# Links for poor developers - \ **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 17, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/links-for-poor-developers-a-href/76263 "2006-11-17T02:30:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/links-for-poor-developers-a-href/76263/1 "2006-11-17T02:30:45Z")
I don’t enjoy getting involved in design much, mostly because of cross browser issues / css. Anyway, I’m needing a nice menu. Problem is , most of what is out there uses standard html links - And the css is coded around those elements. Is there a way to use with link\_to . I know i can probably just define a class , but wonder if there is an easier way. Stuart – > **[Dark ambient](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ambient)** > > Dark ambient (referred to as ambient industrial especially in the 1980s) is a genre of post-industrial music that features an ominous, dark droning and often gloomy, monumental or catacombal atmosphere, partially with discordant overtones. It shows similarities with ambient music, a genre that has been cited as a main influence by many dark ambient artists, both conceptually and compositionally. Although mostly electronically generated, dark ambient also includes the sampling of hand-pla > The te... ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/links-for-poor-developers-a-href/76263/2 "2006-11-17T02:42:46Z")
On Nov 16, 2006, at 8:29 PM, Dark A. wrote: > I don’t enjoy getting involved in design much, mostly because of > cross browser issues / css. > Anyway, I’m needing a nice menu. Problem is , most of what is out > there uses standard html links - > And the css is coded around those elements. > Is there a way to use with link\_to . I know i can > probably just define a class , but wonder if there is an easier > way. link\_to is simply a helper to generate standard HTML links () so any Javascript or CSS techniques you would use with HTML can be used with the resulting code. Have you tried using link\_to in a template and looking at the HTML that’s produced? (with the ‘view source’ option in your browser). James. ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/links-for-poor-developers-a-href/76263/3 "2006-11-17T03:02:49Z")
On 11/16/06, James S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > way. > > link\_to is simply a helper to generate standard HTML links () so any Javascript or CSS techniques you would use with > HTML can be used with the resulting code. > > > > Have you tried using link\_to in a template and looking at the HTML > that’s produced? (with the ‘view source’ option in your browser). > > > > James. I have, and know , it turns into a href, but it seems as if the styling is lost anyway. Stuart – > **[Dark ambient](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ambient)** > > Dark ambient (referred to as ambient industrial especially in the 1980s) is a genre of post-industrial music that features an ominous, dark droning and often gloomy, monumental or catacombal atmosphere, partially with discordant overtones. It shows similarities with ambient music, a genre that has been cited as a main influence by many dark ambient artists, both conceptually and compositionally. Although mostly electronically generated, dark ambient also includes the sampling of hand-pla > The te... ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/links-for-poor-developers-a-href/76263/4 "2006-11-17T03:20:52Z")
Hi – On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, Dark A. wrote: > > > probably just define a class , but wonder if there is an easier > > I have, and know , it turns into a href, but it seems as if the styling is > lost anyway. Try this: link\_to “Link text”, { :controller =\> “c”, :action =\> “a” }, :class =\> “myclass” You can see it described in several places if you google for: link\_to css class. David – David A. Black | removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Author of “Ruby for Rails” [1] | Ruby/Rails training & consultancy [3] DABlog (DAB’s Weblog) [2] | Co-director, Ruby Central, Inc. [4] [1] [Ruby for Rails](http://www.manning.com/black) | [3] [http://www.rubypowerandlight.com](http://www.rubypowerandlight.com) [2] [http://dablog.rubypal.com](http://dablog.rubypal.com) | [4] [http://www.rubycentral.org](http://www.rubycentral.org) ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/links-for-poor-developers-a-href/76263/5 "2006-11-17T03:12:50Z")
On Nov 16, 2006, at 9:00 PM, Dark A. wrote: > > > > styling is lost anyway. > What is your full link\_to call, and what’s the HTML you’re expecting > to be output? James.