now functionally correct

app/controllers/services_controller.rb

@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ class ServicesController < ApplicationController
     su.save
 
     respond_to do |format|
-      format.json{ render :json => invite_redirect_url(invite, invited_user, su) }
+      format.html{ invite_redirect_url(invite, invited_user, su)}
+      format.json{ render :json => invite_redirect_json(invite, invited_user, su) }
     end
   end
 
@@ -86,11 +87,19 @@ MSG
     "https://www.facebook.com/?compose=1&id=#{facebook_uid}&subject=#{subject}&message=#{message}&sk=messages"
   end
 
-  def invite_redirect_url(invite, user, service_user)
+  def invite_redirect_json(invite, user, service_user)
     if invite.email_like_identifer
       {:message => t("invitations.create.sent") + service_user.name }
     else
       {:url => facebook_message_url(user, service_user.uid)}
     end
   end
+
+    def invite_redirect_url(invite, user, service_user)
+    if invite.email_like_identifer
+      redirect_to(friend_finder_path(:provider => 'facebook'), :notice => "you re-invited #{service_user.name}")
+    else
+      redirect_to(facebook_message_url(user, service_user.uid))
+    end
+  end
 end

app/views/services/_remote_friend.html.haml

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
   .right
 
     - if friend.already_invited?
-      .button.resend
-        = link_to t('.resend'), service_inviter_path(:uid => friend.uid, :provider => 'facebook', :invitation_id => friend.invitation_id, :format => :json)
+      = link_to t('.resend'), service_inviter_path(:uid => friend.uid, :provider => 'facebook', :invitation_id => friend.invitation_id), :class => 'button resend'
     - elsif friend.on_diaspora?
       = render 'shared/aspect_dropdown', :selected_aspects => contact_proxy(friend).aspects, :person => friend.person, :hang => 'left'
     - else

public/javascripts/contact-edit.js

@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ var ContactEdit = {
     $('.dropdown.aspect_membership .dropdown_list > li').live('click', function(evt){
       ContactEdit.processClick($(this), evt);
     });
-    $('.button.resend').live('click', function(evt){
-      evt.preventDefault();
-      $.post($(this).href, {}, 
-             function(data){ 
-               console.log(data);
-               ContactEdit.processSuccess($(this), evt, data)
-             });
-    });
+    // $('.button.resend').live('click', function(evt){
+    //   evt.preventDefault();
+    //   $.post($(this).href, {}, 
+    //          function(data){ 
+    //            console.log(data);
+    //            ContactEdit.processSuccess($(this), evt, data)
+    //          });
+    // });
   },
 
   processClick: function(li, evt){
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var ContactEdit = {
       "aspect_id" : li.data("aspect_id"),
       "uid" : li.parent().data("service_uid")
     }, function(data){
-      processSuccess(li, evt, data);
+      ContactEdit.processSuccess(li, evt, data);
     });
   },
 

public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass

@@ -3397,3 +3397,10 @@ ul#getting_started
 
 .green
   :color green
+// .resend
+//   :color black
+//   &:hover
+//     :text-decoration none
+//     :color black
+//     &:hover
+//       :text-decoration none