Always put 'kaminari' into the partial path

README.rdoc

@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ Run the following generator command, then edit the generated file.
 
 * specifying an alternative views directory (default is <tt>kaminari/</tt>)
 
-    <%= paginate @users, :views_prefix => '../templates/pagination' %>
-  This would search for partials in <tt>app/views/../templates/pagination</tt>.
+    <%= paginate @users, :views_prefix => 'templates/' %>
+  This would search for partials in <tt>app/views/templates/kaminari</tt>. This option makes it easier to do things like A/B testing pagination templates/themes, using new/old templates at the same time as well as better intergration with other gems sush as [cells](https://github.com/apotonick/cells).
 
 * the +link_to_next_page+ and +link_to_previous_page+ helper method
 

lib/kaminari/helpers/paginator.rb

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module Kaminari
         end
         @template, @options = template, options
         @theme = @options.delete(:theme)
+        @views_prefix = @options.delete(:views_prefix)
         @window_options.merge! @options
         @window_options[:current_page] = @options[:current_page] = PageProxy.new(@window_options, @options[:current_page], nil)
 

lib/kaminari/helpers/tags.rb

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module Kaminari
         @template, @options = template, options.dup
         @param_name = @options.delete(:param_name) || Kaminari.config.param_name
         @theme = @options.delete(:theme)
+        @views_prefix = @options.delete(:views_prefix)
         @params = template.params.except(*PARAM_KEY_BLACKLIST).merge(@options.delete(:params) || {})
       end
 
@@ -52,7 +53,9 @@ module Kaminari
       end
 
       def partial_path
-        [@options[:views_prefix] || "kaminari",
+        [
+         @views_prefix,
+         "kaminari",
          @theme,
          self.class.name.demodulize.underscore
         ].compact.join("/")

spec/helpers/action_view_extension_spec.rb

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe 'Kaminari::ActionViewExtension', :if => defined?(Rails) do
     end
 
     context 'accepts :view_prefixes option' do
-      subject { helper.paginate @users, :views_prefix => "alternative/kaminari" }
+      subject { helper.paginate @users, :views_prefix => "alternative/" }
       it { should eq("<p>1</p>") }
     end
   end