# UserEngine features or howto override

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/userengine-features-or-howto-override/79360>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 10, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/userengine-features-or-howto-override/79360 "2006-03-10T05:35:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![wizumwalt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ac8455/32.png) [@wizumwalt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wizumwalt)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/userengine-features-or-howto-override/79360/1 "2006-03-10T05:35:48Z")

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Very new to Ruby and I’m working with the UserEngine from the  
[rails-engine.org](http://rails-engine.org) site and I have it installed and working, but what I  
want is to understand how to override the views it has under the  
vendor/plugins/user\_engine/app/views dir.

Also, if I need to override anything in the controller, how would I do  
that as well. I don’t think I should be modifying the \*.rb code under  
the vendor dir?

I also want to understand if a someone signs up, how the admin or other  
created super user by the admin might approve that new user and  
understand it’s other features.

I’m researching this for an upcoming project and so far like ruby, but  
need to understand more.

Any help much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![wizumwalt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ac8455/32.png) [@wizumwalt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wizumwalt)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/userengine-features-or-howto-override/79360/2 "2006-03-10T07:28:13Z")

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wizumwalt wrote:

> Very new to Ruby and I’m working with the UserEngine from the  
> [rails-engine.org](http://rails-engine.org) site and I have it installed and working, but what I  
> want is to understand how to override the views it has under the  
> vendor/plugins/user\_engine/app/views dir.

You will get better, faster help on the Rails mailing list:

[http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)

James

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**Author:** ![wizumwalt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/ac8455/32.png) [@wizumwalt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wizumwalt)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/userengine-features-or-howto-override/79360/3 "2006-03-10T11:39:44Z")

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Like James suggests, you’ll get better help on the official rails or  
engines mailing lists. However, as a starting point you’ll want to  
thoroughly read the README file that comes with the engines plugin  
itself.

- james