After reading around a bit it seems like the "solution" is to do as 
recommended. Modify all the URLS. It does seem kind of annoying. Damn you 
assets pipeline!

(as seen here: http://babinho.net/2011/10/rails-3-1-jquery-ui/) 

 - Ben

On Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 8:51 PM, Ben Taylor wrote:

> Any reason why this solution mentioned on Stack Overflow doesn't work?
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6133818/rails-3-1-and-jquery-ui-assets 
> 
>  - Ben
> 
> On Wednesday, 26 October 2011 at 8:46 PM, Samuel Richardson wrote:
> 
> > Yes? ;)
> > 
> > Your other option could be to override elements of the CSS by using
> > another CSS file
> > 
> > Sent from my iPhone
> > 
> > On 26/10/2011, at 8:42 PM, Chris Berkhout <[email protected] 
> > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote:
> > 
> > > Because I'd consider it a fork. It means it isn't the same file that
> > > is "released" by the jqueryui.com (http://jqueryui.com) website, and if I 
> > > want to switch to
> > > a different theme, it's (again) more than just dropping in a different
> > > file.
> > > 
> > > Am I'm being too pedantic?
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Chris
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Samuel Richardson <[email protected] 
> > > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote:
> > > > Any reason you don't want to modify the jQuery UI stylesheet?
> > > > Samuel Richardson
> > > > www.richardson.co.nz (http://www.richardson.co.nz) | 0405 472 748
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Chris Berkhout 
> > > > <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > To clarify, ideally I'd like to:
> > > > > 1) use no helpers (so that I don't have to modify the auto-generated
> > > > > jquery-ui stylesheet)
> > > > > 2) use the assets pipeline (so that the CSS goes into the single
> > > > > application.css, and gets minified automatically)
> > > > > 
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Chris
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Chris Darroch 
> > > > > <[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Use the image-path() or image-url() sass-rails helpers.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > https://github.com/rails/sass-rails
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 26/10/2011, at 6:45 PM, Chris Berkhout <[email protected] 
> > > > > > (mailto:[email protected])>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Hi All,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I've got a Rails 3.1 app, and I've just started using the jQuery 
> > > > > > > UI
> > > > > > > plugin's datepicker.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I'm getting the javascript code out of the jquery-rails gem, by 
> > > > > > > adding
> > > > > > > (to app/assets/javascripts/application.js):
> > > > > > > //= require jquery-ui.min
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > For the theme/style, I generated one on jqueryui.com 
> > > > > > > (http://jqueryui.com), and added the
> > > > > > > CSS file here:
> > > > > > > app/assets/stylesheets/jquery-ui-datepicker.smoothness.css
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > My problem is with the images.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Putting them under app/assets/stylesheets/images/* worked in
> > > > > > > development, but in production (when MD5 hashes get added) it 
> > > > > > > doesn't
> > > > > > > work.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > With the CSS going into /assets/application.css, it's expecting 
> > > > > > > its
> > > > > > > images to be under /assets/images/*.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Is there a way to have the CSS and the images packaged as assets
> > > > > > > without modifying the CSS to use the asset_path helper?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > The only solution I can see at the moment is to put CSS and images
> > > > > > > under /public and manually link to the stylesheet in my 
> > > > > > > application
> > > > > > > layout.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > Chris
> > > > > > > 
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