# Extensions **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [July 11, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extensions/109096 "2007-07-11T14:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extensions/109096/1 "2007-07-11T14:58:41Z")
hello i’m looking at /admin/pages does anybody know what view is currently used for that page? /app/view/admin/page/index.rhtml ? /vendor/radiant/…/index.rhtml ? /vendor/extension/extension[1…1000]/…/index.rhtml ? /radiant\_gem\_folder/…/index.rhtml ? did somebody made translation for radiant admin part? ---
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extensions/109096/2 "2007-07-11T21:29:22Z")
why god damn why?? i put all of admin views into /app/views directory and it does not use them… is not it highest priority folder? i don’t understand that ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extensions/109096/3 "2007-07-11T21:45:24Z")
It depends on which way you have Radiant installed for the given site/project/instance. 1. If you checked it directly out of the repository, app/views/admin/page/index.rhtml 2. If you ‘froze’ it into vendor/radiant, vendor/radiant/app/views/admin/page/index.rhtml 3. If you are running from the gem, …ruby/gems/1.8/gems/radiant-0.6.x/app/views/admin/page/index.rhtml 4. If you have an extension that overrides it, vendor/extensions/extension\_name/app/views/admin/page/index.rhtml I can tell you with certainty that it’s most likely 2 or 3. If you installed something like the reorder or copy-move extensions, it’s probably 4. Hope that helps! Sean ---
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extensions/109096/4 "2007-07-11T21:55:26Z")
thank you, yes i’m using frozen version of Radiant but still IMO such behaviour is very strange and unnatural… why not define priorities of directories and search for specific view in that order? i mean /app/views/ is definitely much important than /vendor/extensions/…/views or /vendor/radiant/…/views/ it could be easy solution for holding merged views for conflicting extensions as well ---
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extensions/109096/5 "2007-07-11T22:17:28Z")
It is designed in this way for several reasons. 1. Load code from the gem when possible. We assume you’ll be running in instance/project mode. This means that the majority of the Radiant code will be loaded from one location. This is helpful for shared hosting or multiple-site environments where the sysadmin can install the Radiant gem and have the code shared across all sites on the server. 1. Load code from vendor/radiant for specific installs. Sometimes you want to have a specific version of Radiant. Maybe the newest gem breaks your site or maybe you need a feature from the latest codebase. This is the purpose for vendor/radiant. If it is present, it will be used instead of the gem. 1. Let extensions override almost anything. Extensions are designed to change the way Radiant behaves, therefore they should have precedence over anything Radiant provides, including views. This does not prevent them from breaking each other, however. In the case where there’s a conflict (multiple extensions defining the same view), the lexically first extension is chosen. 1. We ignore app/views unless running in application mode. app/views is pretty much only present when someone is developing for the core. You might have a look at RadiantOnRails though, and the work being done to greater integrate Radiant with other applications. They are able to use code out of app/. Down the road, we will have a greater compartmentalization of Radiant’s views, reducing the number of conflicts between extensions. Some work on that was done in an experimental branch in January called facets, but it was too ‘alpha’ to be included in 0.6. So there’s the overview. Maybe you could describe what specific problem you’re having? Sean ---
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extensions/109096/6 "2007-07-11T22:27:29Z")
the problem is i’m trying to translate administrative part but i don’t know what files should i change. this is pretty common problem - if i want something to look in different way it is natural to add replacement into /app/views folder and happily see that application is using my changes. ---
**Author:** ![Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Keymone](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Keymone)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/extensions/109096/7 "2007-07-11T23:41:46Z")
I have actually translated about 95% of Radiant using the Gibberish plugin. There is a patch on the dev site, but I need to add a few things, then you can change the language using a yaml file. This of course does not address any extensions, but these are easily added. The main problem would be the very popular (and great) copy/move extension and the reorder extension. I have these both done as well, but have not submitted patches for them. Email me and I will give you the latest patch. I have been meaning to submit a new one, but as I am swamped with work, I haven’t had time. Once you figure out how radiant works, this is all very easy. If I am changing something in the core code, then I do not use the gem, but rather an svn checkout. The avoids one of your problems. Then as Sean says, be sure to check your extensions, they override everything. Read Sean’s post carefully and you will figure out where everything is. Keith B. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Tel: +49-7731-7983830