first pass at flash messages, unfortunately they don't work well due …

…to caching

app/controllers/subscriber_actions_controller.rb

@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ def login
       login_as subscriber
       redirect_to "/subscriber"
     else
-      flash[:notice] = "Unable to login."
-      redirect_to "/subscriber/login"
+      notice = "Unable to login."
+      redirect_to "/subscriber/login?notice=#{notice}"
     end
   end
 
   def logout
     if logged_in?
       cookies["subscriber"] = nil
-      flash[:notice] = "You have been logged out."
+      notice = "You have been logged out."
     end
-    redirect_to "/subscriber/login"
+    redirect_to "/subscriber/login?notice=#{notice}"
   end
 
   def register
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ def register
       login_as @subscriber
       redirect_to "/subscriber"
     else
-      flash[:notice] = "One or more validation errors occured."
-      redirect_to "/subscriber/register"
+      notice = "One or more validation errors occured."
+      redirect_to "/subscriber/register?notice=#{notice}"
     end
   end
 
   def changed
     if params[:return]
-      flash[:notice] = "Your account has been refreshed."
-      redirect_to "/subscriber"
+      notice = "Your subscription status has been refreshed."
+      redirect_to "/subscriber?notice=#{notice}"
     else
       ids = (params[:subscriber_ids] || "").split(",")
       subscribers = Subscriber.find(:all, :conditions => ["id in (?)", ids])

app/models/spreedly_tags.rb

@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ module SpreedlyTags
   include ActionController::UrlWriter
   default_url_options[:host] = "localhost:3000"
 
+  tag "flash" do |tag|
+    tag.expand
+  end
+
+  tag "flash:notices" do |tag|
+    notice = tag.locals.page.request.parameters["notice"]
+    "<span style=\"font-weight:bold; color:red\">#{notice}</span>" unless notice.blank?
+  end
+
   ## subscribers
 
   tag "subscribers" do |tag|
@@ -41,7 +50,7 @@ module SpreedlyTags
 
   tag "subscriber:refresh" do |tag|
     s = tag.locals.subscriber
-    "<a href=\"/subscriber_actions/changed?subscriber_ids=#{s.id}&return=true\">#{tag.attr['title'] || 'Refresh Subscription'}</a>"
+    "<a href=\"/subscriber_actions/changed?subscriber_ids=#{s.id}&return=true\">#{tag.attr['title'] || 'Refresh Subscription Status'}</a>"
   end
 
   tag "subscriber:subscription" do |tag|

app/views/subscriber/_notice.html.erb

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-<% unless flash[:notice].blank? -%>
-  <span style="color:red"><%= flash[:notice] %></span>
+<% unless params[:notice].blank? -%>
+  <span style="color:red"><%=h params[:notice] %></span>
 <% end -%>