Thanks, I was considering "new" as the same level as "index", but see
how this makes a difference.

Dave

On May 2, 4:01 am, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-
s.net> wrote:
> dwormuth wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > I'd really like to understand why the layout works for some
> > controller/actions and not for others.
>
> Most likely because you had a relative URL that worked with respect to
> /operations, but not with respect to /operations/new (which is one level
> deeper in the virtual directory hierarchy that Rails creates).  Notice
> that the absolute path for your CSS file works in all cases.
>
> This is fundamental to all Web development.  If you don't understand the
> difference between absolute and relative paths, then go study some more,
> because it's essential that you understand it.  If you *do* understand
> it, then be aware that it works in Rails the same as it does anywhere
> else (except that most of the directories are virtual).
>
> Does that help?
>
> Best,
> --
> Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org
> [email protected]
> --
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