diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cef2387..4148712 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 node_modules
 *.log
 .env
-/build
+/build/*
+/seeds/*
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/bin/www b/bin/www
index 9a999cc..321c04d 100755
--- a/bin/www
+++ b/bin/www
@@ -88,3 +88,11 @@ function onListening() {
     : 'port ' + addr.port;
   debug('Listening on ' + bind);
 }
+
+const mongoose = require('mongoose')
+mongoose.Promise = global.Promise
+const connection ='mongodb://localhost/lizardboard'
+
+mongoose.connect(connection)
+  .then(() => console.log('connection succesful'))
+  .catch((error) => console.error(error))
diff --git a/models/dashboards.js b/models/dashboards.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fe77fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/dashboards.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const mongoose = require('mongoose')
+const { Schema } = mongoose
+const User = require('./users.js')
+const { DashboardWidgetSchema } = require('./dashboardwidgets.js')
+
+const DashboardSchema = new Schema ({
+  name: { type: String, required: true, default: 'Company Dashboard' },
+  location: { type: String, required: true, default: 'Oakland' },
+  width: { type: Number, required: true, default: 2 },
+  theme: { type: String, required: true, default: 'Dark' },
+  responsive: { type: Boolean, required: true, default: true },
+  created_at: { type: Date, required: true, default: Date.now },
+  users: [{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref:'User' }],
+  dashboard_widgets: [ DashboardWidgetSchema ]
+})
+
+
+const Dashboard = mongoose.model('Dashboard', DashboardSchema)
+
+module.exports = Dashboard
diff --git a/models/dashboardwidgets.js b/models/dashboardwidgets.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..590fe56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/dashboardwidgets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const mongoose = require('mongoose')
+const { Schema } = mongoose
+
+const DashboardWidgetSchema = new Schema ({
+  type: String,
+  title: String,
+  size: String,
+  contents: String
+})
+
+const DashboardWidget = mongoose.model( 'DasboardWidget', DashboardWidgetSchema )
+
+module.exports = { DashboardWidgetSchema, DashboardWidget }
diff --git a/models/users.js b/models/users.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6e17ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const mongoose = require('mongoose');
+const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
+
+const UserSchema = new Schema({
+  name: String,
+  username: { type: String, required: true, unique: true },
+  password: { type: String, required: true },
+  admin: Boolean,
+  location: String,
+  meta: {
+    age: Number,
+    website: String
+  },
+  created_at: Date,
+  updated_at: Date
+});
+
+const User = mongoose.model('User', UserSchema);
+
+module.exports = User;
diff --git a/models/widgets.js b/models/widgets.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed4cdf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/widgets.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const mongoose = require('mongoose')
+const { Schema } = mongoose
+
+const WidgetSchema = new Schema ({
+  type: String,
+  title: String,
+  size: String,
+  contents: String
+})
+
+const Widget = mongoose.model( 'Widget', WidgetSchema )
+
+module.exports = { WidgetSchema, Widget }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5533364..da52313 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "debug": "~2.2.0",
     "ejs": "^2.5.2",
     "express": "~4.13.4",
-    "mongoose": "^4.6.5",
+    "mongoose": "^4.6.6",
     "morgan": "~1.7.0",
     "pug": "^2.0.0-beta6",
     "react": "^15.3.2",
diff --git a/routes/api/manifest.js b/routes/api/manifest.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f70547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/api/manifest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const dashboards = require('./v1/dashboards')
+const users = require('./v1/users')
+
+
