adding messages mvc to allow users to send messages.

app/controllers/messages_controller.rb

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+class MessagesController < ApplicationController
+
+  def index
+    @messages = Message.where(:receiver_id => current_user.id)
+  end
+
+  def show
+    @message = Message.where(:id => params[:id])
+  end
+
+  def delete
+  end
+
+  def new
+    @message = Message.new
+  end
+
+  def create
+  end
+
+end

app/helpers/messages_helper.rb

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+module MessagesHelper
+end

app/models/message.rb

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+class Message < ActiveRecord::Base
+  belongs_to :user
+  attr_accessible :creator_id, :message, :read, :receiver_id
+  
+end

app/views/layouts/shared/_sidebar.html.erb

@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@
             Performance
           <% end %>
         </li>
+        <li id="messages">
+          <%= link_to user_messages_path(:user_id => current_user.user_id) do %>
+            <div class="icon">
+              <span class="fs1" aria-hidden="true" data-icon="&#xe040;"></span>
+            </div>
+            Messages
+          <% end %>
+        </li>
       </ul>
     </div>
 

app/views/messages/index.html.erb

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+<div class="dashboard-wrapper">
+  <div class="main-container">
+    <div class="row-fluid">
+        <div class="span12">
+          <div class="widget">
+            <div class="widget-header">
+              <div class="title">
+                <span class="fs1" aria-hidden="true" data-icon="&#xe088;"></span> Messages for <%= current_user.full_name %>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="widget-body">
+              <table class="table table-bordered table-striped">
+                <thead>
+                  <tr>
+                    <th style="width:10%">From:</th>
+                    <th style="width:8%">Date</th>
+                    <th style="width:16%">Message</th>
+                  </tr>
+                </thead>
+                <% @messages.each do |message| %>
+                <tbody>
+                    <tr>
+                    <td><%= message.creator_id %></td>
+                    <td><%= message.created_at %></td>
+                    <td><%= message.message %></td>
+                    </tr>
+                </tbody>
+                <% end %>
+              </table>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>  
+
+      <!--/.fluid-container-->
+    </div>
+    <footer>
+      <p>
+        &copy; BlackForest 2013
+      </p>
+    </footer>
+    <script src="js/jquery.min.js">
+    </script>
+    <script src="js/bootstrap.js">
+    </script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/date-picker/date.js">
+    </script>
+    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/date-picker/daterangepicker.js">
+    </script>
+    
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+      //ScrollUp
+      $(function () {
+        $.scrollUp({
+          scrollName: 'scrollUp', // Element ID
+          topDistance: '300', // Distance from top before showing element (px)
+          topSpeed: 300, // Speed back to top (ms)
+          animation: 'fade', // Fade, slide, none
+          animationInSpeed: 400, // Animation in speed (ms)
+          animationOutSpeed: 400, // Animation out speed (ms)
+          scrollText: 'Scroll to top', // Text for element
+          activeOverlay: false, // Set CSS color to display scrollUp active point, e.g '#00FFFF'
+        });
+      });
+
+      //Tooltip
+      $('a').tooltip('hide');
+
+      //Main menu navigation
+      
+      $('.submenu > a').click(function(e){
+        e.preventDefault();
+        var submenu = $(this).siblings('ul');
+        var li = $(this).parents('li');
+        var submenus = $('#mainnav li.submenu ul');
+        var submenus_parents = $('#mainnav li.submenu');
+        if(li.hasClass('open'))
+        {
+          if(($(window).width() > 768) || ($(window).width() < 479)) {
+            submenu.slideUp();
+          } else {
+            submenu.fadeOut(250);
+          }
+          li.removeClass('open');
+        } else 
+        {
+          if(($(window).width() > 768) || ($(window).width() < 479)) {
+            submenus.slideUp();     
+            submenu.slideDown();
+          } else {
+            submenus.fadeOut(250);      
+            submenu.fadeIn(250);
+          }
+          submenus_parents.removeClass('open');   
+          li.addClass('open');  
+        }
+      });
+      
+      var ul = $('#mainnav > ul');
+      
+      $('#mainnav > a').click(function(e)
+      {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        var mainnav = $('#mainnav');
+        if(mainnav.hasClass('open'))
+        {
+          mainnav.removeClass('open');
+          ul.slideUp(250);
+        } else 
+        {
+          mainnav.addClass('open');
+          ul.slideDown(250);
+        }
+      });
+
+
+      //Range Date Picker
+
+      $('.report_range').daterangepicker({
+        ranges: {
+          'Today': ['today', 'today'],
+          'Yesterday': ['yesterday', 'yesterday'],
+          'Last 7 Days': [Date.today().add({
+            days: -6
+          }), 'today'],
+          'Last 30 Days': [Date.today().add({
+            days: -29
+          }), 'today'],
+          'This Month': [Date.today().moveToFirstDayOfMonth(), Date.today().moveToLastDayOfMonth()],
+          'Last Month': [Date.today().moveToFirstDayOfMonth().add({
+            months: -1
+          }), Date.today().moveToFirstDayOfMonth().add({
+            days: -1
+          })]
+        },
+        opens: 'left',
+        format: 'MM/dd/yyyy',
+        separator: ' to ',
+        startDate: Date.today().add({
+          days: -29
+        }),
+        endDate: Date.today(),
+        minDate: '01/01/2012',
+        maxDate: '12/31/2013',
+        locale: {
+          applyLabel: 'Submit',
+          fromLabel: 'From',
+          toLabel: 'To',
+          customRangeLabel: 'Custom Range',
+          daysOfWeek: ['Su', 'Mo', 'Tu', 'We', 'Th', 'Fr', 'Sa'],
+          monthNames: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'],
+          firstDay: 1
+        },
+        showWeekNumbers: true,
+        buttonClasses: ['btn-danger']
+      },
+
+      function (start, end) {
+        $('.report_range span').html(start.toString('MMMM d, yyyy') + ' - ' + end.toString('MMMM d, yyyy'));
+      });
+
+      //Set the initial state of the picker label
+      $('.report_range span').html(Date.today().add({
+        days: -29
+      }).toString('MMMM d, yyyy') + ' - ' + Date.today().toString('MMMM d, yyyy'));
+      </script>
+      
+    </body>
+    </html>

