Ruby on Rails checkbox not updating on form submission

I have a Records Controller that allows users to add contact information to a website. User submitted information is not displayed to users until the administrator checks the checkbox and submits the form. So basically my problem is that if I check the box as administrator and create a record first (records # new), the record will be public as expected, but if a non-admin user creates a record (regular user view doesn 't enable the' live 'checkbox, only admin does) then this entry is stuck in limbo because # edit view entries for some reason do not update the boolean checkbox value when logged in as admin.

entries # new view:

<% form_for(@entry) do |f| %>
  <%= f.error_messages %>
  Name<br />
  <%= f.text_field :name %>

  Mailing Address<br />
  <%= f.text_field :address %>

  #...
  <%- if current_user -%>
    <%= f.label :live %><br />
    <%= f.check_box :live %>
  <%- end -%>
  <%= f.submit 'Create' %>
<% end %>

      

        
        
        
      

    

entries # edit (available for admin only):

<% form_for(@entry) do |f| %>
  <%= f.error_messages %>

  <%= f.label :name %><br />
  <%= f.text_field :name %>

  Mailing Address<br />
  <%= f.text_field :address %>

  <%= f.label :live %><br />
  <%= f.check_box :live %>

  <%= f.submit 'Update' %>

<% end %>

      

        
        
        
      

    

EDIT:

entries_controller.rb update method:

def update
  @entry = Entry.find(params[:id])
  respond_to do |format|
    if @entry.update_attributes(params[:entry])
      flash[:notice] = 'Entry was updated.'
      format.html { redirect_to(@entry) }
    else
      format.html { render :action => "edit" }
    end
  end
end

      

        
        
        
      

    

entry.rb:

class Entry < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_mappable
  acts_as_taggable_on   :tags
  validates_presence_of :name, :tag_list
  validates_length_of   :name, :maximum => 64
  validates_length_of   :tag_list, :maximum => 128, :allow_blank => false
  validates_length_of   :paddress, :maximum => 128, :allow_blank => true
  validates_length_of   :address, :maximum => 128, :allow_blank => true
  validates_length_of   :tollfreephone, :in => 7..32, :allow_blank => true
  validates_length_of   :phone, :in => 7..32, :allow_blank => true
  validates_length_of   :phone2, :in => 7..32, :allow_blank => true
  validates_length_of   :mobile, :in => 7..32, :allow_blank => true
  validates_length_of   :fax, :in => 7..32, :allow_blank => true
  validates_length_of   :email, :in => 7..48, :allow_blank => true
  validates_format_of   :email,
                    :with => /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\Z/i,
                    :on => :create, :allow_blank => true

  validates_length_of   :website, :maximum => 64, :allow_blank => true
  validates_length_of   :description, :maximum => 1024, :allow_blank => true
  attr_accessible       :name, :tag_list, :paddress, :address, :tollfreephone,
                        :phone, :phone2, :mobile, :fax, :email, :website,
                        :description 
  validate              :required_info
  before_save           :geocode_paddress
  searchable_on         :name, :address, :phone, :phone2, :mobile, :fax, :email,
                    :website, :category, :description
private
  def required_info
    if( phone.empty?  and phone2.empty? and tollfreephone.empty? and 
        mobile.empty? and fax.empty?    and email.empty?         and 
        website.empty? 
      ) 
      errors.add_to_base "Please have at least one form of contact information."
    end
  end
  def geocode_paddress
    # if paddress is nil or empty set the old values to nil and return    
    ((self.lat = self.lng = nil); return true) if paddress.empty?
    g=Geokit::Geocoders::MultiGeocoder.geocode(paddress)
    (errors.add(:paddress,"Could not Geocode address");
       return false) unless g.success
    self.lat, self.lng = g.lat, g.lng
  end
end

      

        
        
        
      

    

Any ideas as to why the admin can't update the: live checkbox from the edit window?

I would really appreciate any suggestions. I am new to rails. I can post more code if needed. Thanks for reading my question.