how to change the default layout and use route helper method in forem

[Byronlee]

That is the case, my existing Rails iproject integrate forem, I use rails g forem: views, custom-existing pages, but I found a few questions:

1. forem views generated pages, unable to use my existing systems Rails route helper method
2. forem views application.html it is not using the default layout of my original program, but it use othe default layout forem , forem / default.html

How to solve these two problems? Thank you

[bodrovis]

@Byronlee You have to prefix your existing routes helper with main_app. To fix the second issue you have to tweak initializers/forem.rb like this:

Rails.application.config.to_prepare do
  Forem.layout = "application"
end

I've written a guide on how to setup Forem: http://www.sitepoint.com/forem-rails-forum-engine/

[Byronlee]

thx, yes , you right,
the first issue, i try , touch a file :

/#{Rails.root}/app/decorators/controllers/application_controller_decorator.rb

ApplicationController.class_eval do
  helper Forem::Engine.helpers
  helper Rails.application.routes.url_helper
end

and i can user the man_app route helper ,but , i have a route helper like wikis_path, in the forem view ,it translate it to "/forem/wikis", but i don't neet the forem prefix. what shoult i do?

the second issue ,i have fix it by add Forem.layout = "application" in file initializers/forem.rb
but in the initializers/forem.rb document shows: Forem::ApplicationController.layout "application" . it not work. Give me a misleading. so you should update the document .

[bodrovis]

@Byronlee Not sure about the first one. The second one is a bug that is yet not fixed. It is supposed to be like said in the wiki but it does not work, so I've found this workaround.

[radar]

Is this issue ok to close now?

[bodrovis]

Idk, it should be tested, but this used to be broken and we had to use Forem.layout = "application"