item presentation is neat

app/controllers/items_controller.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class ItemsController < ApplicationController
     if params.has_key?(:q)
       @query = params[:q]
       begin
-        @results = Item.search(@query).all
+        @results = Item.search(@query).alphabetize.all
       rescue
         flash[:alert] = $!.message
       end

app/models/item.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
   set_table_name 'objects' # Neo & PHP Impress call them objects, but the class name is a conflict (duh!)
   set_inheritance_column 'inheritance_type' # PHP Impress used "type" to describe category
   
+  scope :alphabetize, order('name ASC')
+  
   # Not defining validations, since this app is currently read-only
   
   def species_support_ids

app/views/items/_item.html.haml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+= div_for item do
+  = image_tag item.thumbnail_url, :alt => item.description, :title => item.description
+  = item.name

app/views/items/index.html.haml

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 = form_tag items_path, :method => :get do
   = text_field_tag :q, @query
   = submit_tag 'Search', :name => nil
-- if @results
-  = @results.inspect
+= render @results