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    <p>I'm not exactly sure if I can ask this question, but I definitely need an answer for this. I'm working on a Rails project- a forum- and I want to know how I can implement 'plugins' in it.</p> <p>Basically, I want someone who doesn't know a lot about programming or ruby on rails to be able to add functionality to my forums (assuming they cloned my forum onto their server). The general ideas are</p> <ul> <li>The plugins would have their own directory, like <code>plugins</code>, and would be separated in this directory by the plugin name.</li> <li>I would be able to run a command like <code>rake forum:plugins:install some-url</code> that would download and install the plugin for them</li> <li>The plugins would be able to modify/add assets, as well as change views, controllers, or models</li> <li>The plugins do not change the code of the actual forum</li> </ul> <p>When starting the project, I had the idea in my head that I could just apply a patch or two that would install plugins, but that would be terrible when the user would have to upgrade the forums.</p> <p>So, my questions are:</p> <ol> <li>How can I implement my plugins as outlined above?</li> <li>Is it a good idea to do this using rails?</li> </ol> <p>Again, I'm not sure if these questions are allowed, but I guess I'll find out.</p> <p>Just to clarify, I'm looking for a system akin to SMF's package feature (which allows you to import and install plugins/packages on the forum software itself). I'm not looking for plugins for rails itself, but rather the application running on rails (the forums).</p> <p><strong>TL;DR</strong>: I'm looking for a way to make a modification to a rails app without modifying the source code. I am <em>NOT</em> looking for rails 2 plugins, or rubygems.</p>
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