added dumb partial switcher function in dashboard controller

app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ class DashboardController < ApplicationController
   include ApplicationHelper
 
   def index
-    @bookmarks = Bookmark.all
-    @messages = StatusMessage.all
+    @posts = Post.all
   end
 
 

app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb

 module DashboardHelper
 
-
-
-
+  def type_partial(post)
+    class_name = post.class.name.to_s.underscore
+    "#{class_name.pluralize}/pane"
+  end
 
 end

app/views/blogs/_pane.html.haml

+%li.message
+  %span.from
+    = link_to post.owner, "#"
+    %b wrote a new blog post
+    %br
+  %b= post.title
+  %br
+  = post.body
+  %div.time
+    = "#{time_ago_in_words(post.updated_at)} ago"
+

app/views/blogs/index.html.haml

-- title "Blogs"
+%h1= link_to "new blog", new_blog_path
 
-%table
-  %tr
-    %th Title
-    %th Body
-    %th Owner
+%ul#stream
   - for blog in @blogs
-    %tr
-      %td= blog.title
-      %td= blog.body
-      %td= blog.owner
-      %td= link_to 'Show', blog
-      %td= link_to 'Edit', edit_blog_path(blog)
-      %td= link_to 'Destroy', blog, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
-
-%p= link_to "New Blog", new_blog_path
+    = render "pane", :post => blog

app/views/bookmarks/_pane.html.haml

 %li.message
-  %span.from= link_to post.owner, "#"
-  %b shared a link
-  %br
+  %span.from
+    = link_to post.owner, "#"
+    %b shared a link
+    %br
   = post.title
   = link_to post.link
   %div.time= "#{time_ago_in_words(post.updated_at)} ago"

app/views/bookmarks/index.html.haml

-- title "Bookmarks"
-
-%h1
-  %p.description= link_to "New Bookmark", new_bookmark_path
+%h1= link_to "new bookmark", new_bookmark_path
 
 %ul#stream
   - for bookmark in @bookmarks

app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml

-%h3 home
+%h1 your network stream
 %ul#stream
-  - for post in @messages
-    = render "status_messages/pane", :post => post
-    = render "status_messages/pane", :post => post
+  - for post in @posts
+    = render type_partial(post), :post => post

app/views/layouts/application.html.haml

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     = csrf_meta_tag
     = yield(:head)
 
-
     :javascript
       $(document).ready(function(){
         $('a').hover(function(){
@@ -22,6 +21,11 @@
         }, function(){
           $(this).fadeTo(80, 1);
         });
+        $('ul.nav li').hover(function(){
+          $(this).fadeTo(60, 0.5);
+        }, function(){
+          $(this).fadeTo(80, 1);
+        });
       });
       
 
@@ -32,7 +36,9 @@
 
       #session_action
         - if user_signed_in?
-          = link_to User.first.email, destroy_user_session_path
+          =User.first.email
+          |
+          = link_to "logout", destroy_user_session_path
         - else
           = link_to "login", new_user_session_path
           
@@ -40,25 +46,28 @@
       - if user_signed_in?
         %h1#user_name
           = link_to User.first.email, root_url
-          %span.description= StatusMessage.my_newest.message
-
-         
-        %img{:src => '/images/mocks/bp.jpeg'}
+          %span.description
+            - if StatusMessage.my_newest
+              = StatusMessage.my_newest.message
 
         %nav
           %ul.nav
-            %li= link_to "home", root_path
-            %li= link_to "users", users_path
-            %li= link_to "status messages", status_messages_path 
-            %li= link_to "bookmarks", bookmarks_path 
-            %li= link_to "blogs", blogs_path 
-            %li= link_to "friends", friends_path
+            %a{ :href => root_path, :title => "Your network stream."}
+              %li home
+            %a{ :href => users_path, :title => "Registered users on your seed."}
+              %li users
+            %a{ :href => status_messages_path, :title => "Recent status messages."}
+              %li status messages
+            %a{ :href => bookmarks_path, :title => "Recently shared links."}
+              %li bookmarks
+            %a{ :href => blogs_path, :title => "Recent blog posts."}
+              %li blogs
+            %a{ :href => friends_path, :title => "Your list of connections with other seeds."}
+              %li friends
 
     - flash.each do |name, msg|
       = content_tag :div, msg, :id => "flash_#{name}"
-    %br
-    %br
-    %br
-    %br
+
     #content
       = yield
+

app/views/status_messages/_pane.html.haml

 %li.message
   %span.from
     = link_to post.owner, "#"
-  = post.message
+    = post.message
   %div.time
     = "#{time_ago_in_words(post.updated_at)} ago"
 

app/views/status_messages/index.html.haml

-%h1.big_text= link_to "New Status Message", new_status_message_path
+%h1.big_text= link_to "new status message", new_status_message_path
 %ul#stream
   - for status_message in @status_messages
     = render "pane", :post => status_message

public/stylesheets/application.css

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ a {
 
 header {
   z-index: 10;
-  position: absolute;
+  position: fixed;
   width: 100%;
   margin-top: -2em;
   margin-right: -2em;
@@ -58,48 +58,42 @@ header {
   height: 30px;
   color: white;
   background-color: #1a1a21;
-  border-bottom: 2px solid white;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid #f2f8fc;
   padding-top: 5px; }
   header #diaspora_text {
-    position: absolute;
+    position: fixed;
     border: none;
     top: 8px;
     left: 1em; }
   header #session_action {
-    position: absolute;
+    position: fixed;
     right: 1em;
     font-size: 120%;
-    margin-top: 2px; }
+    top: 7px; }
     header #session_action a {
       color: #cccccc;
       border: none; }
-      header #session_action a:hover {
-        color: white; }
 
