Strange behavior with link_to for "blog" and "gallery"

Rails
1

Okay, what’s so different about the bellow code? When I use the link_to
function in a partial (three times passing “Stats”, “Blog”, and
“Gallery”)…

<%= link_to(menuItem.to_s, :controller=>menuItem.to_s.downcase)%>

I get…
Stats
Blog
Gallery

and in my .css file I have:

a:link {
text-decoration: none;
color: #661;
}

BUT this only works for the “Stats” link. “Blog” and “Gallery” just
look like the default html link. If I change the link_to line to read:
<%= link_to(menuItem.to_s, :controller=>menuItem.to_s.downcase +
“x”)%>

everything looks fine but now I have a link to the wrong controller.
What gives?

2

I guess link_to is not the problem because if I just put html code
directly into the layout I still get the problem.

 <a href="/stats">Stats</a>
 <a href="/blog">Blog</a>
 <a href="/gallery">Gallery</a>

this alone produces the error. I’m confused.

3

All right. It’s becomming embarrasing.

This only happens with links that I have selected at some point. Once I
select “Stats” and then reload the page the same thing happens.

So I guess I need to put into my .css file something like this…

a:visited {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #230;
}
4

All right. It’s becomming embarrasing but I still don’t know how to fix
it.

This only happens with links that I have selected at some point. Once I
select “Stats” and then reload the page the same thing happens.

So I guess I need to put into my .css file something like this…

a:visited {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #230;
}