Thanks Walter. So in your opinion it is always good to write css without folder prefixes. Am I getting you right here?
-deepak On Saturday, April 13, 2013 7:40:36 PM UTC+5:30, Walter Lee Davis wrote: > > > On Apr 13, 2013, at 7:24 AM, deepak wrote: > > > Originally posted here: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15986969/where-to-put-plugin-images-in-rails-application > > > > > We use handful of plugins in our Rails application(Rails 3.2.1). As we > already know that we should keep all app images app/assets/images folder > and css in app/assets/stylesheets. This is what we follow. > > > > However some plugins use images and keep them in parallel to CSS > file.(images and CSS in same folder/level) > > > > So my question is: (We use Asset Pipeline) > > > > • Is it a good practice to keep images of plugin in parallel to > CSS file? (I am hoping it's good thing) > > • If not, then developer has to change the image paths in entire > css file (if putting plugin images inapp/assets/images), Which I think is > not helpful for future in case you plan to upgrade those plugins. > > Thanks. > > > > > > You might want to put these in the app/vendor/plugin_name/assets folder > tree, so you can keep them separate from your application's own code. If > these stylesheets are written with "awareness" of a folder hierarchy, like > maybe with ../images/icon.png style references to images, then you may have > trouble with the asset pipeline. I just ran into that in a project here, > and had to give up and let the "magic" work by removing all prefixes. Once > I did that, and just referenced url(icon.png) in my CSS, everything just > worked. (icon.png was in the app/assets/images folder, the stylesheet > referencing it was in the app/assets/stylesheets folder.) > > Walter > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]<javascript:>. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/OMfFgRvVr1EJ. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/U3G23LMF4dcJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
