Standardising flash usage
Interesting discussion in the Rails ML about better (more standard) flash messages.
In general:
// :notice for positive feedback (action successful, etc) // :message for neutral feedback (reminders, etc) // :warning for negative feedback (action unsuccessful, error encountered, etc) // FLASH_NAMES = [:notice, :warning, :message] <% for name in FLASH_NAMES %> <% if flash[name] %> <%= "<div id=\"#{name}\">#{flash[name]}</div>" %> <% end %> <% end %>
Francois Beausoleil already made a Flash Helper Plugin.