Hacking CommunityEngine?

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Hey guys, just wanted to get opinions from the experts here.

I'm in the process of creating a pretty customized social network website. Should I just build it from the ground up on RoR, or should I actually start with something like CommunityEngine as a base? Does CommunityEngine only work like how it's built and you throw themes on top of it, or is it meant as a starting base of features that is totally flexible?

My app has a lot of base functions CommunityEngine offers (profile, add-friends, news feed, blog)...but will function a lot differently and will offer more features. Just want to know how flexible/extensible this is. Thanks and sorry if I sound like a newb!

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I would like to encourage you to use Community Engine and submit patches for enhancements or bug fixes. Use CE when you can and add the functionality that is specific for your application. Why rewrite the wheel :-)

CE is highly customizable; in fact, because it uses the Engines plugin, you can even override individual methods in CE's controllers in your own app. For example, if you don't like the default BaseController#site_index action, you can implement BaseController in your app directory, and override the 'show' action, while leaving everything else intact.

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