monad-slug

Support for slug fields for Monad CMS

Sometimes items in an admin will require a slug. Slugs are URL-enabled versions of plain text, e.g. the title of a blog post. In other words, given the following blog post:

<h1>My awesome blog!</h1>

...we would need to generate this slug for SEO-friendly links:

<a href="/my-awesome-blog/">My awesome blog!</a>

This plugin automates that process for you, optionally allowing the author to override the generated slug.

Installation

NPM

$ npm install --save monad-slug

var monad = require('monad-cms');
var monadSlug = require('monad-slug');
 
angular.module('myAwesomeCms', [monad, monadSlug]);

Bower

$ bower install --save monad-slug

<!-- Optionally use the .min.js versions in production: -->
<script src="/path/to/monad-cms.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/monad-slug.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/your/bundle.js"></script>

angular.module('myAwesomeCms', [monad, monadSlug]);

Usage

Slugs require a source field. Let's say your model is like so:

var blogPost = {
    title: 'My awesome blog!',
    slug: ''
};

In the schema view, you could then write this:

<label>Title:</label>
<input type="text" ng-model="blogPost.title">
 
<label>Slug:</label>
<input type="text" ng-model="blogPost.slug" monad-slug="blogPost.title">

The directive now watches the title for changes, and updates the ngModel specified on the form element with the new slug.

Use a hidden element or the disabled attribute to prevent authors overriding the generated slug.

Todo/wishlist

• Support for checking slug uniqueness via an API