Merge pull request #8 from leeju/eric

new pull request for changes to layout.erb and additional css files
Merge pull request #9 from leeju/eric

editted out merge conflicts
Merge pull request #10 from leeju/eric

added background image
add js and ajax to layout.erb
Merge pull request #11 from leeju/Adam

add js and ajax to layout.erb
pull from master