Rails - Jul 2006 - error_messages_for - Custom formating

Hi all,

I am trying to change the default formatting for the error_messages_for.

To quote from the ROR manual:

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error_messages_for(object_name, options = {})

Returns a string with a div containing all the error messages for the 
object located as an instance variable by the name of object_name. This 
div can be tailored by the following options:

header_tag - Used for the header of the error div (default: h2)
id - The id of the error div (default: errorExplanation)
class - The class of the error div (default: errorExplanation)

NOTE: This is a pre-packaged presentation of the errors with embedded 
strings and a certain HTML structure. If what you need is significantly 
different from the default presentation, it makes plenty of sense to 
access the object.errors instance yourself and set it up. View the 
source of this method to see how easy it is.

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So if I wanted to change the header tag to a h4 and change the default 
id and class, I presume I would use this

<%= error_messages_for(''signup'', options = {:header_tag
=> ''h4'', :id =>
''myid_name'', :class => ''myclass_name''})
%>

However that doesn''t seem to change the default settings.

Also how can I change the overall html structure of the errors? For 
example use <ol> instead of <ul>''s. I could just edit the
original file,
just I guess I need a helper to do this?

I am new to ROR, so sorry if this an easy question.

Thanks,

Steve

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