Question

In section 5.1 of the tutorial, Rails can’t seem to find the CSS file (custom.css or the blueprint files) or logo.png. I have triple-checked the code and it’s identical to what is in the git repository.

I have also read the asset pipeline guide and all the default values are correct.

I am a 100% sure that it has something to do with the asset pipeline, but I can’t seem to figure it out.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Here is a listing of my public directory:

$ ls public/images public/stylesheets
public/images:
logo.png

public/stylesheets:
blueprint/  custom.cssls images stylesheets

Here are the errors that I’m getting:

Started GET "/assets/custom.css" for 127.0.0.1 at 2011-12-15 14:23:20 -0800
Served asset /custom.css - 404 Not Found (14ms)

Started GET "/assets/blueprint/screen.css" for 127.0.0.1 at 2011-12-15 14:23:20 -0800
Served asset /blueprint/screen.css - 404 Not Found (2ms)

Started GET "/assets/logo.png" for 127.0.0.1 at 2011-12-15 14:23:20 -0800
Served asset /logo.png - 404 Not Found (3ms)

Answer 1

I think Emily is pointing you in the right direction, the application is looking for the images in assets-folder, not in the public-folder. Instead of moving it out of the public folder, I would recommend to disable the asset-pipeline as long as you are dealing with the tutorial (just so you can follow the tutorial as written).

To achieve this, go into your config/application.rb-file and look out for the following line:

# Enable the asset pipeline
config.assets.enabled = true

and set the value to false

# Enable the asset pipeline
config.assets.enabled = false

You will also have to remove/comment out sass-rails from your Gemfile.

After that restart your server and it should work as expected.

Once you have finished the tutorial, you should consider bending your head around the asset-pipeline, since the benefits out of it are worth the while 🙂