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module PaginateHelper
  class LinkRenderer < WillPaginate::ActionView::LinkRenderer
    protected

    def html_container(html)
      tag(:nav, tag(:ul, html, class: "pagination"))
    end

    def previous_or_next_page(page, text, classname)
      if page

cdmwebs

Friendly URLs

By default, Rails applications build URLs based on the primary key -- the id column from the database. Imagine we have a Person model and associated controller. We have a person record for Bob Martin that has id number 6. The URL for his show page would be:

/people/6

But, for aesthetic or SEO purposes, we want Bob's name in the URL. The last segment, the 6 here, is called the "slug". Let's look at a few ways to implement better slugs.