Question

I have a fairly common index view but I would like to format the first item differently than others. How do I differentiate the first item from the rest to acheive something like using <h1> tags for the first link instead of <h5>?

<% @links.each do |link| %>
  <% if link.points == 0 then @points = "?" else @points = link.points%>
  <% end %>
    <p>
      <h5> 
        <%= link_to '+', up_link_url(link), :method => :put, :class => "label success" %> 
        <%= @points %> 
        <%= link_to '-', down_link_url(link), :method => :put, :class => "label important" %> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
        <%= link_to strip_tags(link.title), link %>
      </h5>
    </p>
<% end %>

Answer 1

How about?

<% @links.each_with_index do |link, index| %>
  <% if link.points == 0 then @points = "?" else @points = link.points%>
  <% end %>
    <p>
      <% if index == 0 then %> <h1> <% else %> <h5> <% end %>
        <%= link_to '+', up_link_url(link), :method => :put, :class => "label success" %>
        <%= @points %>
        <%= link_to '-', down_link_url(link), :method => :put, :class => "label important" %> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
        <%= link_to strip_tags(link.title), link %>
      <% if index == 0 then %> </h1> <% else %> </h5> <% end %>
    </p>
<% end %>