Merge pull request #76 from wikyd/custom_urls

Allow users to set a custom url for a blog post independent of the title

app/models/blog_post.rb

@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ class BlogPost < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :title, :presence => true, :uniqueness => true
   validates :body,  :presence => true
 
-  has_friendly_id :title, :use_slug => true,
+  has_friendly_id :friendly_id_source, :use_slug => true,
                   :default_locale => (::Refinery::I18n.default_frontend_locale rescue :en),
                   :approximate_ascii => RefinerySetting.find_or_set(:approximate_ascii, false, :scoping => 'blog'),
                   :strip_non_ascii => RefinerySetting.find_or_set(:strip_non_ascii, false, :scoping => 'blog')
 
-  attr_accessible :title, :body, :tag_list, :draft, :published_at, :browser_title, :meta_keywords, :meta_description, :user_id, :category_ids
+  attr_accessible :title, :body, :tag_list, :draft, :published_at, :browser_title, :meta_keywords, :meta_description, :user_id, :category_ids, :custom_url
 
   scope :by_archive, lambda { |archive_date|
     where(['published_at between ? and ?', archive_date.beginning_of_month, archive_date.end_of_month])
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ class BlogPost < ActiveRecord::Base
     }.compact
   end
 
+  def friendly_id_source
+    custom_url.present? ? custom_url : title
+  end
+
   class << self
     def next current_record
       self.send(:with_exclusive_scope) do

app/views/admin/blog/posts/_form.html.erb

@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@
       </ul>
       <h3><%= t('.published_at') %></h3>
       <%= f.datetime_select :published_at %>
+
+      <div class='field'>
+        <span class='label_with_help'>
+          <%= f.label :custom_url, t('.custom_url') %>
+          <%= refinery_help_tag t('.custom_url_help') %>
+        </span>
+        <%= f.text_field :custom_url, :class => "widest" %>
+      </div>
+
     </div>
     <div class='hemisquare right_side'>
       <%= render :partial => '/seo_meta/form', :locals => {:form => f} %>

config/locales/en.yml

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ en:
           toggle_advanced_options: Click to access meta tag settings and menu options
           save_as_draft: Save as Draft
           published_at: Publish Date
+          custom_url: Custom Url
+          custom_url_help: Generate the url for the blog post from this text instead of the title.
         index:
           no_items_yet: 'There are no Blog Posts yet. Click "%{create}" to add your first blog post.'
         uncategorized:

db/migrate/5_add_custom_url_field_to_blog_posts.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddCustomUrlFieldToBlogPosts < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :blog_posts, :custom_url, :string
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :blog_posts, :custom_url
+  end
+end