# Installing existing project as plugin

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-existing-project-as-plugin/182663>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 1, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-existing-project-as-plugin/182663 "2010-02-01T09:26:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-existing-project-as-plugin/182663/1 "2010-02-01T09:26:22Z")

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Dear Everyone,

I have 1 opensource project im very interested in. I would like to  
install this project as a plugin since it does not support a /theme  
folder to override the app views, js, stylesheets, etc.  
And this option won’t be available since it has no priority for them.  
Im to new to ruby to do this myself and working on another self made  
project so i dont really have the time to going to build that feature  
in.

Would it be possible to somehow seperate views/css/js from the main  
app and place this in a theme folder

Any suggestions advice on this would be very welcome  
Thank you