# Customize scaffold **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 10, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-scaffold/81605 "2007-01-10T14:49:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/j0sh)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-scaffold/81605/1 "2007-01-10T14:49:20Z")
hi all is there a simple solution to change the CRUD layout using only the scaffold method (without generate scaffold)? tnx ---
**Author:** ![j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/j0sh)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-scaffold/81605/2 "2007-01-10T16:39:20Z")
Yea but it involves you changing the templates. If you freeze your gems (rake freeze:gems) and then go into the vendor/rails folder, look under actionpack/action\_controller/templates/scaffolds Change them there. (Just did this the other day!) ---
**Author:** ![j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/j0sh)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-scaffold/81605/3 "2007-01-11T12:36:21Z")
Brian H. wrote: > Yea but it involves you changing the templates. If you freeze your gems > (rake freeze:gems) and then go into the vendor/rails folder, look under > > actionpack/action\_controller/templates/scaffolds > > Change them there. > > (Just did this the other day!) tnx i’ll try 😉 ---
**Author:** ![j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/j0sh)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-scaffold/81605/4 "2007-01-18T22:21:09Z")
Brian H. wrote: > Yea but it involves you changing the templates. If you freeze your gems > (rake freeze:gems) and then go into the vendor/rails folder, look under > > actionpack/action\_controller/templates/scaffolds > > Change them there. > > (Just did this the other day!) ops! when i try to freeze the gems this is the output: rake aborted! Don’t know how to build task ‘gems:freeze’ i didn’t found help in google ☹ ---
**Author:** ![j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/j0sh)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-scaffold/81605/5 "2007-01-18T22:42:25Z")
Giuseppe M. wrote: > ops! when i try to freeze the gems this is the output: > > rake aborted! > Don’t know how to build task ‘gems:freeze’ > > i didn’t found help in google ☹ “rake rails:gems:freeze” work good but if i change the templates i can’t show my modifies in rails… ---
**Author:** ![j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/j0sh)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-scaffold/81605/6 "2007-01-19T15:41:45Z")
Giuseppe M. wrote: > Giuseppe M. wrote: > > > ops! when i try to freeze the gems this is the output: > > > > rake aborted! > > Don’t know how to build task ‘gems:freeze’ > > > > i didn’t found help in google ☹ > > “rake rails:gems:freeze” work good but if i change the templates i can’t > show my modifies in rails… Giuseppe M. wrote: > Giuseppe M. wrote: > “rake rails:gems:freeze” work good but if i change the templates i can’t > show my modifies in rails… Changes to templates will not automatically"back-port" to previously generated code of course. Are you actually saying that your template changes are not being used when you generate new models and controllers in the modified project? ---
**Author:** ![j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@j0sh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/j0sh)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/customize-scaffold/81605/7 "2007-01-19T15:47:41Z")
> > Giuseppe M. wrote: > > “rake rails:gems:freeze” work good but if i change the templates i can’t > > show my modifies in rails… > > Changes to templates will not automatically"back-port" to previously > generated code of course. Are you actually saying that your template > changes are not being used when you generate new models and controllers > in the modified project? yes… but i created a new application and now templates are correct 😉 tnx