Metadescription allows you to easily specify lots of different metadescriptions for all your different pages/controller actions. This is helpful for SEO
- Add to your
Gemfile
gem 'meta_description', github: 'yanismydj/metadescription'- Add the tag to your
application.html.erbfile in your<head>section
<%= metadescription %>- Create and customize a
meta_descriptions.ymlfile inconfig/meta_descriptions.ymlExample file:
default: 'this is the default meta description'
home:
index: 'this is the meta description for the home#index page'
your_controller_here:
your_action_name_here: 'the metadescription for your_controller_here#your_action_name_here'
other_controller:
all: 'this metadescription will be used controllerwide for this controller'If you need to set the metadescription for a specific action or controller, just set a @metadescription instance variable in your action or in your controller
IE:
# action specific
class HomeController < ApplicationController
def index
@metadescription = "This page is SEO optimized for whatever it does!"
end
end# controller specific
class HomeController < ApplicationController
before_filter :set_metadescription
def index
end
private
def set_metadescription
@metadescription = "This page is SEO optimized for whatever it does!"
end
endThat's it!