# Rails asset tag helpers outputting invalid xhtml

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-asset-tag-helpers-outputting-invalid-xhtml/154966>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 5, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-asset-tag-helpers-outputting-invalid-xhtml/154966 "2008-12-05T17:21:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![asoto](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@asoto](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/asoto)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-asset-tag-helpers-outputting-invalid-xhtml/154966/1 "2008-12-05T17:21:50Z")

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I am using Rails 2.1 and HAML for some, but not all, of my templates.  
All of the self-closing asset tags (, ![]()) output by the rails  
asset tag helper methods are not being closed at all, thus rendering my  
pages as invalid XHTML. Has anyone else dealt with a similar problem? I  
am completely out of ideas, so if you have any suggestions, by all  
means, fire away. Thanks.