+module.exports = {
+  v1: { dashboards, users }
+}
diff --git a/routes/api/v1/dashboards.js b/routes/api/v1/dashboards.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6020351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/api/v1/dashboards.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+const Dashboard = require('../../../models/dashboards.js')
+const { DashboardWidget } = require('../../../models/dashboardwidgets.js')
+
+const express = require('express')
+const router = express.Router()
+
+router.get('/', (request, response, next) => {
+  Dashboard.find().exec()
+    .then( dashboard => response.json( dashboard ) )
+    .catch( error => next( error ) )
+})
+
+router.post('/', (request, response, next) => {
+  Dashboard.create( request.body )
+    .then( dashboard => response.json( dashboard ) )
+    .catch( error => next( error ) )
+})
+
+router.get('/:id', (request, response, next) => {
+  Dashboard.findById( request.params.id ).exec()
+    .then( dashboard => response.json( dashboard ) )
+    .catch( error => next( error ) )
+})
+
+router.put('/:id', (request, response, next) => {
+  Dashboard.findByIdAndUpdate( request.params.id, request.body ).exec()
+    .then( dashboard => response.json( dashboard ) )
+    .catch( error => next( error ) )
+})
+
+router.delete('/:id',(request, response, next) => {
+  Dashboard.findByIdAndRemove( request.params.id ).exec()
+    .then( dashboard => response.json( dashboard ) )
+    .catch( error => next( error ) )
+})
+
+// get all widgets by dashboard_id
+// GET dashboards/:id/widgets/
+
+// router.get('/:id/widgets/', (request, response, next) => {
+//   const findAllWidgets = widgetData => dashboard => {
+//     return dashboard.widgets.find().exec()
+//   }
+//   Widget.find({}, 'widgets'
+//   Dashboard.findById( request.params.id ).exec()
+//     .then( ).exec())
+//     .then( dashboard => response.json( dashboard ) )
+//     .catch( error => next( error ) )
+// })
+
+router.post('/:id/dashboardwidgets', (request, response, next) => {
+  const addDashboardWidget = dashboardWidgetData => dashboard => {
+    dashboard.dashboard_widgets.push( new DashboardWidget( dashboardWidgetData ) )
+    return dashboard.save()
+  }
+
+  Dashboard.findById( request.params.id ).exec()
+    .then( addDashboardWidget( request.body ))
+    .then( dashboard => response.json( dashboard ) )
+    .catch( error => next( error ) )
+})
+
+// update widget by dashboard_id and widget_id
+// PUT dashboards/:id/widgets/:id
+
+// delete widget by dashboard_id and widget_id
+// DELETE dashboards/:id/widgets/:id
+
+module.exports = router
diff --git a/routes/api/v1/users.js b/routes/api/v1/users.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27eb3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/api/v1/users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+const User = require('../../../models/users.js')
+
+const express = require('express')
+const router = express.Router()
+
+router.get('/', (request, response, next) => {
+  User.find().exec()
+    .then( user => response.json( user ) )
+    .catch( error => next( error ) )
+})
+
+router.post('/', (request, response, next) => {
+  User.create( request.body )
+    .then( user => response.json( user ) )
+    .catch( error => next( error ) )
+})
+
+router.get('/:id', (request, response, next) => {
+  User.findById( request.params.id ).exec()
+    .then( user => response.json( user ) )
+    .catch( error => next( error ) )
+})
+
+router.put('/:id', (request, response, next) => {
+  User.findByIdAndUpdate( request.params.id, request.body ).exec()
+    .then( user => response.json( user ) )
+    .catch( error => next( error ) )
+})
+
+router.delete('/:id',(request, response, next) => {
+  User.findByIdAndRemove( request.params.id ).exec()
+    .then( user => response.json( user ) )
+    .catch( error => next( error ) )
+})
+
+module.exports = router
diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
index 806b164..3055fa8 100644
--- a/routes/index.js
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const router = express.Router();
 
