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    copied!<p>I have a static_controller that is in charge of all the static pages in the site and works as follows in routes.rb:</p> <pre><code>map.connect ':id', :controller =&gt; 'static', :action =&gt; 'show' </code></pre> <p>I have a static page called about that among other information, has a contact form. I currently have a contacts_controller that is in charge of inserting the contact information to the database. Inside my routes.rb file, I have:</p> <pre><code>map.resources :contacts </code></pre> <p>My contact form (simplified) looks like this:</p> <pre><code>&lt;% form_for @contact do |f| %&gt; &lt;p class="errors"&gt;&lt;%= f.error_messages %&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;%= f.label :first_name %&gt; &lt;%= f.text_field :first_name %&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="buttons"&gt;&lt;%= f.submit %&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;% end %&gt; </code></pre> <p>Which in turn submits to the create action of my contacts_controller. My create action looks like this:</p> <pre><code>def create @contact = Contact.new(params[:contact]) if @contact.save flash[:notice] = "Email delivered successfully." end redirect_to "about" end </code></pre> <p>The problem is, is the that when I redirect back to my about page the error_messages for the form get lost (since the error_messages for the form only exist for one request, and that request ends upon redirect). How would I go about preserving the error_messages and still linking the users back to the about static url? Would a session/flash be sufficient (if so, what code would I use to pass error messages) or am I going about this whole thing wrong?</p> <p>Thanks!</p>
 

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