2 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/users/app/assets/javascripts/users.js.coffee b/users/app/assets/javascripts/users.js.coffee
index 955556c..b0b624c 100644
--- a/users/app/assets/javascripts/users.js.coffee
+++ b/users/app/assets/javascripts/users.js.coffee
@@ -14,13 +14,27 @@ srp.updated = ->
 
 srp.error = (message) ->
   if $.isPlainObject(message) && message.errors
-    for field, error of message.errors
-      element = $('form input[name$="['+field+']"]')
-      next unless element
-      element.trigger('element:validate:fail.ClientSideValidations', error).data('valid', false)
+    display_errors(message.errors)
   else
     alert(message)
 
+display_errors = (errors) ->
+  for field, error of errors
+    if field == 'base'
+      display_base_error(error);
+    else
+      display_field_error(field, error);
+
+display_field_error = (field, error) ->
+  element = $('form input[name$="['+field+']"]')
+  return unless element
+  element.trigger('element:validate:fail.ClientSideValidations', error).data('valid', false)
+
+display_base_error = (message) ->
+  messages = $('#messages')
+  messages.append "<div class=\"alert alert-error\"><a class=\"close\" \"data-dismiss\"=\"alert\">×</a><div class=\"flash_error\">" + message + "</div></div>"
+
+
 pollUsers = (query, process) ->
   $.get( "/users.json", query: query).done(process)
 
diff --git a/users/app/controllers/controller_extension/authentication.rb b/users/app/controllers/controller_extension/authentication.rb
index f0a6564..0dca29c 100644
--- a/users/app/controllers/controller_extension/authentication.rb
+++ b/users/app/controllers/controller_extension/authentication.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ module ControllerExtension::Authentication
   def authentication_errors
     return unless attempted_login?
     errors = get_warden_errors
+    #default response to get_warden_errors is not an enumerable, so won't work if default is used
     errors.inject({}) do |translated,err|
       translated[err.first] = I18n.t(err.last)
       translated