# First RoR Aplication - images/css paths **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 11, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-ror-aplication-images-css-paths/167669 "2009-05-11T10:29:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/0ea827/32.png) [@Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Quijote70)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-ror-aplication-images-css-paths/167669/1 "2009-05-11T10:29:29Z")
I routed the page [www.site.com](http://www.site.com) to a controller “welcome” config/routes.rb: map.root :controller =\> “welcome” after this action the home page [http://www.site.com](http://www.site.com) ho reads the action index works fine but if I call [http://www.site.com/welcome/](http://www.site.com/welcome/) the links fo the images goes wrong, the same if a call othes action > **[Overview](https://www.salesforce.com/products/platform/overview/?d=70130000000liBh&internal=true&bc=HA)** > > Go digital fast and empower your teams to work from anywhere. Develop scalable, custom business apps with low-code development or give your teams the tools to build with services and APIs. can you help me? ---
**Author:** ![Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/0ea827/32.png) [@Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Quijote70)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-ror-aplication-images-css-paths/167669/2 "2009-05-11T12:01:07Z")
How are you linking to the images? 2009/5/11 Quijote70 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/0ea827/32.png) [@Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Quijote70)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-ror-aplication-images-css-paths/167669/3 "2009-05-11T12:05:49Z")
In html > **[Overview](https://www.salesforce.com/products/platform/overview/?d=70130000000liBh&internal=true&bc=HA)** > > Go digital fast and empower your teams to work from anywhere. Develop scalable, custom business apps with low-code development or give your teams the tools to build with services and APIs. works ![]() > **[Overview](https://www.salesforce.com/products/platform/overview/?d=70130000000liBh&internal=true&bc=HA)** > > Go digital fast and empower your teams to work from anywhere. Develop scalable, custom business apps with low-code development or give your teams the tools to build with services and APIs. works ![]() ---
**Author:** ![Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/0ea827/32.png) [@Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Quijote70)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-ror-aplication-images-css-paths/167669/4 "2009-05-11T12:15:13Z")
Try ![](https://www.ruby-forum.com/img/head_player.jpg) Colin 2009/5/11 Sergio A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/0ea827/32.png) [@Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Quijote70)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-ror-aplication-images-css-paths/167669/5 "2009-05-11T14:39:14Z")
In what way is it not xhtml compliant? 2009/5/11 Sergio A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/0ea827/32.png) [@Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Quijote70)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-ror-aplication-images-css-paths/167669/6 "2009-05-11T12:25:45Z")
Yes it works, but is not xhtml compliant, i am looking for a routing solution? Sergio ---
**Author:** ![Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/0ea827/32.png) [@Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Quijote70)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-ror-aplication-images-css-paths/167669/7 "2009-05-11T16:39:08Z")
Yes you are right, I make a mistake reading. Sergio ---
**Author:** ![Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/0ea827/32.png) [@Quijote70](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Quijote70)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/first-ror-aplication-images-css-paths/167669/8 "2009-05-11T22:52:44Z")
a good way to avoid such path issues is to use the image\_tag helper method: image\_tag(“icon”) # =\> ![Icon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/images/icon)