diff --git a/www/application/controllers/Tweet.php b/www/application/controllers/Tweet.php
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+<?php
+
+class Tweet extends CI_Controller {
+  function __Construct(){
+      parent::__Construct();
+      $this->load->database(); // load database
+      $this->load->model('User_Tweets_Model'); // load model
+      $this->output->enable_profiler(TRUE);
+  }
+
+  public function index(){
+    $this->load->helper('form');
+    $this->load->library('form_validation');
+
+    $data['title'] = 'Create a tweet';
+
+    $this->form_validation->set_rules('tweet', 'Tweet', 'required');
+
+    if ($this->form_validation->run() === FALSE)
+    {
+        $this->load->view('tweet', $data);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        $this->User_Tweets_Model->addTweet();
+        $this->load->view('formsuccess');
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/www/application/models/User_Info_Model.php b/www/application/models/User_Info_Model.php
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+<?php
+class User_Info_Model extends CI_Model {
+  // login
+   function getUserID(){
+
+   }
+   // new user
+   function addUser(){
+     $this->load->helper('url');
+
+      $data = array(
+          'first_name' => $this->input->post('firstname'),
+          'last_name' => $this->input->post('lastname'),
+          'email' => $this->input->post('email'),
+          'username' => $this->input->post('username'),
+          'password' => $this->input->post('password'),
+          'location' => $this->input->post('location')
+      );
+
+      return $this->db->insert('Users', $data);
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/www/application/views/tweet.php b/www/application/views/tweet.php
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+<?php $this->load->library('form_validation'); ?>
+<?php echo validation_errors();  ?>
+<?php echo form_open('tweet'); ?>
+
+<h2><?php echo $title; ?></h2>
+
+<div class="container">
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-5">
+      <h5>Tweet</h5>
+      <input type="text" name="tweet" value="<?php echo set_value('tweet'); ?>" size="50" />
+      <?php echo form_error('tweet'); ?>
+      <!--<input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="<?php echo 'id' // USER ID HERE for tweet creation ?>"/>-->
+      <div><input class="btn" type="submit" value="Submit"/></div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+</form>