Add refinery blog to a rails app

application_controller.rb

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  # ...snip...
  before_filter :check_for_refinery_controller
  layout :set_layout_for_appname_or_refinery

  def check_for_refinery_controller
    @refinery_controller = false
    my_class_name = self.class.name
    return if my_class_name.index("::").nil?
    @refinery_controller = true if my_class_name.split("::").first == "Refinery"
  end
  
  def set_layout_for_appname_or_refinery
    return "application" if @refinery_controller
    return "appname" if !@refinery_controller
  end

  # ...snip...

Gemfile

#gemfile snippet for adding refinery 2.0.8 to rails 3.2.8 app

gem 'rails', '3.2.8'

#...

#refinery dependencies
gem 'refinerycms', '2.0.8'
gem 'refinerycms-blog', '~> 2.0.0'
gem 'will_paginate'

#...

gem "jquery-rails", "~> 2.0.0" #older version of jquery rails because refinerycms-blog depends on it.

routes.rb

#snip...  
#mount refinery at the cms subdirectory
mount Refinery::Core::Engine, :at => '/cms'