Beginnings of search functionality

 -Adds a search model
 -Adds create/show routes
 -Updates the application layout to use form_for for the
  search input

app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
 module ApplicationHelper
 
-  def stalker_links
-    {"facebook" => "http://facebook.com/brentcollier",
-     "github" => "http://github.com/brentmc79",
-     "flickr" => "http://flickr.com/brentmc79",
-     "foursquare" => "https://foursquare.com/brentmc79",
-     "amazon" => "http://amzn.com/w/11UI8DE8EV7NO",
-     "linkedin" => "http://www.linkedin.com/in/brentcollier",
-     "vimeo" => "http://vimeo.com/brentmc79",
-     "twitter" => "http://twitter.com/brentmc79"}
-  end
-
   def tag_links
     @tag_links ||= ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.all.map do |tag|
       count = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tagging.where(:tag_id => tag.id).count
@@ -27,4 +16,8 @@ def other_posts
     @other_Posts = Post.where("\"posts\".\"id\" NOT IN (?)",visible_posts).order("created_at desc").all
   end
 
+  def search
+    @search || Search.new
+  end
+
 end

app/models/search.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class Search
+  include ActiveModel::Validations
+  include ActiveModel::Conversion
+  extend ActiveModel::Naming
+
+  attr_accessor :query, :results
+
+  def initialize(attributes={})
+    attributes.each do |name, value|
+      send("#{name}=", value)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def persisted?
+    false
+  end
+end

app/views/layouts/application.html.erb

@@ -83,11 +83,12 @@
             <div class="span3">
               <div class="well sidebar-nav">
                 <form class="form-search">
+                <%= form_for search do |f| %>
                   <div class="input-append">
-                    <input type="text" class="span2 search-query">
+                    <%= f.text_field :query, :class => "span2 search-query" %>
                     <button id="search-submit" type="submit" class="btn">Search</button>
                   </div>
-                </form>
+                <% end %>
                 <div class="alert alert-info alert-block">
                   <!--<p>I'm <span class="label label-info">Brent Collier</span>.</p>-->
                   <p>I'm <strong>Brent Collier</strong>.</p>

config/routes.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   end
 
   resources :posts, :only => [:index, :show]
+  resources :searches, :only => [:create, :show]
 
   root :to => "posts#index"