-/* GET home page. */
 router.get('/', (request, response, next) => {
   response.render('index', { title: 'Dragonboard', logo: 'D' });
 });
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 3d4d5c1..9b54fde 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const routes = require('../routes/index');
 const users = require('../routes/users');
 
+// const widgets = require( './routes/widgets' )
+const api = require( '../routes/api/manifest').v1
+
 const appRoot = process.env.APP_ROOT
 const app = express();
 
@@ -38,6 +41,10 @@ app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
 app.use('/', routes);
 app.use('/users', users);
 
+app.use( '/api/v1/dashboards', api.dashboards )
+app.use( '/api/v1/users', api.users )
+
+
 // catch 404 and forward to error handler
 app.use(function(req, res, next) {
   var err = new Error('Not Found');
@@ -69,5 +76,4 @@ app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
   });
 });
 
-
-module.exports = app;
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = app;
diff --git a/views/dashboard.pug b/views/dashboard.pug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f49feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/dashboard.pug
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+extends layout
+
+block content
+  h1 Create a Dashboard
+  form(action='/dashboards',method='post')
+    | Dashboard Name:
+    input(name='name' type='text' value='Company Dashboard' placeholder='dashboard title')
+    input(type='submit', value='Submit')
diff --git a/views/layout.pug b/views/layout.pug
index d6daa39..6bda451 100644
--- a/views/layout.pug
+++ b/views/layout.pug
@@ -6,21 +6,21 @@ html
     link(rel='stylesheet', href='/stylesheets/style.css')
 
     div.nav
-     div.nav-header-left
-       h1.logo= logo
-       h2.title= title
+      div.nav-header-left
+        h1.logo= logo
+        h2.title= title
 
-     div.nav-header-right
-       a(href= '/product') Product
-       a(href= '/users/login') Login
-       input(type="text", placeholder="Email address")
-       button(type="submit" ) Free Trial
+      div.nav-header-right
+        a(href= '/product') Product
+        a(href= '/users/login') Login
+        input(type="text", placeholder="Email address")
+        button(type="submit" ) Free Trial
 
   body
     block content
 
     div.footer-nav
 
-    include footer
-    script(src="/javascripts/index.js")
-    script(src="/public/javascripts/index.js")
+    //- include footer
+    //- script(src="/javascripts/index.js")
+    //- script(src="/public/javascripts/index.js")
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 53dcb99..2a15957 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ align-text@^0.1.1, align-text@^0.1.3:
     repeat-string "^1.5.2"
 
 amdefine@>=0.0.4:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/amdefine/-/amdefine-1.0.0.tgz#fd17474700cb5cc9c2b709f0be9d23ce3c198c33"
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/amdefine/-/amdefine-1.0.1.tgz#4a5282ac164729e93619bcfd3ad151f817ce91f5"
 
 ansi-regex@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ async@~0.2.6:
   version "0.2.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-0.2.10.tgz#b6bbe0b0674b9d719708ca38de8c237cb526c3d1"
 
-async@2.0.1:
-  version "2.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-2.0.1.tgz#b709cc0280a9c36f09f4536be823c838a9049e25"
+async@2.1.2:
+  version "2.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-2.1.2.tgz#612a4ab45ef42a70cde806bad86ee6db047e8385"
   dependencies:
-    lodash "^4.8.0"
+    lodash "^4.14.0"
 
 asynckit@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.0"
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ babel-code-frame@^6.16.0:
     js-tokens "^2.0.0"
 
 babel-core@^6.13.2, babel-core@^6.18.0:
-  version "6.18.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-core/-/babel-core-6.18.0.tgz#bb5ce9bc0a956e6e94e2f12d597abb3b0b330deb"
+  version "6.18.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-core/-/babel-core-6.18.2.tgz#d8bb14dd6986fa4f3566a26ceda3964fa0e04e5b"
   dependencies:
     babel-code-frame "^6.16.0"
     babel-generator "^6.18.0"
@@ -762,10 +762,8 @@ cliui@^2.1.0:
     wordwrap "0.0.2"
 
 code-point-at@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/code-point-at/-/code-point-at-1.0.1.tgz#1104cd34f9b5b45d3eba88f1babc1924e1ce35fb"
-  dependencies:
-    number-is-nan "^1.0.0"
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/code-point-at/-/code-point-at-1.1.0.tgz#0d070b4d043a5bea33a2f1a40e2edb3d9a4ccf77"
 
 combined-stream@^1.0.5, combined-stream@~1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
@@ -868,7 +866,13 @@ dashdash@^1.12.0:
   dependencies:
     assert-plus "^1.0.0"
 
-debug@^2.1.1, debug@^2.2.0, debug@~2.2.0, debug@2.2.0:
+debug@^2.1.1, debug@^2.2.0:
+  version "2.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-2.3.0.tgz#3912dc55d7167fc3af17d2b85c13f93deaedaa43"
+  dependencies:
+    ms "0.7.2"
+
+debug@~2.2.0, debug@2.2.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-2.2.0.tgz#f87057e995b1a1f6ae6a4960664137bc56f039da"
   dependencies:
@@ -1125,8 +1129,8 @@ fs.realpath@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs.realpath/-/fs.realpath-1.0.0.tgz#1504ad2523158caa40db4a2787cb01411994ea4f"
 
