Working With Rails

Hello, I’m working on a basic app for learning purposes. Nothing critical, but I’m not meeting much success asking for help on railsforum.com.

It’s a very simple juncture (for an expert). I’ve got a /post page with shows a list of entries, and a /post/create page for people to create entries. Mainly I’m trying to figure out how to redirect from /post/create (post created) to /post—with the correct flash notice. Also how to customize the flash notice color scheme for success / error.

I do need help with this problem, but more than that, I need good, clear direction on how to proceed into the more complex functionalities. Thank you :-)

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post_controller.rb
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class PostController < ApplicationController def index @title = “Gravity” list end

def list
  @posts = Post.find(:all)
end

def show
end

def new
  @post = Post.new(params[:post]).save
end

def create
  @title = "Gravity" 
  if request.post? and params[:post]
    if new
      flash[:notice] = "Comment created!" 
      redirect_to posts_path
    else
      flash[:notice] = "Please complete all fields." 
      render :action => "create" 
    end    
  end
end

def preview
end

end

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create.haml
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%br
%fieldset %legend New Post – form_for(:post, :url => { :action => “create” }) do |f| = f.label :title, “Title” %br = f.text_field :title %br %br = f.label :content, “Comment” %br = f.text_area :content, { :rows => 8 } %br %br = f.label :author, “Your Name” %br = f.text_field :author %br %br = f.submit “Create Post” – end

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routes.rb
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. # Sample resource route (maps HTTP verbs to controller actions automatically): # map.resources :products map.resources :posts
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