# Extending an Extension **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [May 23, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extending-an-extension/104893 "2007-05-23T16:51:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![James\_Thompson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@James\_Thompson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/James_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extending-an-extension/104893/1 "2007-05-23T16:51:24Z")
As part of a catalog extension I am working on I am trying to extend the existing search extension. This is working as expected for the most part by simply calling SearchPage.send :include, CatalogSearchExtension and placing my work in lib/ catalog\_search\_extension.rb under my extension. However, one thing is behaving strangely. Although my additional tags are getting included my customized render method seems to be getting left out. I am wondering if extensions are loaded in alphabetical order which could cause my custom methods to be overwritten when the main extension is loaded. Is there a way to ensure my extension is loaded after the search extension? Has anyone else encountered anything like this? James Thompson IT Director & Web Programmer Stewart & Associates, Inc. 550 West Kentucky Street Louisville, KY 40203 (502) 583.5502 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://www.stewartaa.com/](http://www.stewartaa.com/) ---
**Author:** ![James\_Thompson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@James\_Thompson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/James_Thompson)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extending-an-extension/104893/2 "2007-05-23T17:10:29Z")
James Thompson wrote: > search extension? Has anyone else encountered anything like this? > You should be able to use numeric prefixes on your extension > directories to specify an arbitrary order in which they are loaded. [http://dev.radiantcms.org/radiant/changeset/421](http://dev.radiantcms.org/radiant/changeset/421) Oliver