How do I use reference images in Sass when using Rails 3.1?

Question

I have a Rails 3.1 project with the asset pipeline working great. The problem is that I need to reference images in my Sass, but Rails calculates image URLs. (This is partic

Answer 1

For those who are in favor for faster load times for users, may I suggest following Steve Souders tip for loading images in CSS in base64.

asset-data-url('path')

https://github.com/rails/sass-rails#asset-helpers