committing before scrapping; i came to realize just how much of a bad idea it is to have this as a website app instead of a local one.

app/templates/_formhelper.html

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+{% macro render_field(field) %}
+  <dt>{{ field.label }}
+  <dd>{{ field(**kwargs)|safe }}
+  {% if field.errors %}
+    <ul class=errors>
+    {% for error in field.errors %}
+      <li>{{ error }}</li>
+    {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+  {% endif %}
+  </dd>
+{% endmacro %}