# Integrating mephisto in to the existing rails application

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integrating-mephisto-in-to-the-existing-rails-application/120876>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 21, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integrating-mephisto-in-to-the-existing-rails-application/120876 "2007-11-21T11:45:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![chandrahasanreddy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@chandrahasanreddy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chandrahasanreddy)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integrating-mephisto-in-to-the-existing-rails-application/120876/1 "2007-11-21T11:45:07Z")

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Hi Guys…

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      I have a rails application which requires the mephisto blog to

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be integrated in to it as a plugin. I had tried out with a lot of things  
but was not resulted good. So Could any one please say to me if any one  
of you had any idea or had implemented the same, regarding integrating  
mephisto in to my rails application.

Thanks in well advance guys,

Waiting for some one to reply to me.

Plzzzzzzzz

Chandoo…

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**Author:** ![chandrahasanreddy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@chandrahasanreddy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chandrahasanreddy)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integrating-mephisto-in-to-the-existing-rails-application/120876/2 "2007-11-27T21:48:38Z")

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The best way to integrate it is not to actually integrate Mephisto and  
your app at a code level, but run them as two separate apps and just  
make them act like they’re part of one site. The user can’t tell the  
difference unless they look very closely.

For example, take a look at [www.BuildingWebApps.com](http://www.BuildingWebApps.com). Click on the Blog  
tab, and you’ll see the blog, and the URL will be  
[blog.BuildingWebApps.com](http://blog.BuildingWebApps.com). The blog is running Mephisto as an entirely  
separate application; it has just been styled to look like the main  
app. The DNS directs [blog.BuildingWebApps.com](http://blog.BuildingWebApps.com) to the server running  
Mephisto, while [www.BuildingWebApps.com](http://www.BuildingWebApps.com) goes to the main app server.

Michael  
[www.BuildingWebApps.com](http://www.BuildingWebApps.com)

P.S. There is a separate group for Mephisto that you may find to be a  
better place for this discussion.

On Nov 21, 2:45 am, Chandrahas Kalamakuntla \<rails-mailing-