How to include a css or javascript in an erb that is outside the layout?

Question

Sorry for the slightly noobish question, as I am writing my first rails app.

I get the idea of the layout view, but if you are using them, is there any way to includ

Answer 1

You can't if your tag is in your layout.

You may want a different layout for that controller action. Like this on the render:

 render :action => "index", :layout => "some_other_layout

Also you can set a different default layout for a whole controller with this line in the controller class:

layout "some_other_layout"

Check the API docs, there's some complex things you can do with conditionals on that layout method.