 ul.nav {
   position: absolute;
   padding: 0;
   margin: 0;
   width: 200px;
-  margin-top: 300px; }
+  top: 100px;
+  font-size: 130%; }
   ul.nav li {
     display: block;
     padding: 5px 10px;
-    background: #f2f8fc;
+    background-color: #f2f8fc;
     border: 1px solid white; }
-  ul.nav li:hover a {
-    color: #666666; }
+    ul.nav li:first-child {
+      border-top-right-radius: 5px;
+      border-top-left-radius: 5px; }
+    ul.nav li:last-child {
+      border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
+      border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; }
   ul.nav a {
-    border-bottom: none;
     color: #b1cfe3; }
-    ul.nav a:hover {
-      color: black; }
-  ul.nav > li:first-child {
-    border-top-right-radius: 5px;
-    border-top-left-radius: 5px; }
-  ul.nav > li:last-child {
-    border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
-    border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; }
 
 #header_below {
   z-index: 5;
@@ -117,15 +111,17 @@ ul.nav {
     border-radius: 5px; }
 
 #content {
-  margin-left: 210px; }
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 250px;
+  top: 94px;
+  width: 60%;
+  min-width: 500px;
+  max-width: 700px; }
 
 ul#stream {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
-  color: #666666;
-  width: 60%;
-  min-width: 500px;
-  max-width: 700px; }
+  color: #666666; }
   ul#stream > li {
     list-style: none;
     padding: 1em;
@@ -150,12 +146,15 @@ h1 {
   font-weight: bold;
   line-height: 36px; }
   h1 p.description, h1 span.description {
-    font-weight: normal;
-    font-family: "lucida grande";
-    color: #999999; }
-  h1 .big_number {
-    font-size: 300%;
-    line-height: 100%; }
+    font-weight: 200;
+    font-family: "helvetica neue", "lucida grande", "sans-serif";
+    color: #999999;
+    padding: 0.1em; }
+
+.big_number {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  font-size: 500%;
+  line-height: 100%; }
 
 h3 {
   position: relative;
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ h3 {
   margin-bottom: 1em; }
 
 form {
-  font-size: 430%;
+  font-size: 130%;
   margin: 1em;
   margin-left: 0em; }
   form input {
@@ -178,7 +177,9 @@ form {
     padding: 0.2em;
     max-width: 100%; }
 
-#user_name a {
-  color: black; }
-  #user_name a:hover {
-    color: #cc1e14; }
+#user_name {
+  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); }
+  #user_name a {
+    color: black; }
+    #user_name a:hover {
+      color: #cc1e14; }

public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ a
 header
   :z-index 10
 
-  :position absolute
+  :position fixed
   :width 100%
 
   :margin
@@ -67,28 +67,25 @@ header
   :background
     :color #1A1A21
   :border
-    :bottom 2px solid #fff
+    :bottom 2px solid #F2F8FC
   :padding
     :top 5px
 
   #diaspora_text
-    :position absolute
+    :position fixed
     :border none
     :top 8px
     :left 1em
 
   #session_action
-    :position absolute
+    :position fixed
     :right 1em
     :font
       :size 120%
-    :margin
-      :top 2px
+    :top 7px
     a
       :color #ccc
       :border none
-      &:hover
-        :color #fff
 
 
 ul.nav
@@ -96,35 +93,28 @@ ul.nav
   :padding 0
   :margin 0
   :width 200px
-
-  :margin-top 300px
+  :top 100px
+  :font
+    :size 130%
 
   li
     :display block
     :padding 5px 10px
-    :background #F2F8FC
+    :background 
+      :color #F2F8FC
     :border 1px solid #fff
   
-  li:hover
-    a
-      :color #666
-
-  a
-    :border
-      :bottom none
-    :color #B1CFE3
-    &:hover
-      :color #000
-
-  > li:first-child
-    :border-top-right-radius 5px
-    :border-top-left-radius 5px
 
-  > li:last-child
-    :border-bottom-right-radius 5px
-    :border-bottom-left-radius 5px
+    &:first-child
+      :border-top-right-radius 5px
+      :border-top-left-radius 5px
 
+    &:last-child
+      :border-bottom-right-radius 5px
+      :border-bottom-left-radius 5px
 
+  a
+    :color #B1CFE3
 
 #header_below
   :z-index 5 
@@ -144,15 +134,17 @@ ul.nav
     :border-radius 5px
 
 #content  
-  :margin-left 210px
+  :position absolute
+  :left 250px
+  :top 94px
+  :width 60%
+  :min-width 500px
+  :max-width 700px
 
 ul#stream
   :margin 0
   :padding 0
   :color #666
-  :width 60%
-  :min-width 500px
-  :max-width 700px
 
   > li
     :list-style none
@@ -187,14 +179,16 @@ h1
 
   p.description, span.description
     :font
-      :weight normal
-      :family 'lucida grande'
+      :weight 200
+      :family 'helvetica neue', 'lucida grande', 'sans-serif'
     :color #999
+    :padding 0.1em
 
-  .big_number
-    :font
-      :size 300%
-    :line-height 100%
+.big_number
+  :font
+    :weight bold
+    :size 500%
+  :line-height 100%
 
 h3
   :position relative
@@ -214,7 +208,7 @@ h3
 
 form
   :font
-    :size 430%
+    :size 130%
   :margin 1em
   :margin-left 0em
 
@@ -229,3 +223,6 @@ form
     :color #000
     &:hover
       :color #CC1E14
+  :background
+    :color rgba( 255, 255, 255, 0.5)
+