# CSS and images cannot be read on server when deployed

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 13, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/css-and-images-cannot-be-read-on-server-when-deployed/134654 "2008-04-13T15:17:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/css-and-images-cannot-be-read-on-server-when-deployed/134654/1 "2008-04-13T15:17:46Z")

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Dear all

I deployed rail app. but the app does not see the CSS files and the  
images  
basically it does not see the public directory

i created the softlink ln -s /home//rails/app/public /home/  
/public\_html  
the application is ruinning but without CSS or images

what is the solution  
the webserver is apache 2 as i knew from the host company

Thanks