added basic ajax search interface. lots of css / js improvements needed but it seems to work quite okay for now. more on that tomorrow

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb
index 55c66cf..8d7d2ea 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb
@@ -12,4 +12,19 @@ class AdminController < ApplicationController
     )
   end
   
+  def search
+    @results = Node.search params[:search_term]
+    
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html
+      format.js do 
+        render( :json => @results.map do |node| 
+          {:id => node.id, :title => node.title} 
+          end
+        )
+        
+      end 
+    end
+  end
+  
 end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/admin.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/admin.html.erb
index 7902cae..fea6b5a 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/admin.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/admin.html.erb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'admin' %>
     <%= javascript_include_tag 'jquery-1.3.2.min' %>
     <%= javascript_include_tag 'tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js' %>
+    <%= javascript_include_tag 'admin_search.js' %>
     <%= javascript_include_tag 'admin_interface.js' %>
     
     <script type="text/javascript">
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@
       <div id="subnavigation">
         <%= yield :subnavigation %>
       </div>
+      <div id="admin_search">
+        <% form_tag admin_search_path do %>
+          <%= text_field_tag :search_term %>
+        <% end %>
+      </div>
       <div style="clear: both"></div>
       <div id="flash">
         <%= flash[:notice] %>
@@ -45,6 +51,8 @@
       <div id="content">
         <%= yield :layout %>
       </div>
+      
+      <div id="results"></div>
     </div>
   </body>
 </html>