use app.router.navagate for nav elements that don't expand (i.e. aspects, tags)

app/views/aspects/_aspect_listings.haml

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 
 %ul#aspect_nav.left_nav
   %li.all_aspects
-    .root_element
-      = link_to t('aspects.index.your_aspects'), aspects_path
+    = link_to t('aspects.index.your_aspects'), aspects_path, :class => 'home_selector'
 
     - if @stream.is_a?(Stream::Aspect)
       %ul.sub_nav

app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml

@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 -#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
-#aspect_stream_header
-  %h3
-    = stream.title
+%h3#aspect_stream_header.stream_title
+  = stream.title
 
 = render 'shared/publisher', :selected_aspects => stream.aspects, :aspect_ids => stream.aspect_ids, :for_all_aspects => stream.for_all_aspects?, :aspect => stream.aspect
 = render 'aspects/no_posts_message'

app/views/aspects/_selected_contacts.html.haml

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#selected_aspect_contacts.section
-  .title.no_icon
-    %h5
-      = @stream.contacts_title
-
-  .content
-    - if @stream.people.size > 0
-      - for person in @stream.people.sample(15)
-        = person_image_link(person)
-      = link_to @stream.contacts_link_title, @stream.contacts_link, :id => "view_all_contacts_link"
-    - else
-      = t('.no_contacts')
-      = link_to t('.manage_your_aspects'), contacts_link
-

app/views/aspects/index.html.haml

@@ -31,21 +31,21 @@
   .section
     %ul.left_nav
       %li
-        = link_to t("streams.multi.title"), multi_path, :class => 'home_selector'
+        = link_to t("streams.multi.title"), multi_path, :class => 'home_selector', :rel => 'backbone'
 
     = render 'aspects/aspect_listings', :stream => @stream
 
     %ul.left_nav
       %li
-        = link_to t('streams.mentions.title'), mentions_path, :class => 'home_selector'
+        = link_to t('streams.mentions.title'), mentions_path, :class => 'home_selector', :rel => 'backbone'
 
     %ul.left_nav
       %li
-        = link_to t('streams.comment_stream.title'), comment_stream_path, :class => 'home_selector'
+        = link_to t('streams.comment_stream.title'), comment_stream_path, :class => 'home_selector', :rel => 'backbone'
 
     %ul.left_nav
       %li
-        = link_to t('streams.like_stream.title'), like_stream_path, :class => 'home_selector'
+        = link_to t('streams.like_stream.title'), like_stream_path, :class => 'home_selector', :rel => 'backbone'
 
     #followed_tags_listing
       = render 'tags/followed_tags_listings'
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   /= render 'aspects/selected_contacts', :stream => @stream
   #selected_aspect_contacts.section
     .title.no_icon
-      %h5
+      %h5.stream_title
         = @stream.title
     .content
 

public/javascripts/app/app.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var app = {
   },
 
   initialize: function() {
-    app.router = new app.Router;
+    app.router = new app.Router();
 
     if(this._user){
       app.header = new app.views.Header;
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ var app = {
     }
 
     Backbone.history.start({pushState: true});
+
+    // there's probably a better way to do this...
+    $("a[rel=backbone]").bind("click", function(evt){
+      evt.preventDefault();
+      var link = $(this);
+
+      $(".stream_title").text(link.text())
+      app.router.navigate(link.attr("href").substring(1) ,true)
+    })
   }
 };