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Ruby

Posted by Scooter D
Scooter D
9,611 Points

bootstrap not working?

I am doing the frontend development lessons on building a simple web app and am having problems with bootstrap.

I downloaded and installed the proper files in their proper locations. I have the correct code in my layout/applications, I copy and pasted right from the guide itself.

When I load my page it appears that it's only recognizing plain html and nothing else.

When I vew-page-source, I see bootstrap.js/.css is being loaded with the page.

After I initially drag the bootstrap.css and bootstrap.js + image files in, do I have to do some type of bundle install?

Furthermore I also deleted everything in my scaffold.css.erb folder as it instructed in the video.

I am really not sure what I am doing wrong, it looks like it is just plain html. Here is the page with my bootstrap classes in it 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> 
<head>
  <title>Treebook</title>
  <%= stylesheet_link_tag    "application", :media => "all" %>
  <%= javascript_include_tag "application" %>
  <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
</head>
<body>
        <div class="navbar navbar-fixed-top">
            <div class="navbar-inner">
            <div class="container">
                    <a href="#" class="brand"> Treebook</a>
                <ul class="nav">
                        <li><%= link_to "All Statuses", statuses_path %></li>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="container">
            <%= yield %>
    </div>
</body>

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Colin Stodd
Colin Stodd
3,160 Points
Colin Stodd
Colin Stodd
3,160 Points

Hey scooter, could you do us a favor and post your fix. It looks like there are a bunch of people having the same issue.

2 Answers

Greg Schloemann
Greg Schloemann
1,090 Points
Greg Schloemann
Greg Schloemann
1,090 Points

I had the same issue and found that the syntax in bootstrap 3.0.3 has changed. I inspected on the element on the navbar of the bootstrap webpage and copied the code from there. I hope this helps.

Scooter D
Scooter D
9,611 Points
Scooter D
Scooter D
9,611 Points

FIXED!

Aiden Yi
Aiden Yi
9,292 Points
Aiden Yi
Aiden Yi
9,292 Points

I would also like to know. I am having a same problem

Colin Stodd
Colin Stodd
3,160 Points
Colin Stodd
Colin Stodd
3,160 Points

I am also having the same problem.