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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 20, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-rhtml-erb-not-being-used/132433 "2008-03-20T04:18:55Z")\
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**Author:**  [@Davo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Davo)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-rhtml-erb-not-being-used/132433/1 "2008-03-20T04:18:55Z")
Hi All,
I’m working through the updated rolling with rails tutorial ( for
Rails 2.0.2 ) via the screencast at [rubyplus.org](http://rubyplus.org) & I’ve got the point
where the auto generated layouts have been replaced with a global
application.rhtml.erb - but for me, it is not used.
Does just the application name mean it gets automatically used, or do
I need to do something else to make it get used by the recipes and
categories index.rhtml.erb
cheers, Dave P.
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**Author:**  [@Davo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Davo)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-rhtml-erb-not-being-used/132433/2 "2008-03-20T04:28:17Z")
Answering my own question…
When i created the file I gave it an extension of .rhtml.erb instead
of .html.erb
cheers, Dave