refactored the way new menu items are created. went back to rest and added the js ajax search to fill out the form for you. much cleaner, unobtrusive approach.

2 files changed, 38 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/app/views/menu_items/index.html.erb b/app/views/menu_items/index.html.erb
index d2ff10e8..db4a771c 100644
--- a/app/views/menu_items/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/menu_items/index.html.erb
@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
+<% content_for :subnavigation do %>
+  <%= link_to "new", new_menu_item_path %>
+<% end %>
+
+
 <h1>Menu Items</h1>
 
 <ul>
   <% @menu_items.each do |menu_item| %>
   <li><%= menu_item.title %></li>
   <% end %>
-</ul>
-
-<div id="menu_item_search">
-  <div>
-    <% form_tag admin_search_path do %>
-      <span>Add menu item: </span><%= text_field_tag :search_term %>
-    <% end %>
-  </div>
-  <div id="search_results">
-    
-  </div>
-</div>
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+</ul>
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diff --git a/app/views/menu_items/new.html.erb b/app/views/menu_items/new.html.erb
index e3f800e7..64b9abb0 100644
--- a/app/views/menu_items/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/menu_items/new.html.erb
@@ -1,2 +1,32 @@
-<h1>MenuItems#new</h1>
-<p>Find me in app/views/menu_items/new.html.erb</p>
+<h1>Add Menu Item</h1>
+
+<% form_for @menu_item do |f| %>
+  <table>
+    
+    <tr>
+      <td class="description">Search</td>
+      <td>
+        <%= text_field_tag :menu_search_term %>
+        <div id="search_results">
+
+        </div>
+      </td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td class="description">Node Id</td>
+      <td><%= f.text_field :node_id %></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td class="description">Path</td>
+      <td><%= f.text_field :path %></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td class="description">Title</td>
+      <td><%= f.text_field :title %></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td></td>
+      <td class="right"><%= f.submit 'Create' %></td>
+    </tr>
+  </table>
+<% end %>
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