Rails: How to change the title of a page?

Question

What is the best way to create a custom title for pages in a Rails app without using a plug-in?

Answer 1

In your views do something like this:

<% content_for :title, "Title for specific page" %>

<%= content_for(:title, "Title for specific page") %>

The following goes in the layout file:

  
  


  
  
<%= yield(:title) %>

It's also possible to encapsulate the content_for and yield(:title) statements in helper methods (as others have already suggested). However, in simple cases such as this one I like to put the necessary code directly into the specific views without custom helpers.