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append_view_path

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append_view_path(path) public

Adds a view_path to the end of the view_paths array. If the current class has no view paths, copy them from the superclass. This change will be visible for all future requests.

  ArticleController.append_view_path("views/default")
  ArticleController.append_view_path(["views/default", "views/custom"])

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# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/base.rb, line 455
      def append_view_path(path)
        @view_paths = superclass.view_paths.dup if @view_paths.nil?
        view_paths.push(*path)
        ActionView::TemplateFinder.process_view_paths(path)
      end

June 26, 2008

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Handy for adding theme support

I’m using this to add basic theme support to my app:

append_view_path(File.join(RAILS_ROOT, "app/themes/#{@current_theme}"))
append_view_path(File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'app/themes/_base'))

Common templates go in app/themes/_base and then you can override these with specific theme versions in each theme directory.

append_view_path

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Handy for adding theme support