Well, making CE use NewUser instead of User in every instance isn't going to be easy (since CE uses User all over the place, in controllers and models. More likely, you'll want to use NewUser in any custom areas of the app (like your own controllers), or parts of CE controllers that you override (i.e. if you override the UsersController#show action or something). To do that, use the "becomes" method in a before_filter:
before_filter :become_new_user :only => :show def becomes_new_user @current_user = @current_user.becomes(NewUser) end On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:26 PM, Carl Fyffe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah HAH! I was on my blackberry when I responded earlier. There is a > wiki page! Yay for Bruno. > > > http://sites.google.com/a/curbly.com/communityengine/customizing-ce-1/overriding-ce-models > > Check it out. If that doesn't help then ask some questions so we can > upgrade the page to make it better. > > Carl > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Chris Lee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I'm new to the list, so I apologize if this has been discussed, but why > can't you do something like this: > > > > require_dependency RAILS_ROOT + > "/vendor/plugins/community_engine/app/models/user" > > > > class User > > > > def display_name > > "my custom name" > > end > > > > end > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Carl Fyffe <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:58:39 PM > > Subject: [CommunityEngine] Re: overriding models > > > > > > Bruno, > > > > We get this question often on the list. Is there a wiki page that > > describes how to do this? It is a use case that most developers will > > need to use and will be a great example of how to extend the > > functionality. > > > > Carl > > > > On 1/15/09, Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I know how to override models, but one thing I don't understand is how > >> CE knows how to use my new model. For example, I'm going to have to > >> add some new roles, and then override the User with some logic that > >> makes use of those roles. > >> > >> class NewUser < USer > >> > >> end > >> > >> Fair enough...but how do I let CE know it needs to always use NewUser, > >> and not user? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
