Question

How would I convert this link if I wanted to use the rails <%= link_to %> helper?

Here is my link :

<a id="landing_link" href="#landing"><div id="headerlogo"></div></a>

Another question is that the link is an anchor link. In a link_to from another page, how would I link it to the page (eg. index) and then to the anchor?

Answer 1

You can use a do block for link_to:

The documentation ; their example:

<%= link_to(@profile) do %>
  <strong><%= @profile.name %></strong> -- <span>Check it out!</span>
<% end %>
# produces the following HTML:
<a href="/profiles/1">
  <strong>David</strong> -- <span>Check it out!</span>
</a>

In your case, <a id="landing_link" href="#landing"><div id="headerlogo"></div></a> Becomes:

<%= link_to '#landing', :id => 'landing_link' do %>
  <div id="headerlogo"></div>
<% end %>