Why work on the plugin when you can override everything in your app
directory?
To override the plugin controller, just copy the action you want to a
controller file to your app directory and modify it. This action will be
loaded first before the ones in your plugin.
To override a model, add the following lines on top of your model file
for example, inside app/models/user.rb
require_dependency
"#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/plugins/community_engine/app/models/user.rb"
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
# do your thing
end
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Christopher Becker <[email protected]>wrote:
> I wish there was a better way to extend the CE plugin classes. I feel
> really awful about abandoning the plugin architecture and modifying files in
> /vendor. What happens when the next release of CE comes out and I want to
> take advantage of cool new features? A huge diff and merge every time?? It
> goes against the very fiber of my being.
>
>
> On Jul 28, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Jim Ruther Nill wrote:
>
> try ActiveSupport::Dependencies, not just Dependencies.
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Christopher Becker
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm the same position. I found a bunch of "solutions" to the nilClass
>> issue caused by overriding the plugin classes but none of them work
>> for me (running rails 2.3.2). If i fix it in production, it breaks in
>> dev, and vice-versa.
>>
>> On Jul 28, 2009, at 3:46 PM, thestig wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > per the advice of this page:
>> >
>> http://sites.google.com/a/curbly.com/communityengine/customizing-ce-1/developing
>> >
>> > config.after_initialize do
>> > Dependencies.load_once_paths = Dependencies.load_once_paths.select {|
>> > path| (path =~ /(community_engine)/).nil? }
>> > end
>> >
>> > but when I start my rails project I get this:
>> >
>> > => Booting Mongrel
>> > => Rails 2.3.2 application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000
>> > c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/desert-0.5.0/lib/desert/rails/
>> > dependencies.rb:56:
>> > in `look_for_constant_in_parent_module': Constant Rails::Dependencies
>> > from rails
>> > /dependencies.rb not found (NameError)
>> > Constant Dependencies from dependencies.rb not found from c:/ruby/
>> > lib/ruby/ge
>> > ms/1.8/gems/desert-0.5.0/lib/desert/rails/dependencies.rb:13:in
>> > `load_missing_co
>> > nstant'
>> > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/
>> > active_suppo
>> > rt/dependencies.rb:80:in `const_missing'
>> > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/
>> > active_suppo
>> > rt/dependencies.rb:98:in `send'
>> > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/
>> > active_suppo
>> > rt/dependencies.rb:98:in `const_missing'
>> > from D:/vdb/igl/config/environments/development.rb:22:in
>> > `load_environme
>> > nt'
>> > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/
>> > initializer.rb:592:i
>> > n `call'
>> > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/
>> > initializer.rb:592:i
>> > n `after_initialize'
>> > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/
>> > initializer.rb:591:i
>> > n `each'
>> > ... 10 levels...
>> > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/commands/
>> > server.rb:8
>> > 4
>> > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:
>> > 31:in `ge
>> > m_original_require'
>> > from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:
>> > 31:in `re
>> > quire'
>> > from script/server:3
>> > >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> "We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us
> is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch."
> - E. E. Cummings
>
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> >
>
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"We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is
valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch." -
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