Override views - bug or regression in the documentation ?

[lamoureuxmarie]

Hi all 👋

I'm just starting with Solidus, and I'm a bit confused on how to customize it.

If I understand well, I need to create my own frontend views in a new folder.
I tried this command to generate a copy of the views:

bundle exec rails g solidus:views:override

It gives me this error message: Could not find generator 'solidus:views:override

I created the app with the following command:

rails new \
  -d postgresql \
  -j webpack \ solidus-test
bundle add solidus
bin/rails g solidus:install

When I asked in the support group on Slack, I have been informed that it looks like a bug or regression in the documentation.

(I'm using Rails 7.)

[elia]

I guess this is coming from this page in the guides, which is outdated. The new guides are available at https://edgeguides.solidus.io and the corresponding page there seems to be https://edgeguides.solidus.io/customization/customizing-your-storefront/. I think we're about to switch the domains so those will become official shortly, so I don't think it's worth trying to fix them.

What happens is that the original guide was assuming the frontend was solidus_frontend while new installation will use solidus_starter_frontend by default, copying all views and controllers directly into the rails app, so you should already have all you need to start customizing.

[lamoureuxmarie]

Thank you, Elia, for these explanations! Very helpful ☺️