now reloading image listing and shows a flash message

images/app/assets/javascript/refinery/images.js.coffee.erb

@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ class Images
       if getParameterByName("modal") == "true"
         window.parent.document.getElementById("dialog_frame").contentDocument.location.reload(true);
       else
-        $('#flash_container', window.parent.document).html($("#inner_flash_container").html())
-        parent.$(".ui-icon-closethick").trigger("click")
+        @set_flash_and_reload($("#inner_flash_container").html())
 
   validate: (file) ->
     max_file_size = <%= Refinery::Images.max_image_size %>
@@ -84,6 +83,21 @@ class Images
       error: (data) ->
         _this.post_error(file, data.responseText)
 
+  set_flash_and_reload: (message) ->
+    form = new FormData();
+    form.append "notice", message
+    _this = @ # save current scope so we can use current object methods within $.ajax
+    $.ajax
+      type: 'POST'
+      url: "/refinery/images/set_flash"
+      data: form
+      contentType: false
+      processData: false
+      success: (data) ->
+        window.parent.location.reload(true)
+      error: (data) ->
+        window.parent.location.reload(true)
+
   after_do_upload: (file) ->
     @files.remove file
     @upload_next()

images/app/controllers/refinery/admin/images_controller.rb

@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ def create
         end
       end
 
+      def set_flash
+        flash.notice = t('uploaded_successfully', :scope => 'refinery.admin.images.form')
+        render :nothing => true, :layout => false
+      end
+
     protected
 
       def init_dialog

images/config/routes.rb

@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
     resources :images, :except => :show do
       get :insert, :on => :collection
     end
+    post "images/set_flash" => "images#set_flash"
   end
 end