added connect-flash package. npm also alphabetically re-ordered the deps... thanks npm?

package.json

@@ -15,42 +15,43 @@
     "test": "mocha ./tests -t 10000"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "async": "~0.2.8",
+    "bcryptjs": "~0.7.10",
+    "connect-flash": "^0.1.1",
+    "cron": "~1.0.4",
+    "daemon": "~1.1.0",
     "express": "3.2.0",
     "express-namespace": "~0.1.1",
-    "socket.io": "~0.9.16",
-    "socket.io-wildcard": "~0.1.1",
-    "passport": "~0.2.0",
-    "passport-local": "0.1.6",
-    "marked": "0.2.8",
-    "async": "~0.2.8",
     "gm": "1.14.2",
     "gravatar": "1.0.6",
+    "less": "~1.6.3",
+    "marked": "0.2.8",
+    "mkdirp": "~0.3.5",
     "nconf": "~0.6.7",
-    "sitemap": "~0.7.3",
-    "winston": "~0.7.2",
-    "rss": "~0.2.0",
-    "request": "~2.34.0",
+    "nodebb-plugin-dbsearch": "0.0.9",
+    "nodebb-plugin-markdown": "~0.4.1",
+    "nodebb-plugin-mentions": "~0.5.0",
+    "nodebb-plugin-soundpack-default": "~0.1.1",
+    "nodebb-theme-lavender": "~0.0.26",
+    "nodebb-theme-vanilla": "~0.0.21",
+    "nodebb-widget-essentials": "~0.0.21",
+    "npm": "^1.4.6",
+    "passport": "~0.2.0",
+    "passport-local": "0.1.6",
     "prompt": "~0.2.11",
-    "uglify-js": "git+https://github.com/julianlam/UglifyJS2.git",
-    "validator": "~3.4.0",
-    "cron": "~1.0.4",
+    "request": "~2.34.0",
+    "rimraf": "~2.2.6",
+    "rss": "~0.2.0",
     "semver": "~2.2.1",
+    "sitemap": "~0.7.3",
+    "socket.io": "~0.9.16",
+    "socket.io-wildcard": "~0.1.1",
     "string": "~1.7.0",
-    "xregexp": "~2.0.0",
-    "bcryptjs": "~0.7.10",
-    "less": "~1.6.3",
-    "daemon": "~1.1.0",
+    "uglify-js": "git+https://github.com/julianlam/UglifyJS2.git",
     "underscore": "~1.6.0",
-    "mkdirp": "~0.3.5",
-    "rimraf": "~2.2.6",
-    "npm": "^1.4.6",
-    "nodebb-plugin-mentions": "~0.5.0",
-    "nodebb-plugin-markdown": "~0.4.1",
-    "nodebb-widget-essentials": "~0.0.21",
-    "nodebb-theme-vanilla": "~0.0.21",
-    "nodebb-theme-lavender": "~0.0.26",
-    "nodebb-plugin-soundpack-default": "~0.1.1",
-    "nodebb-plugin-dbsearch": "0.0.9"
+    "validator": "~3.4.0",
+    "winston": "~0.7.2",
+    "xregexp": "~2.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "~1.13.0"

src/controllers/static.js

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ function createStatic(statusCode) {
 			res.statusCode = parseInt(statusCode, 10);
 		}
 
-		res.render(statusCode, {});
+		res.render(statusCode, {
+			errorMessage: req.flash('errorMessage')[0] || undefined
+		});
 	};
 }
 

src/middleware/index.js

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var templates = require('./../../public/src/templates'),
 	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	express = require('express'),
 	winston = require('winston'),
+	flash = require('connect-flash'),
 
 	relativePath,
 	viewsPath,
@@ -138,12 +139,13 @@ function handleErrors(err, req, res, next) {
 	// here and next(err) appropriately, or if
 	// we possibly recovered from the error, simply next().
 	console.error(err.stack);
+
 	var status = err.status || 500;
 	res.status(status);
 
-	res.json(status, {
-		error: err.message
-	});
+	req.flash('errorMessage', err.message);
+
+	res.redirect('500');
 }
 
 function catch404(req, res, next) {
@@ -190,6 +192,7 @@ module.exports = function(app, data) {
 		app.engine('tpl', templates.__express);
 		app.set('view engine', 'tpl');
 		app.set('views', viewsPath);
+		app.use(flash());
 
 		app.enable('view cache');