# Help building plugin that requires overriting ruby controller methods

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**Created:** [March 23, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-building-plugin-that-requires-overriting-ruby-controller-methods/259129 "2023-03-23T09:52:37Z")\
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> [@Pabs](#):
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> that surfaces a checkbox when creating a topic on the UI,

You’ll need to do that with a plugin outlet in the ember front end.

> [@Pabs](#):
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> that basically saves a new attribute in the topics table

You want to use a TopicCustomField, not change any tables.

> [@Pabs](#):
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> and then surface the new attrbute when visiting a Topics page.

You’ll want to add the custom field to the topic serializer.

You can look at other plugins that do those things for some examples.

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