# :media

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/media/192928>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 8, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/media/192928 "2010-08-08T17:23:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/media/192928/1 "2010-08-08T17:23:21Z")

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In this tutorial:  
[http://railstutorial.org/chapters/filling-in-the-layout#top](http://railstutorial.org/chapters/filling-in-the-layout#top)

\<%= stylesheet\_link\_tag ‘blueprint/screen’, :media =\> ‘screen’ %\>

What is :media? What is its purpose?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/media/192928/2 "2010-08-08T17:33:45Z")

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On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Abder-Rahman A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> \<%= stylesheet\_link\_tag ‘blueprint/screen’, :media =\> ‘screen’ %\>
> 
> What is :media? What is its purpose?

[http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-media-descriptors](http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-media-descriptors)

If you’re new to web development, you probably should spend some  
time looking through that entire document 🙂

–  
Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
twitter: @hassan

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**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/media/192928/3 "2010-08-08T17:35:11Z")

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Hassan S. wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Abder-Rahman A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
> wrote:
> 
> > \<%= stylesheet\_link\_tag ‘blueprint/screen’, :media =\> ‘screen’ %\>
> > 
> > What is :media? What is its purpose?
> 
> [http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-media-descriptors](http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-media-descriptors)
> 
> If you’re new to web development, you probably should spend some  
> time looking through that entire document 🙂
> 
> –  
> Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> twitter: @hassan

Thanks Hassan.

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**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/media/192928/4 "2010-08-08T17:45:28Z")

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Adber, take a look at this:  
[http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/media.html#media-intro](http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/media.html#media-intro)

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**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/media/192928/5 "2010-08-08T17:53:38Z")

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Amin Torres wrote:

> Adber, take a look at this:  
> [Media types](http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/media.html#media-intro)

Thanks a lot Amin.