How do I use CSS with a ruby on rails application?

Question

How do I use CSS with RoR? When I link externally, I\'m never able to see the files. I cp\'d the .css file to every folder I could think of...views, controller, template, an

Answer 1

Use the rails style sheet tag to link your main.css like this

<%= stylesheet_link_tag "main" %>

Go to

config/initializers/assets.rb

Once inside the assets.rb add the following code snippet just below the Rails.application.config.assets.version = '1.0'

Rails.application.config.assets.version = '1.0'
Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( main.css )

Restart your server.