config/routes.rb

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ resources :users do
     
   end
 
+  resources :messages do 
+  end
+  
 end
 
 get "download" => "benefit_forms#download"

db/migrate/20131011180207_create_messages.rb

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+class CreateMessages < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :messages do |t|
+      t.integer :creator_id
+      t.integer :receiver_id
+      t.text :message
+      t.boolean :read
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -11,13 +11,22 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20130708202859) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20131011180207) do
 
   create_table "benefits", :force => true do |t|
     t.datetime "created_at", :null => false
     t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
   end
 
+  create_table "messages", :force => true do |t|
+    t.integer  "creator_id"
+    t.integer  "receiver_id"
+    t.text     "message"
+    t.boolean  "read"
+    t.datetime "created_at",  :null => false
+    t.datetime "updated_at",  :null => false
+  end
+
   create_table "paid_time_offs", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "user_id"
     t.integer  "sick_days_taken"

db/seeds.rb

@@ -234,7 +234,30 @@ paid_time_off = [
        :date_submitted => Date.new(2013, 01, 01),
        :score => 2
      }
-  ]  
+  ]
+
+    messages = [
+    {
+      :receiver_id => 2,
+      :creator_id => 5,
+      :message => 'Your benefits have been updated.'
+    },
+    {
+      :receiver_id => 3,
+      :creator_id => 4,
+      :message => 'Please update your profile.'
+    },
+    {
+      :receiver_id => 4,
+      :creator_id => 3,
+      :message => 'Welcome to Railsgoat.'
+    },
+    {
+      :receiver_id => 5,
+      :creator_id => 2,
+      :message => 'Hello friend.'
+    }
+  ]
 
 
 users.each do |user_info|
@@ -273,3 +296,9 @@ performance.each do |perf|
   p.user_id = perf[:user_id]
   p.save
 end
+
+messages.each do |message|
+  m = Message.new(message.reject {|k| k == :creator_id})
+  m.creator_id = message[:creator_id]
+  m.save
+end

spec/controllers/messages_controller_spec.rb

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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe MessagesController do
+
+end

spec/helpers/messages_helper_spec.rb

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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+# Specs in this file have access to a helper object that includes
+# the MessagesHelper. For example:
+#
+# describe MessagesHelper do
+#   describe "string concat" do
+#     it "concats two strings with spaces" do
+#       expect(helper.concat_strings("this","that")).to eq("this that")
+#     end
+#   end
+# end
+describe MessagesHelper do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end

spec/models/benefits_spec.rb

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+require 'spec_helper.rb'
+
+describe User do
+  before(:all) do
+    UserFixture.reset_all_users
+    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
+  end
+
+  after(:all) do
+    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
+  end
+
+	it "can be instantiated" do
+		Benefits.new.should be_an_instance_of(Benefits)
+	end
+
+
+	it "name can be updated" do 
+		new_name = "Bobby"
+		user = User.all.first
+		user.first_name = new_name
+		user.save!
+		User.all.first.first_name.should == new_name
+	end
+end

spec/models/message_spec.rb

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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Message do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end