diff --git a/app/forms.py b/app/forms.py
index d8bf857..42b6b11 100644
--- a/app/forms.py
+++ b/app/forms.py
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ class EditForm(Form):
             return False
         return True
         
-        
+class PostForm(Form):
+    post = TextField('post', validators = [Required()])
+    
diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py
index 89da1af..f11e92e 100644
--- a/app/models.py
+++ b/app/models.py
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ class Post(db.Model):
     user_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('user.id'))
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return '<Post %r>' % (self.body)
\ No newline at end of file
+        return '<Post %r>' % (self.text)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/templates/index.html b/app/templates/index.html
index 80d4533..ed1f23f 100644
--- a/app/templates/index.html
+++ b/app/templates/index.html
@@ -2,10 +2,29 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 
 {% block content %}
-<h1>Hi, {{user.nickname}}!</h1>
-{% for post in posts %}
-<p>
-  {{post.author.nickname}} says: <b>{{post.body}}</b>
-</p>
+<h1>Hi, {{g.user.nickname}}!</h1>
+<form action="" method="post" name="post">
+    {{form.hidden_tag()}}
+    <table>
+        <tr>
+            <td>Say something:</td>
+            <td>{{ form.post(size = 30, maxlength = 140) }}</td>
+            <td>
+            {% for error in form.errors.post %}
+            <span style="color: red;">[{{error}}]</span><br>
+            {% endfor %}
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td></td>
+            <td><input type="submit" value="Post!"></td>
+            <td></td>
+        </tr>
+    </table>
+</form>
+{% for post in posts.items %}
+    {% include 'post.html' %}
 {% endfor %}
+{% if posts.has_prev %}<a href="{{ url_for('index', page = posts.prev_num) }}"><< Newer posts</a>{% else %}<< Newer posts{% endif %} | 
+{% if posts.has_next %}<a href="{{ url_for('index', page = posts.next_num) }}">Older posts >></a>{% else %}Older posts >>{% endif %}
 {% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/templates/user.html b/app/templates/user.html
index 170cfa4..607d873 100644
--- a/app/templates/user.html
+++ b/app/templates/user.html
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
     </tr>
 </table>
 <hr>
-{% for post in posts %}
+{% for post in posts.items %}
     {% include 'post.html' %}
 {% endfor %}
+{% if posts.has_prev %}<a href="{{ url_for('user', nickname = user.nickname, page = posts.prev_num) }}"><< Newer posts</a>{% else %}<< Newer posts{% endif %} | 
+{% if posts.has_next %}<a href="{{ url_for('user', nickname = user.nickname, page = posts.next_num) }}">Older posts >></a>{% else %}Older posts >>{% endif %}
 {% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views.py b/app/views.py
index 287d94a..12fdeb9 100644
--- a/app/views.py
+++ b/app/views.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from flask import render_template, flash, redirect, session, url_for, request, g
 from flask.ext.login import login_user, logout_user, current_user, login_required
 from app import app, db, lm, oid
-from forms import LoginForm, EditForm
-from models import User, ROLE_USER, ROLE_ADMIN
+from forms import LoginForm, EditForm, PostForm
+from models import User, ROLE_USER, ROLE_ADMIN, Post
 from datetime import datetime
+from config import POSTS_PER_PAGE
 
 @lm.user_loader
 def load_user(id):
@@ -26,24 +27,22 @@ def internal_error(error):
     db.session.rollback()
     return render_template('500.html'), 500
 
-@app.route('/')
-@app.route('/index')
+@app.route('/', methods = ['GET', 'POST'])
+@app.route('/index', methods = ['GET', 'POST'])
+@app.route('/index/<int:page>', methods = ['GET', 'POST'])
 @login_required
-def index():
-    user = g.user
-    posts = [
-        { 
-            'author': { 'nickname': 'John' }, 
-            'body': 'Beautiful day in Portland!' 
-        },
-        { 
-            'author': { 'nickname': 'Susan' }, 
-            'body': 'The Avengers movie was so cool!' 
-        }
-    ]
+def index(page = 1):
+    form = PostForm()
+    if form.validate_on_submit():
+        post = Post(body = form.post.data, timestamp = datetime.utcnow(), author = g.user)
+        db.session.add(post)
+        db.session.commit()
+        flash('Your post is now live!')
+        return redirect(url_for('index'))
+    posts = g.user.followed_posts().paginate(page, POSTS_PER_PAGE, False)
     return render_template('index.html',
         title = 'Home',
-        user = user,
+        form = form,
         posts = posts)
 
 @app.route('/login', methods = ['GET', 'POST'])
@@ -89,16 +88,14 @@ def logout():
     return redirect(url_for('index'))
     
 @app.route('/user/<nickname>')
+@app.route('/user/<nickname>/<int:page>')
 @login_required
-def user(nickname):
+def user(nickname, page = 1):
     user = User.query.filter_by(nickname = nickname).first()
     if user == None:
         flash('User ' + nickname + ' not found.')
         return redirect(url_for('index'))
-    posts = [
-        { 'author': user, 'body': 'Test post #1' },
-        { 'author': user, 'body': 'Test post #2' }
-    ]
+    posts = user.posts.paginate(page, POSTS_PER_PAGE, False)
     return render_template('user.html',
         user = user,
         posts = posts)
@@ -126,6 +123,9 @@ def follow(nickname):
     if user == None:
         flash('User ' + nickname + ' not found.')
         return redirect(url_for('index'))
+    if user == g.user:
+        flash('You can\'t follow yourself!')
+        return redirect(url_for('user', nickname = nickname))
     u = g.user.follow(user)
     if u is None:
         flash('Cannot follow ' + nickname + '.')
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ def unfollow(nickname):
     if user == None:
         flash('User ' + nickname + ' not found.')
         return redirect(url_for('index'))
+    if user == g.user:
+        flash('You can\'t unfollow yourself!')
+        return redirect(url_for('user', nickname = nickname))
     u = g.user.unfollow(user)
     if u is None:
         flash('Cannot unfollow ' + nickname + '.')
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 63e2380..6de81f1 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ MAIL_PASSWORD = None
 
 # administrator list
 ADMINS = ['you@example.com']
+
+# pagination
+POSTS_PER_PAGE = 3
+