diff --git a/lib/CharmBoard.pm b/lib/CharmBoard.pm
index 7c500c7..a42d581 100644
--- a/lib/CharmBoard.pm
+++ b/lib/CharmBoard.pm
@@ -67,17 +67,26 @@ sub startup {
   # router
   my $r = $self->routes;
 
+  # controller routes
+  ## index page
+  $r->get('/')->to(
+    controller => 'Controller::Index',
+    action     => 'index'
+  );
   # view subforum
   $r->get('/subforum/:id')->to(
     controller => 'Controller::ViewSubf',
     action     => 'subf_view'
   );
 
-  # controller routes
-  ## index page
-  $r->get('/')->to(
-    controller => 'Controller::Index',
-    action     => 'index'
+  # create thread
+  $r->get('/thread/new/:id')->to(
+    controller => 'Controller::NewThread',
+    action     => 'thread_compose'
+  );
+  $r->post('/thread/new/:id')->to(
+    controller => 'Controller::NewThread',
+    action     => 'thread_submit'
   );
 
   ## registration page
diff --git a/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/NewThread.pm b/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/NewThread.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4aa097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/NewThread.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package CharmBoard::Controller::NewThread;
+
+use utf8;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use experimental qw(try smartmatch);
+
+use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious::Controller', -signatures;
+
+sub thread_compose {
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $subf_id = $self->param('id');
+  my $subf_cat =
+      $self->schema->resultset('Subforums')->cat_from_id($subf_id);
+  my $cat_title =
+      $self->schema->resultset('Categories')
+      ->title_from_id($subf_cat);
+
+  $self->render(
+      template   => 'thread_compose',
+      subf_id    => $subf_id,
+      cat_title  => $cat_title,
+      subf_title => $self->schema->resultset('Subforums')
+        ->title_from_id($subf_id),
+      error      => $self->flash('error'),
+      message    => $self->flash('message')
+  )
+}
+
+sub thread_submit {
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  my $thread_title = $self->param('thread-title');
+  my $post_content = $self->param('post-content');
+  my $post_time    = time;
+
+  my $catch_error;
+
+  # make sure post data is valid
+  try {
+    ($thread_title, $post_content)
+        or die "Please fill both the title and post content fields"
+  } catch ($catch_error) {
+    $self->flash(error => $catch_error);
+    $self->redirect_to('/thread/new/:id')
+  }
+}
+
+1;
+__END__
diff --git a/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/ViewSubf.pm b/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/ViewSubf.pm
index 1273c8e..e65aed5 100644
--- a/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/ViewSubf.pm
+++ b/lib/CharmBoard/Controller/ViewSubf.pm
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ sub subf_view {
 }
 
 1;
-__END__
+__END__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/CharmBoard/Schema/Source/Users.pm b/lib/CharmBoard/Schema/Source/Users.pm
index a4cf990..c24a862 100644
--- a/lib/CharmBoard/Schema/Source/Users.pm
+++ b/lib/CharmBoard/Schema/Source/Users.pm
@@ -9,25 +9,25 @@ use base qw(DBIx::Class::Core);
 
 __PACKAGE__->table('users');
 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
-  user_id  =>
+  user_id     =>
   {     data_type         => 'integer',
         is_numeric        => 1,
         is_nullable       => 0,
         is_auto_increment => 1,
   },
-  username =>
+  username    =>
   {     data_type         => 'text',
         is_nullable       => 0,
   },
-  email    =>
+  email       =>
   {     data_type         => 'text',
         is_nullable       => 0,
   },
-  password =>
+  password    =>
   {     data_type         => 'text',
         is_nullable       => 0,
   },
-  salt     =>
+  salt        =>
   {     data_type         => 'text',
         is_nullable       => 0,
   },
diff --git a/templates/index.html.ep b/templates/index.html.ep
index 3af54c9..21b338a 100644
--- a/templates/index.html.ep
+++ b/templates/index.html.ep
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-% layout 'default', title => $self->board_name;
+% layout 'default',
+% title => $self->board_name;
 
 <% my $cat_header = begin %>
   % my $_cat_id = shift; my $_name = shift;
diff --git a/templates/layouts/default/_header.html.ep b/templates/layouts/default/_header.html.ep
index 570a847..a9d37de 100644
--- a/templates/layouts/default/_header.html.ep
+++ b/templates/layouts/default/_header.html.ep
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ my $userControls;
 
