diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5dbc903..a4822a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,23 +13,32 @@ Setup:
  4. bower install
 
  5. bundle install
- 
+
  6. rake rails:update:bin
- 
+
  7. rails s
 
 That's it!
 
-Navigate to   http://localhost:3000/plainpage/index
+Navigate to   http://localhost:3000
 
-![gentelella on rails ](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2548160/14771111/a1523f80-0a78-11e6-87bb-9de1156faf51.png)
+![gentelella on rails ](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2548160/16155032/63da00fa-34a5-11e6-917e-f7a616d7bd50.png)
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-If you're using devise, you'd need to create another layout to handle authentication and sign_ups as discussed in [issue #2](https://github.com/iogbole/gentelella_on_rails/issues/2). 
+If you're using devise, you'd need to create another layout to handle authentication and sign_ups as discussed in [issue #2](https://github.com/iogbole/gentelella_on_rails/issues/2).
+
+This is the [login template](https://gist.github.com/iogbole/a2f1ddf330cb5194967a1996369619e8). And this is what it looks like:
 
-This is the [login template](https://gist.github.com/iogbole/a2f1ddf330cb5194967a1996369619e8). And this is how it looks: 
- 
  ![enter image description here](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2548160/14933076/fb9724d2-0e7a-11e6-8e3a-26c352576d07.png)
-  
+
 ----------
-*I committed the vendor files to this repo so you may skip step 3 and 4* 
+*I committed the vendor files to this repo so you may skip step 3 and 4*
+
+**Contributing**
+
+In the spirit of [free software](http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html), everyone is encouraged to help improve this project. Here are a few ways you can pitch in:
+
+ - Report bugs or issues
+ - Fix bugs and submit pull requests.
+ - Write, clarify or fix documentation.
+ - Refactor code.
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diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index 1b6d217..4e1b8c4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -24,18 +24,8 @@
 //= require js/flot/curvedLines.js
 //= require js/flot/jquery.flot.resize.js
 
-
-//= require js/maps/jquery-jvectormap-2.0.3.min.js
-//= require js/maps/gdp-data.js
-//= require js/maps/jquery-jvectormap-world-mill-en.js
-//= require js/maps/jquery-jvectormap-us-aea-en.js
-
-
 //= require js/bootstrap.min.js
 
-//= require js/gauge/gauge.min.js
-//= require js/gauge/gauge_demo.js
-
 //= require js/progressbar/bootstrap-progressbar.min.js
 
 //= require js/icheck/icheck.min.js
@@ -45,18 +35,11 @@
 
 //= require js/chartjs/chart.min.js
 
-//= require js/custom.js
-
-
 //= require js/pace/pace.min.js
 
 //= require  js/nprogress.js
 
-//= require  js/select/select2.full.js
-
-//= require js/dropzone/dropzone.js
-//= require js/pace/pace.min.js
-
-//= require_tree .
+//= require flash.js
+
 
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/flash.js b/app/assets/javascripts/flash.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0240a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/flash.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+$(function() {
+    $('#flash').delay(500).fadeIn('normal', function() {
+        $(this).delay(2500).fadeOut();
+    });
+});
+
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/footermanifest.js b/app/assets/javascripts/footermanifest.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f79763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/footermanifest.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+//= require js/custom.js
diff --git a/app/controllers/plainpage_controller.rb b/app/controllers/plainpage_controller.rb
index 1ee4e76..dfe44d5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/plainpage_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/plainpage_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 class PlainpageController < ApplicationController
+
   def index
+    flash[:success ] = "Success Flash Message: Welcome to GentellelaOnRails"
+    #other alternatives are
+    # flash[:warn ] = "Israel don't quite like warnings"
+    #flash[:danger ] = "Naomi let the dog out!"
   end
+
 end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index a0dbe52..97eccbd 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head>
-  <title>GentelellaOnRails</title>
+  <title><%= content_for?(:title) ? yield(:title) : "GentelellaOnRails" %> </title>
+
   <%= stylesheet_link_tag    'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
+  <%= javascript_include_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
+
   <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+
 </head>
 
