Form validation

[eluser]loopyno[/eluser]
Hi guys,

I really need your help because I am going crazy. I created a simple form on my site and I wanted to use the validation class. The only problem is that although - I think - I did all that is necessary to make it work I do not get an error message - neither for the form fields nor from the code I wrote ( so I understand that the code is correct )

What I realized is that $this->validation->error_messages does not get populated although I set the rules ( basic ones ) and the fields. The Controller code is below and you can se it not working here www.fuzzy-4x.com/contact.

Any kind of help is really valued

class Contact extends Controller {

function Contact()
{
parent::Controller();
}

function index()
{
$this->output->cache(0);

$query = $this->db->query('SELECT text_name, text_value FROM texts where language = "'.$this->config->item('lang_selected').'"');
$temp = $query->result();
for($i=0; $i<count($temp); $i++) {
$data[$temp[$i]->text_name] = $temp[$i]->text_value;
}
if(strlen($this->session->userdata('autohide')) < 1)
{
$this->session->set_userdata('autohide', 1);
}
$data['stop'] = $this->session->userdata('autohide');
$menu = array("home", "progress", "favorites", "about_me", "contact", "faq", "site_map");
if( !(in_array(trim($this->uri->segment(1)), $menu)) )
{
if(strlen($this->session->userdata('current_page')) < 1)
{
$view = "home";
} else {
$view = $this->session->userdata('current_page');
}
} else {
$view = trim($this->uri->segment(1));
}

$rules['name'] = "required";
$rules['email'] = "required";
$rules['topic'] = "required";
$rules['message'] = "required";
$this->validation->set_rules($rules);

$fields['name'] = 'contact_name';
$fields['email'] = 'contact_email';
$fields['topic'] = 'contact_topic';
$fields['message'] = 'contact_message';
$this->validation->set_fields($fields);

$this->session->set_userdata('current_page', $view);
$this->load->view('menu_view',$data);
if ($this->validation->run() == FALSE)
{
$this->load->view('contact_view');
}
else
{
$this->load->view('contact_success_view');
}
$this->load->view('footer_view');
}
}