 # TODO: once implemented, put username + profile link first
 if ($self->session('is_auth') == 1) {
-  my $username = 
+  my $username =
   $userControls = "<a href=\"/logout\">logout</a>"}
 else {
     $userControls =
-    "<a href=\"/login\">login</a> |
-      <a href=\"/register\">register</a>"};
+        "<a href=\"/login\">login</a> |
+              <a href=\"/register\">register</a>"};
 %>
 <a href="/"><h2><%== $self->board_name %></h2></a>
 <%== $userControls %><br /><br />
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/login.html.ep b/templates/login.html.ep
index 2d2b495..ffa4c1c 100644
--- a/templates/login.html.ep
+++ b/templates/login.html.ep
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-% layout 'default', title => $self->board_name . ' - Login';
+% layout 'default',
+% title => $self->board_name . ' - Login';
 % if ($error) {
 <p style="color: red"><%= $error %></p>
 %};
diff --git a/templates/register.html.ep b/templates/register.html.ep
index 4694940..710b299 100644
--- a/templates/register.html.ep
+++ b/templates/register.html.ep
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-% layout 'default', title => $self->board_name . ' - Registration';
+% layout 'default',
+% title => $self->board_name . ' - Registration';
 % if ($error) {
 <p style="color: red"><%= $error %></p>
 %};
@@ -8,23 +9,23 @@
 <p>fields marked with <span style="color: red">*</span> are required</p>
 <form method="post" action='/register'>
   username: <input
-    id="username"
-    name="username"
+      id="username"
+      name="username"
   /><span style="color: red"> *</span><br />
   email: <input
-    id="email"
-    name="email"
-    type="email"
+      id="email"
+      name="email"
+      type="email"
   /><span style="color: red"> *</span><br />
   password: <input
-    id="password"
-    name="password"
-    type="password"
+      id="password"
+      name="password"
+      type="password"
   /><span style="color: red"> *</span><br />
   confirm password: <input
-    id="confirm-password"
-    name="confirm-password"
-    type="password"
+      id="confirm-password"
+      name="confirm-password"
+      type="password"
   /><span style="color: red"> *</span><br />
   <input type="submit" value="register account" />
 </form>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/subf.html.ep b/templates/subf.html.ep
index ca2ebf3..841023d 100644
--- a/templates/subf.html.ep
+++ b/templates/subf.html.ep
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-% layout 'default', title => $subf_title . ' - ' . $self->board_name;
+% layout 'default',
+% title => $subf_title . ' - ' . $self->board_name;
 % my @thread_list = @{stash('thread_list')};
 
 <% my $thread_item = begin %>
 % my $_thread_id = shift; my $_thread_title = shift;
 <div class=" thread-item thread-<%= $_thread_id %>">
-  <a href="/thread/<%= $_thread_id %>"></a>
+    <a href="/thread/<%= $_thread_id %>"></a>
 </div>
 <% end %>
 
-<a href="/"><%= $self->board_name %></a> » <%= $cat_title %> » <%= $subf_title %>
+<a href="/"><%= $self->board_name %></a> » <%= $cat_title %> »
+    <%= $subf_title %>
 <br /><br />
 
 <% if (! @thread_list) { %>
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ like to <a href="/thread/new/<%= $subf_id %>">make one?</a>
 <% } else {
   foreach my $thread_id (@thread_list) { %>
 <%= $thread_item->(
-  $thread_id,
-  $self->schema->resultset('Threads')->
-    title_from_id($thread_id)) %>
+    $thread_id,
+    $self->schema->resultset('Threads')->
+        title_from_id($thread_id)) %>
 <% }} %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/thread_compose.html.ep b/templates/thread_compose.html.ep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28c2189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/thread_compose.html.ep
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+% layout 'default',
+% title => 'New thread - ' . $self->board_name;
+<a href="/"><%= $self->board_name %></a> » <%= $cat_title %> »
+    <%= $subf_title %> » new thread
+<br /><br />
+<form method="post" action="/thread/new/<%= $subf_id %>">
+  <input
+      id="thread-title"
+      name="thread-title"
+      type="text"
+      placeholder="thread title"
+  /><br />
+  <textarea
+      id="post-content"
+      name="post-content"
+      cols="50" rows="5"
+      placeholder="post content">
+  </textarea><br /><br />
+  <input type="submit" value="post!" />
+</form>
\ No newline at end of file