Ruby on Rails Bootstrap Glyphicons not working

Question

I have added bootstrap to my site. Here is the structure I am using. (I cannot whatsoever remove the bootstrap.css file since it I modified it to my liking).

>app >>assets >>>fonts >>>>4 glypicons icon files. >>>images >>>>N/A >>>javascripts >>>>Bootstrap.js (Jquery is installed in a gem) >>>stylesheets >>>>Bootstrap.css 

Everything is imported correctly, but the issue is that the glyphicons arent working and I need them!

Answer 1

November 2015 EDIT: I would recommend this gem: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap-sass It is actively maintained by the Bootstrap community and works really well with Ruby on Rails.

I was having a very similar issue as you but I figure it out! Find this part in your bootstrap.css file:

@font-face {   font-family: 'Glyphicons Halflings';   src: url('../fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot');   src: url('../fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), url('../fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff') format('woff'), url('../fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf') format('truetype'), url('../fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg#glyphicons_halflingsregular') format('svg'); } 

and replace ../fonts/ with /assets. This is what your final code will look like.

@font-face {   font-family: 'Glyphicons Halflings';   src: url('/assets/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot');   src: url('/assets/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), url('/assets/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff') format('woff'), url('/assets/glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf') format('truetype'), url('/assets/glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg#glyphicons_halflingsregular') format('svg'); } 

I hope this helped!