Found that the add_user_public_view was out of date. I worry other files are out of date as well. I have updated the code to be correct. Also the user controller.
Issue was in JQuery. Corrected code to be relevant to the current form and not all forms on page.
Issue #26 - user can not log into system from register page
Introducing constructs. These are groups of commonly used HTML elements that make site creation easier. I am retro fitting these back into the site.