ruby on rails link_to an image

Question

I\'m facing the following problem: I have a very small image gallery with image files located in the following directories

 app/assets/images/locale/thumbs/
         


        

Answer 1

There are two approches to this issue.

1. You must specify the assets folder in the path.

   link_to( image_tag("locale/thumbs/001.jpg"), "/assets/locale/big/spizzicaluna001.jpg" )

2. Use an image path allowing rails to find the correct image

   link_to( image_tag("locale/thumbs/001.jpg"), image_path( "locale/big/spizzicaluna001.jpg") )

More info on image_path:

http://apidock.com/rails/ActionView/Helpers/AssetTagHelper/image_path