using views_dir config

app.js

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ function start() {
 	nconf.set('url', nconf.get('base_url') + (nconf.get('use_port') ? ':' + nconf.get('port') : '') + nconf.get('relative_path'));
 	nconf.set('upload_url', path.join(path.sep, nconf.get('relative_path'), 'uploads', path.sep));
 	nconf.set('base_dir', __dirname);
+	nconf.set('views_dir', path.join(__dirname, 'public/templates'));
 
 	winston.info('Time: ' + new Date());
 	winston.info('Initializing NodeBB v' + pkg.version);

src/middleware/index.js

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ module.exports = function(app, data) {
 	app.configure(function() {
 		app.engine('tpl', templates.__express);
 		app.set('view engine', 'tpl');
-		app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, '../../public/templates'));
+		app.set('views', nconf.get('views_dir'));
 
 		app.use(express.compress());