application_helper.rb

module ApplicationHelper 

# Basic function with this if you have any object.errors that you wanted formated you just call this method and it will handle the formating
  def formatted_errors(object = nil)
    if object && object.errors.any?
      return content_tag(:div, class: "ui_flash ui-widget ui-helper-clearfix", id: "error-messages") do
        content_tag(:div, class: "ui-corner-all ui-state-error") do
          content_tag(:span, "", class: "ui-icon ui-icon-left ui-icon-alert") +
          content_tag(:span, "You have a total of " + pluralize(object.errors.count, "error") + " on this form") +
          content_tag(:ul) do
            object.errors.full_messages.collect {|msg| content_tag(:li, msg) }.join
          end
        end
      end
    end
    return
  end