enhanced password checking behavior in remove_orphaned_pages;

extracted password error to application

app/controllers/admin_controller.rb

@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ class AdminController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def edit_web
-    if @params['system_password']
+    system_password = @params['system_password']
+    if system_password
       # form submitted
-      if wiki.authenticate(@params['system_password'])
+      if wiki.authenticate(system_password)
         wiki.edit_web(
           @web.address, @params['address'], @params['name'], 
           @params['markup'].intern, 
@@ -61,11 +62,7 @@ class AdminController < ApplicationController
         )
         redirect_show('HomePage', @params['address'])
       else
-        if @params['system_password'].empty?
-          flash[:error] = 'Please enter the system password'
-        else
-          flash[:error] = 'You entered a wrong system password. Please enter the right one'
-        end
+        flash[:error] = password_error(system_password)
         # and re-render the same template again
       end
     else

app/controllers/application.rb

@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     not @web_name.nil?
   end
 
+  def password_error(password)
+    if password.nil? or password.empty?
+      'Please enter the password.'
+    else 
+      'You entered a wrong password. Please enter the right one.'
+    end
+  end
+
   def redirect_show(page_name = @page_name, web = @web_name)
     redirect_to :web => web, :controller => 'wiki', :action => 'show', 
         :id => CGI.escape(page_name || 'HomePage')

app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb

@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ class WikiController < ApplicationController
       wiki.remove_orphaned_pages(@web_name)
       redirect_to :action => 'list'
     else
-      redirect_show 'HomePage'
+      flash[:error] = password_error(@params['system_password'])
+      return_to_last_remembered
     end
   end