 <body class="nav-md">
 <div class="container body">
+  <% flash.each do |key, value| %>
+      <div align="center" id="flash" class="alert alert-<%= key %>"><%= value %></div>
+  <% end %>
 
 <%= render "partials/sidenav" %>
 <%= render "partials/topnav" %>
@@ -16,7 +23,7 @@
 <%= yield %>
 
   <%= render "partials/footer" %>
-  <%= javascript_include_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
+  <%= javascript_include_tag 'footermanifest', 'data-turbolinks-track' => true %>
 
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/app/views/plainpage/index.html.erb b/app/views/plainpage/index.html.erb
index a8d3181..213d890 100644
--- a/app/views/plainpage/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/plainpage/index.html.erb
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@
 <!-- /page content -->
 
 <!--Test Page specific JS -->
-<script> alert ('Test JS')</script>
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+<script> alert ('Test Page specific JS')</script>
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diff --git a/app/views/plainpage/index.html.erb_bkp b/app/views/plainpage/index.html.erb_bkp
deleted file mode 100644
index 569f495..0000000
--- a/app/views/plainpage/index.html.erb_bkp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-
-
-    <!-- page content -->
-    <div class="right_col" role="main">
-
-      <div class="">
-        <div class="page-title">
-          <div class="title_left">
-            <h3>Form Upload </h3>
-          </div>
-
-          <div class="title_right">
-            <div class="col-md-5 col-sm-5 col-xs-12 form-group pull-right top_search">
-              <div class="input-group">
-                <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Search for...">
-                  <span class="input-group-btn">
-                            <button class="btn btn-default" type="button">Go!</button>
-                        </span>
-              </div>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-        <div class="clearfix"></div>
-
-        <div class="row">
-          <div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12">
-            <div class="x_panel">
-              <div class="x_title">
-                <h2>Dropzone multiple file uploader</h2>
-                <ul class="nav navbar-right panel_toolbox">
-                  <li><a class="collapse-link"><i class="fa fa-chevron-up"></i></a>
-                  </li>
-                  <li class="dropdown">
-                    <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" role="button" aria-expanded="false"><i class="fa fa-wrench"></i></a>
-                    <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
-                      <li><a href="#">Settings 1</a>
-                      </li>
-                      <li><a href="#">Settings 2</a>
-                      </li>
-                    </ul>
-                  </li>
-                  <li><a class="close-link"><i class="fa fa-close"></i></a>
-                  </li>
-                </ul>
-                <div class="clearfix"></div>
-              </div>
-              <div class="x_content">
-                <p>Drag multiple files to the box below for multi upload or click to select files. This is for demonstration purposes only, the files are not uploaded to any server.</p>
-                <form action="choices/form_upload.html" class="dropzone" style="border: 1px solid #e5e5e5; height: 300px; "></form>
-                <br />
-                <br />
-                <br />
-                <br />
-              </div>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-    <!-- /page content -->
diff --git a/config/initializers/assets.rb b/config/initializers/assets.rb
index 01ef3e6..cb71495 100644
--- a/config/initializers/assets.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/assets.rb
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ Rails.application.config.assets.version = '1.0'
 # Precompile additional assets.
 # application.js, application.css, and all non-JS/CSS in app/assets folder are already added.
 # Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( search.js )
+
+Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( footermanifest.js)
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 225ca86..aee1a02 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
-  get 'plainpage/index'
-
   # The priority is based upon order of creation: first created -> highest priority.
   # See how all your routes lay out with "rake routes".
 
   # You can have the root of your site routed with "root"
-  # root 'welcome#index'
+   root 'plainpage#index'
 
   # Example of regular route:
   #   get 'products/:id' => 'catalog#view'