added the ability to message someone from their profile page

app/controllers/conversations_controller.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ class ConversationsController < ApplicationController
   def index
     @conversations = Conversation.joins(:conversation_visibilities).where(
                               :conversation_visibilities => {:person_id => current_user.person.id}).paginate(
-                                                             :page => params[:page], :per_page => 7, :order => 'updated_at DESC')
+                                                             :page => params[:page], :per_page => 15, :order => 'updated_at DESC')
+    @authors = {}
+    @conversations.each{|c| @authors[c.id] = c.last_author}
     
     @conversation = Conversation.joins(:conversation_visibilities).where(
                               :conversation_visibilities => {:person_id => current_user.person.id, :conversation_id => params[:conversation_id]}).first
@@ -22,7 +24,12 @@ class ConversationsController < ApplicationController
 
     @conversation = Conversation.create(params[:conversation])
 
-    redirect_to conversations_path(:conversation_id => @conversation.id)
+    flash[:notice] = "Message sent"
+    if params[:profile]
+      redirect_to person_path(params[:profile])
+    else
+      redirect_to conversations_path(:conversation_id => @conversation.id)
+    end
   end
 
   def show
@@ -37,6 +44,7 @@ class ConversationsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def new
+    @contact = current_user.contacts.find(params[:contact_id]) if params[:contact_id]
     render :layout => false
   end
 

app/views/conversations/new.haml

@@ -3,21 +3,32 @@
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 
-%h2
-  New Message
+#new_message_pane
+  #facebox_header
+    %h4
+      New Message
 
-= form_for Conversation.new do |conversation|
-  %h4
-    to
-  = text_field_tag "conversation[contact_ids]"
+  = form_for Conversation.new do |conversation|
 
-  %h4
-    subject
-  = conversation.text_field :subject
+    - if @contact
+      send a message to
+      = @contact.person.name
 
-  %h4
-    message
-  = text_area_tag "conversation[text]", '', :rows => 5
+      = hidden_field_tag "conversation[contact_ids]", @contact.id
+      = hidden_field_tag "profile", @contact.person.id
 
-  = conversation.submit :send
-  = link_to 'cancel', conversations_path
+    -else
+      %h4
+        to
+      = text_field_tag "conversation[contact_ids]"
+
+    %h4
+      subject
+    = conversation.text_field :subject
+
+    %h4
+      message
+    = text_area_tag "conversation[text]", '', :rows => 5
+
+    = conversation.submit :send
+    = link_to 'cancel', conversations_path

app/views/people/show.html.haml

@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@
 
     - else
       .right
-        - if @post_type == :photos
-          = link_to t('layouts.header.view_profile'), person_path(@person)
-        - else
-          = link_to t('_photos'), person_photos_path(@person)
+        = link_to 'Message', new_conversation_path(:contact_id => @contact.id), :class => 'button', :rel => 'facebox'
+
+        /- if @post_type == :photos
+        /  = link_to t('layouts.header.view_profile'), person_path(@person)
+        /- else
+        /  = link_to t('_photos'), person_photos_path(@person)
 
     %h3
       = @person.name