A simple way to customize page title in Rails controllers

rails-page-title-02.rb

#in products_controller.rb
before_filter :set_title
def set_title
  # default title for this controller
  @title = 'Products'
end   
                       
def index
  # different title for this action
  @title = 'Catalog'
end

#in application.rhtml.erb
<title><%= @title.titleize + ' - My Great Store' %></title>