 fsevents@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.14"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fsevents/-/fsevents-1.0.14.tgz#558e8cc38643d8ef40fe45158486d0d25758eee4"
+  version "1.0.15"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fsevents/-/fsevents-1.0.15.tgz#fa63f590f3c2ad91275e4972a6cea545fb0aae44"
   dependencies:
     nan "^2.3.0"
     node-pre-gyp "^0.6.29"
@@ -1243,8 +1247,8 @@ got@^3.2.0:
     timed-out "^2.0.0"
 
 graceful-fs@^4.1.2, graceful-fs@^4.1.4:
-  version "4.1.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.1.9.tgz#baacba37d19d11f9d146d3578bc99958c3787e29"
+  version "4.1.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.1.10.tgz#f2d720c22092f743228775c75e3612632501f131"
 
 "graceful-readlink@>= 1.0.0":
   version "1.0.1"
@@ -1681,9 +1685,9 @@ lodash.restparam@^3.0.0:
   version "3.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.restparam/-/lodash.restparam-3.6.1.tgz#936a4e309ef330a7645ed4145986c85ae5b20805"
 
-lodash@^4.2.0, lodash@^4.8.0:
-  version "4.16.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.16.5.tgz#77d88feac548009b1a5c4ca7b49ac431ce346ae8"
+lodash@^4.14.0, lodash@^4.2.0:
+  version "4.16.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.16.6.tgz#d22c9ac660288f3843e16ba7d2b5d06cca27d777"
 
 longest@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
@@ -1798,11 +1802,11 @@ mongodb@2.2.11:
     mongodb-core "2.0.13"
     readable-stream "2.1.5"
 
-mongoose@^4.6.5:
-  version "4.6.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mongoose/-/mongoose-4.6.5.tgz#74eed37312e557c391d428c0cf3c8b8eb8959515"
+mongoose:
+  version "4.6.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mongoose/-/mongoose-4.6.6.tgz#62817b63804dcefd2e5c6f7e6a9bb68e30811968"
   dependencies:
-    async "2.0.1"
+    async "2.1.2"
     bson "~0.5.4"
     hooks-fixed "1.2.0"
     kareem "1.1.3"
@@ -1846,6 +1850,10 @@ ms@0.7.1:
   version "0.7.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-0.7.1.tgz#9cd13c03adbff25b65effde7ce864ee952017098"
 
+ms@0.7.2:
+  version "0.7.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-0.7.2.tgz#ae25cf2512b3885a1d95d7f037868d8431124765"
+
 muri@1.1.1:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/muri/-/muri-1.1.1.tgz#64bd904eaf8ff89600c994441fad3c5195905ac2"
@@ -2274,8 +2282,8 @@ regenerate@^1.2.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/regenerate/-/regenerate-1.3.1.tgz#0300203a5d2fdcf89116dce84275d011f5903f33"
 
 regenerator-runtime@^0.9.5:
-  version "0.9.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/regenerator-runtime/-/regenerator-runtime-0.9.5.tgz#403d6d40a4bdff9c330dd9392dcbb2d9a8bba1fc"
+  version "0.9.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/regenerator-runtime/-/regenerator-runtime-0.9.6.tgz#d33eb95d0d2001a4be39659707c51b0cb71ce029"
 
 regex-cache@^0.4.2:
   version "0.4.3"
@@ -2333,8 +2341,8 @@ repeating@^2.0.0:
     is-finite "^1.0.0"
 
 request@^2.75.0:
-  version "2.76.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/request/-/request-2.76.0.tgz#be44505afef70360a0436955106be3945d95560e"
+  version "2.78.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/request/-/request-2.78.0.tgz#e1c8dec346e1c81923b24acdb337f11decabe9cc"
   dependencies:
     aws-sign2 "~0.6.0"
     aws4 "^1.2.1"
@@ -2649,8 +2657,8 @@ type-is@~1.6.13, type-is@~1.6.6:
     mime-types "~2.1.11"
 
 ua-parser-js@^0.7.9:
-  version "0.7.10"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ua-parser-js/-/ua-parser-js-0.7.10.tgz#917559ddcce07cbc09ece7d80495e4c268f4ef9f"
+  version "0.7.11"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ua-parser-js/-/ua-parser-js-0.7.11.tgz#3741e2dd2fb09251a960f9ef076cd0cc72eaf6a0"
 
 uglify-js@^2.6.1:
   version "2.7.4"