Best way to create a preview functionality in rails

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Hi all,

I'm looking to implement a preview functionality in my posts scaffold. All I need to do is allow a user to enter information in the new view (/posts/new) and then replace the submit button with a preview button.

Once the preview button is clicked, the user is routed to the preview page (probably /posts/new/preview). If the user wants to make a change they would click 'go back' or if they are happy with the post they can then submit the post.

I found this article (http://eyedeal.team88.org/node/105) but it seems dated. Any ideas on what the best approach for this would be?

Many thanks, Tony

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