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Asked: 2026-05-26T04:01:51+00:00

I’m new to Rails, so bear with me. I have a view file called

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I’m new to Rails, so bear with me.

I have a view file called new.html.erb that renders a form (_form.html.erb) that uses a nested form (_traveler.form.erb). These are located in the app/views/traveling_parties directory. I’m trying to use CSS to style this form.

I’ve seen the question ” Where do you put CSS files in a rails app directory? “, so I stuck my css file (newgame.css) in public/stylesheets and put the following tag at the top of my new.html.erb file:

<head>
<%= stylesheet_form_tag "newgame" %>
</head>

In my CSS file, I have a test ID:

#test
{
    background: #000;
    height: 100px;
    width: 100px;
}

And I applied this to a div in my new.html.erb file

But it doesn’t seem to do anything… Is there anything I’m doing blatantly wrong? Is there any other information I can provide?

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  1. Editorial Team

    you should check http://railscasts.com/ for episodes about views and layouts (e.g. search there)

    The answer depends on which version of Rails you are using.

    In general you could have multiple layouts in a Rails application.

    If you have just one layout, then your CSS file will be in the default location for your Rails version.

    e.g. (assuming you are using SCSS)

    public/stylesheets/application.scss in Rails 2.x

    app/stylesheets/application.scss in Rails 3.x

    Check also this RailsGuide:

    http://guides.rubyonrails.org/layouts_and_rendering.html

    Check these two RailsCasts: (in particular in regards to the Asset Pipeline)

    http://railscasts.com/episodes/279-understanding-the-asset-pipeline

    http://railscasts.com/episodes/282-upgrading-to-rails-3-1

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