diff --git a/app/views/dashboards/index.html.haml b/app/views/dashboards/index.html.haml
index d205590e3..b358d5e5b 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboards/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboards/index.html.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   %h1#user_name
     = link_to current_user.real_name, root_path
     %span= title_for_page
-  %h3= my_latest_message
+  %h3
+    #latest_message= my_latest_message
 = render "shared/publisher"
 %ul#stream
   - for post in @posts
diff --git a/public/javascripts/publisher.js b/public/javascripts/publisher.js
index 5e5386dbe..3bc3e9b13 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/publisher.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/publisher.js
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
     $("#publisher_content_pickers .bookmark").click(selectPublisherTab);
     $("#publisher_content_pickers .blog").click(selectPublisherTab);
     $("#publisher_content_pickers .photo").click(selectPublisherTab);
+	
+	$("#new_status_message").submit(function() {
+		var new_status = $('#status_message_message').val() + " - just now";
+		$('#latest_message').text( new_status );
+	});
 
     function selectPublisherTab(evt){
       evt.preventDefault();
@@ -16,4 +21,12 @@
         $(form_id).delay(50).fadeIn(200);
       }
     }
+
+	function replaceCurrentStatus(evt){
+		evt.preventDefault();
+		var old_message = $("#latest_message");
+		alert(old_message);
+		var status = $(".new_status_message");
+		alert(status);
+	}
   });