# Public/images **URL:** \ **Category:** Engines\ **Created:** [March 27, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-images/87985 "2006-03-27T23:04:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/twerth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-images/87985/1 "2006-03-27T23:04:51Z")
Is there a reason that public/images isn’t overlaid into engine\_files/myengine/images the same way javascripts and stylesheets are? Is there a way to turn it on? -todd[1] ---
**Author:** ![twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/twerth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-images/87985/2 "2006-03-27T23:18:39Z")
Hello, I also created some images in a new public/images directory this evening, and I was wondering if it would copy the images directory, and… it did! I did not have to turn anything on. Of course you have to restart webrick. If you’re using Apache, I already noticed that it does not even copy/update the javascripts and stylesheets directory. Bart ---
**Author:** ![twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/twerth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-images/87985/3 "2006-03-27T23:45:23Z")
On 3/27/06, Bart M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello, > > I also created some images in a new public/images directory this > evening, and I was wondering if it would copy the images directory, > and… it did! I did not have to turn anything on. Of course you have > to restart webrick. If you’re using Apache, I already noticed that it > does not even copy/update the javascripts and stylesheets directory. > > Bart Thanks Bart I just needed a restart. I wonder why the directory wasn’t there to begin with? -todd[1] ---
**Author:** ![twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/twerth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-images/87985/4 "2006-03-28T01:09:38Z")
When you start Rails (via a webserver or via the console), it will copy _everything_ underneath public/ in your engines into subdirectories of the main RAILS\_ROOT/public folder. If you make changes to these files, you’ll have to restart your server (or console process) to have them re-copied. When running a webserver, you’ll need to make sure that the user which your webserver runs as has permission to write files under /public. - james On 3/27/06, Todd W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks Bart > > I just needed a restart. I wonder why the directory wasn’t there to begin with? > > -todd[1] > > * * * > > engine-users mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org](http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org) – - J \* ~ ---
**Author:** ![twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/twerth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-images/87985/5 "2006-03-28T02:52:05Z")
Depending on what version of engines you are on, there are also some helper methods as well… Engine\_image Engine\_image\_src -Nb On 3/27/06 3:09 PM, “James A.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Bart > > > [http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org](http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org) > > – > > - J \* > ~ > > * * * > > engine-users mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org](http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org) ```auto Nathaniel S. H. Brown http://nshb.net ``` ---
**Author:** ![twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/twerth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 9:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-images/87985/6 "2006-03-29T09:42:46Z")
At the moment, calling Engines.copy\_engine\_files(Engines[:your\_engine\_name]) will do it. I’ll make it more convenient in the next release. - james On 3/29/06, Subimage [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > [http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org](http://lists.rails-engines.org/listinfo.cgi/engine-users-rails-engines.org) – - J \* ~ ---
**Author:** ![twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@twerth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/twerth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-images/87985/7 "2006-03-29T08:22:58Z")
Quick, someone write a rake task that copies all public images/js/css files over so I don’t have to… Include it with the next version of engines too 😃