How do we identify parameters in a dynamic URL?

Question

We are building a Rails CMS where a blog or news listing can appear anywhere in the site tree. This means that any page knows their type based on a database field - eg: a p

Answer 1

You can configure this issue in your routes.rb file.

you can add a route like

 map.connect 'snoopy-news/:year/:date', :controller => 'needed controller', :action => 'needed action' 

this will route any URL of the format

 ../snoopy-news/2010/23 

to the corresponding controller and action with the values set in the varialbles

 year , date 

If you dont give anything, RAILS will consider this as a parameter.