diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/desktop/journal_pages.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/desktop/journal_pages.js.erb
index 2c6821da..139f94fc 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/desktop/journal_pages.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/desktop/journal_pages.js.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 orbitDesktop.prototype.initializeJournalPapers = function(target,url,cache){ // this init journal papers
     this.initializeJournalPapers.formCallback = function(data){
-      if(data.success){
         o.notify(data.msg,"success");
         o.sub_menu_item($("div[content-type=menu] a").eq(0));
       }else{
diff --git a/app/controllers/desktop/co_authors_controller.rb b/app/controllers/desktop/co_authors_controller.rb
index 9b0d3bd1..1c74314e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/desktop/co_authors_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/desktop/co_authors_controller.rb
@@ -36,24 +36,20 @@ class Desktop::CoAuthorsController < ApplicationController
     @co_author = CoAuthor.new(params[:co_author])
     @co_author.name_id= current_user.id
 
-    if @writing_journal.save
-      render :json => {success:true, msg: "Paper successfully saved!"}.to_json
+    if @co_author.save
+      render json: {success:true, msg: "Co-author successfully saved!"}.to_json
     else
-      render :json => {success:false, msg: "Saving failed!"}
+      render json: {success: false, msg: @co_author.errors.full_messages}.to_json
     end
   end
 
   def update
     @co_author = CoAuthor.find(params[:id])
 
-      respond_to do |format|
-        if @co_author.update_attributes(params[:co_author])
-          format.html { redirect_to desktop_co_authors_url, notice: 'CoAuthor was successfully updated.' }
-          format.json { head :no_content }
-        else
-          format.html { render action: "edit" }
-          format.json { render json: @co_author.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
-      end
+    if @co_author.update_attributes(params[:co_author])
+      render json: {success:true, msg: "Co-author successfully update!"}.to_json
+    else
+      render json: {success: false, msg: @co_author.errors.full_messages}.to_json
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/desktop/journal_pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/desktop/journal_pages_controller.rb
index b389dca6..b6acd5d4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/desktop/journal_pages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/desktop/journal_pages_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 class Desktop::JournalPagesController < ApplicationController
+  #before_filter :check_for_cancel, :only => [:create, :update]
 
   def index
     @writing_journal = WritingJournal.where(create_user_id: current_user.id)
@@ -35,14 +36,14 @@ class Desktop::JournalPagesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def create
-      params[:writing_journal][:create_user_id] = current_user.id
-      @writing_journal = WritingJournal.new(params[:writing_journal])
+    params[:writing_journal][:create_user_id] = current_user.id
+    @writing_journal = WritingJournal.new(params[:writing_journal])
 
-      if @writing_journal.save
-        render json: {success: true, msg: "Paper successfully saved!"}.to_json
-      else
-        render json: {success: false, msg: "Saving failed!"}.to_json
-      end
+    if @writing_journal.save
+      render json: {success: true, msg: "Paper successfully saved!"}.to_json
+    else
+      render json: {success: false, msg: @writing_journal.errors.full_messages}.to_json
+    end
   end
 
   def update
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ class Desktop::JournalPagesController < ApplicationController
       if @writing_journal.update_attributes(params[:writing_journal])
         render json: {success: true, msg: "Paper successfully saved!"}.to_json
       else
-        render json: {success: false, msg: "Saving failed!"}.to_json
+        render json: {success: false, msg: @writing_journal.errors.full_messages}.to_json
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/desktop/co_authors/_form.html.erb b/app/views/desktop/co_authors/_form.html.erb
index 22b8433e..e5d9e8ff 100644
--- a/app/views/desktop/co_authors/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/desktop/co_authors/_form.html.erb
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
-<% if @co_author.errors.any? %>
-  <div id="error_explanation">
-    <h2><%= pluralize(@co_author.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this user from being saved:</h2>
-    <ul>
-      <% @co_author.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
-        <li><%= msg %></li>
-      <% end %>
-    </ul>
-  </div>
-<% end %>
 <div class="fn_g hp">
-
-  <%= button_tag "Save", name: "commit", value: "Save", class: "fn_btn hh2 thmc2 thmtxt" %>
-  <%= button_tag "Cancel", name: "commit", value: "Cancel", class: "fn_btn hh2 thmc2 thmtxt" %>
+  <%= f.submit "Save", name: "commit", value: "Save", class: "fn_btn hh2 thmc2 thmtxt" %>
+<!--    <%= submit_tag "Cancel", :class=>"fn_btn hh2 bt-cancel thmc2 thmtxt" %>-->
 </div>
 
 <div></div>
diff --git a/app/views/desktop/co_authors/edit.html.erb b/app/views/desktop/co_authors/edit.html.erb
index 2f48f4c5..015f6321 100644
--- a/app/views/desktop/co_authors/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/desktop/co_authors/edit.html.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-<%= form_for @co_author, url: desktop_co_author_path(@co_author) do |f| %>
+<%= form_for @co_author, html: { multipart: true ,"form-type"=>"ajax_form", "callback-method"=>"coAuthorformCallback"} , url: desktop_co_author_path(@co_author) do |f| %>
   <%= render partial: 'desktop/co_authors/form', locals: {:f => f} %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/desktop/co_authors/new.html.erb b/app/views/desktop/co_authors/new.html.erb
index c794f218..1a4ec2d5 100644
--- a/app/views/desktop/co_authors/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/desktop/co_authors/new.html.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-<%= form_for @co_author, html: { multipart: true ,:type=>"ajax_form", "callback-method"=>"coAuthorformCallback"} , url: desktop_co_authors_path do |f| %>
+<%= form_for @co_author, html: { multipart: true ,"form-type"=>"ajax_form", "callback-method"=>"coAuthorformCallback"} , url: desktop_co_authors_path do |f| %>
   <%= render partial: 'desktop/co_authors/form', locals: {:f => f} %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/desktop/journal_pages/_form.html.erb b/app/views/desktop/journal_pages/_form.html.erb
index 3d44ec8f..223bea04 100644
--- a/app/views/desktop/journal_pages/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/desktop/journal_pages/_form.html.erb
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-<% if @writing_journal.errors.any? %>
-  <div id="error_explanation">
-    <h2><%= pluralize(@writing_journal.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this user from being saved:</h2>
-    <ul>
-      <% @writing_journal.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
-        <li><%= msg %></li>
-      <% end %>
-    </ul>
-  </div>
-<% end %>
 <div class="toolbar hh2">
   <div class="fn_g hp">
     <%= f.submit "Save", name: "commit", value: "Save", class: "fn_btn hh2 thmc2 thmtxt" %>