# JTRailsMeta
JTRailsMeta help you to manage HTML meta tags like title, description, keywords used in Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
## Installation
JTRailsMeta is distributed as a gem, which is how it should be used in your app.
Include the gem in your Gemfile:
gem 'jt-rails-meta', '~> 1.0'
Create a `meta.yml` file for the translation:
rails g rails_meta:install
## Usage
### Basic usage
Include `JTRailsMeta` in your `ApplicationController`:
```ruby
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
include JTRailsMeta
...
end
```
Call `meta_tags` in your layout:
```html
<%= meta_tags %>
```
You have also access to `meta_title`, `meta_description`, `meta_keywords` methods.
### Pass parameters to tags
In your controller:
```ruby
class PostsController < ApplicationController
def show
@post = Post.find(params[:id])
set_meta_title({ title: @post.title })
set_meta_description({ title: @post.title, author: @post.author })
end
end
```
In your `meta.yml` file:
```yaml
en:
meta:
posts:
show:
title: "%{title}"
description: "Post about %{title} by %{author}"
```
### Add more tags
You can add more tags with `add_meta_extra` and `add_meta_link` methods:
```ruby
add_meta_extra 'robots' => 'noindex,nofollow'
add_meta_extra {
twitter: {
site: '@mywebsite',
domain: 'mywebsite.com',
title: meta_title,
description: meta_description,
image: [
http://mywebsite.com/image_1.jpg'),
http://mywebsite.com/image_2.jpg')
]
}
}
add_meta_link 'author', 'https://github.com/jonathantribouharet'
add_meta_link 'publisher', 'https://github.com/jonathantribouharet'
```
There is some methods already created using `add_meta_link` method:
- `add_meta_link_canonical` which is equivalent to `add_meta_link 'canonical'`
- `add_meta_link_author` which is equivalent to `add_meta_link 'author'`
- `add_meta_link_publisher` which is equivalent to `add_meta_link 'publisher'`
- `add_meta_link_alternate` which is equivalent to `add_meta_link 'alternate'`
## Author
- [Jonathan Tribouharet](https://github.com/jonathantribouharet) ([@johntribouharet](https://twitter.com/johntribouharet))
## License
JTRailsMeta is released under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.