cageface: Oh, I get it now, this awesome trick works, but you have to set you app up EXACTLY, like it is said...I don't get those 'features' but thanks.
Jan 2010/7/24 Jan Kadera <[email protected]> > To Frederick: > > "What do you mean by 'there are no relative paths in rails' ?" > As I understand the difference, there is some point in the computer > directory tree, where is said I'm working, for example > /home/myusername/RubyApps/rails/default > now if I want to link something inside of that directory, you just type > name of the file, because some kind of magic or more than human power will > know it should first look there. > On the other hand the absolute path is recognized by starting with the only > root of the whole computer filesystem, like "/" or "C:\" > > ...so if I have to use "/" in the pseudo-relative path like this, then I > guess I'm using absolute path from the relative point described above, which > I absolutely don't get. > And if it really is either of those, I can't imagine usage of the other > one. > > > > To cageface: > Sir, I may be an idiot, but it doesn't work. > I have pictures in public/pic > the picture filename is darkKnight_wide.jpg > and I'm reffering to it like this: > <body background=<%= image_tag "darkKnight_wide.jpg" %>> > and I know nothing abou html, but there is no way that the 'higher power' > translating that ruby babbling into html can know which subdirectory in the > public directory it should try. > > > > To everyone: > I'm trying to follow this tutorial to create a password checker in my app: > > http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/Ruby-on-Rails/Login-Systems-and-More-with-Ruby-on-Rails/ > I followed until like two thirds of article and crashed on this one: > "Create an entry in the users table, start the server, and you'll find > that you can log in from *http://localhost:3000/user/login*, and view your > account information from *http:// localhost:3000/user/my_account*. " > a created a login name and password in the correct database table, but, > when I type in to my browser myIP:3000/user/login it's giving an error > message saying that it cant apply something on []. > I almost completely don't know what exactly am I doing, but I looked into > the database and found the password there...the exact password, which is I > would say lame, isn't it? There should be hash or something (not ruby-hash, > but you probably know). > Because of that I'd say that this tutorial is kind of crapy and I wanted to > ask anyone if you know about any better, I'd love to read it. > > Regards > Jan > > > > 2010/7/24 cageface <[email protected]> > > On Jul 24, 1:06 am, Jan Kadera <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Well, I figured this one out now also...apparently there is huge >> difference >> > between those two strings: >> > /pic/picture.jpg >> > pic/picture.jpg >> > Which I guess means there are no relatives paths in rails, right? >> >> It's better to use the image_tag helper than code full paths to images >> in your app. The convention is like this: >> >> 1. create an images subdirectory under public in your rails app >> 2. link to an image via the image_tag helper >> >> So in your case you'd create public/images/picture.jpg and link to it >> in a template like <%= image_tag "picture.jpg" %>. >> >> -- >> miles >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
