When combined with acts_as_url_param (or some other pretty url plugin), this results in nice tight urls without any extra folders in them in the cases where you can safely get away with it.

This plugin adds new new routing options:

• :default - When true, causes the resource to not generate a namespace prefix
• :show - a symbol identifying a nested resource whose index action should replace this resources show action.

It's important to note that using a :default nesting results in a url collision that hides the index action of the nested resource. If routing to the index action is more desirable, use the :show option instead.

Example

map.namespace :forum do |forum| forum.resources :boards, :default => true, :show => :threads do |boards| boards.resources :threads, :show => posts do |threads| threads.resources :posts end end end

% rake routes | grep forum | grep -v format

            forum_boards GET    /forum
                         POST   /forum
         new_forum_board GET    /forum/new
        edit_forum_board GET    /forum/:id/edit
                         PUT    /forum/:id
                         DELETE /forum/:id
     forum_board_threads GET    /forum/:board_id             # prevents recognition of forum_board
                         POST   /forum/:board_id
  new_forum_board_thread GET    /forum/:board_id/new
 edit_forum_board_thread GET    /forum/:board_id/:id/edit
                         PUT    /forum/:board_id/:id
                         DELETE /forum/:board_id/:id
forum_board_thread_posts GET    /forum/:board_id/:thread_id  # prevents recognition of forum_board_thread
                         POST   /forum/:board_id/:thread_id

new_forum_board_thread_post GET /forum/:board_id/:thread_id/new edit_forum_board_thread_post GET /forum/:board_id/:thread_id/:id/edit forum_board_thread_post GET /forum/:board_id/:thread_id/:id PUT /forum/:board_id/:thread_id/:id DELETE /forum/:board_id/:thread_id/:id forum_board_thread GET /forum/:board_id/:id forum_board GET /forum/:id

% script/console

app.forum_board_thread_post_path(Board.first, Thread.first, Post.first) => "/forum/star-wars/droids/r2d2-rocks-c3po-sucks"

Copyright (c) 2008 Chris Eppstein, released under the MIT license