public ActionResult createShout(string shoutMessage)
        {
            // pull the person making the shout from the
            // current session
            string userName = User.Identity.Name;

            // Declare our database context
            //
            using (var db = new Helpers.DAL.CapstoneEntities())
            {
               // Declare a new shout - use the Entity Framework object
               // to make this easier use object initialization format
                Helpers.DAL.tShout thisShout = new Helpers.DAL.tShout()
                {
                    shoutString = shoutMessage,
                    userID = Helpers.HelperQueries.getUserID(userName)
                };

                db.AddTotShouts(thisShout);
                db.SaveChanges();

                var returnShout = new Models.ShoutModel()
                {
                    shoutString = thisShout.shoutString,
                    userID = Helpers.HelperQueries.GetUserName((int)thisShout.userID)
                };

                // this tshout now contains everything we need to copy it to
                // a blank object - that we can JSON encode and return to the browser
                // and use jquery to append it to he html <Span>
                return Json(returnShout, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
            }
        }
        // set this to require authorization
        public ActionResult createShout(string shoutMessage)
        {
            // pull the person making the shout from the
            // current session
            string userName = User.Identity.Name;

            // Declare our database context
            //
            using (var db = new Helpers.DAL.CapstoneEntities())
            {
                // Declare a new shout - use the Entity Framework object
                // to make this easier use object initialization format
                Helpers.DAL.tShout thisShout = new Helpers.DAL.tShout()
                {
                    shoutString = shoutMessage,
                    userID      = Helpers.HelperQueries.getUserID(userName)
                };

                db.AddTotShouts(thisShout);
                db.SaveChanges();

                var returnShout = new Models.ShoutModel()
                {
                    shoutString = thisShout.shoutString,
                    userID      = Helpers.HelperQueries.GetUserName((int)thisShout.userID)
                };


                // this tshout now contains everything we need to copy it to
                // a blank object - that we can JSON encode and return to the browser
                // and use jquery to append it to he html <Span>
                return(Json(returnShout, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet));
            }
        }