Question

how can i join the ruby code with the html code? I want that the html “href” link with the path (ruby). Could somebody help me? For example: <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li> , the href linked to Ruby <%= link_to "Home", root_path %> .

Ill want that my Button Home, for example is linked with the Ruby root_path.

HTML Code

>  <div class="navbar navbar-fixed-top">
>           <div class="navbar-inner">
>             <div class="container">
>               <a class="btn btn-navbar" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".nav-collapse">
>                 <span class="icon-bar"></span>
>                 <span class="icon-bar"></span>
>                 <span class="icon-bar"></span>
>               </a>
>               <a class="brand" href="#">My Workingtimes</a>
>               <div class="nav-collapse">
>                 <ul class="nav">
>                   <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
>                   <li><a href="#about">Log In</a></li>
>                   <li><a href="#contact">Sign In</a></li>
>                 </ul>
>               </div><!--/.nav-collapse -->
>             </div>
>           </div>
>         </div>

RUBY CODE

<div id="container">

    <div id="content">
        <% if flash[:notice] %>
        <p id="notice">
            <%= flash[:notice] %>
        </p>
        <% end %>

        <% if flash[:alert] %>
        <p id= "alert">
            <%= flash[:alert] %> 
        </p>
        <% end %>
    </div>
    <div id="footer">
    <%= link_to "Home", root_path %> |
    <%= link_to "Sign In", new_user_path %> |
        <% if user_signed_in? %>
        <%= link_to "Logout", logout_path, method: :delete %> |
        <%= link_to "My Workingtimes", mytimes_path %>
        <% else %>
        <%= link_to "Login", login_path %>
        <% end %> 
        <%= yield %>
    </div>
</div>

Answer 1

You can run rake routes and see what, for instance, root_path points to.

Unless you haven’t made any changes, it probably points to /, in which case you can have href = "/"

This is assuming that you absolutely need to enter the path name in the HTML. Otherwise, I would highly recommend converting your .html to .html.erb and then use something like <%= link_to "Home", root_path %> as you had mentioned.