diff --git a/brutaldon/forms.py b/brutaldon/forms.py
index 5b07b8a..387c9c1 100644
--- a/brutaldon/forms.py
+++ b/brutaldon/forms.py
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 from django import forms
 
+PRIVACY_CHOICES = (('public', 'Public'),
+                   ('unlisted', 'Unlisted'),
+                   ('private', 'Private'),
+                   ('direct', 'Direct'))
+
+
 class LoginForm(forms.Form):
     instance = forms.CharField(label="Instance",
                                max_length=256)
@@ -14,4 +20,20 @@ class SettingsForm(forms.Form):
     """FULLBRUTALISM mode strips away most of the niceties of modern web design when
     brutaldon is viewed in a graphical browser. It has no effect in text-only browsers.""")
 
-    
+
+class PostForm(forms.Form):
+    """def status_post(self, status, in_reply_to_id=None, media_ids=None,
+sensitive=False, visibility=None, spoiler_text=None):"""
+    status = forms.CharField(label="Toot", max_length=500, widget=forms.Textarea)
+    visibility = forms.ChoiceField(label="Toot visibility", choices=PRIVACY_CHOICES)
+    spoiler_text = forms.CharField(label="CW or Subject", max_length=500)
+    media_file_1 = forms.FileField(label = "Media attachment 1")
+    media_text_1 = forms.CharField(label="Describe media attachment 1.", max_length=500)
+    media_file_2 = forms.FileField(label = "Media attachment 2")
+    media_text_2 = forms.CharField(label="Describe media attachment 2.", max_length=500)
+    media_file_3 = forms.FileField(label = "Media attachment 3")
+    media_text_3 = forms.CharField(label="Describe media attachment 3.", max_length=500)
+    media_file_4 = forms.FileField(label = "Media attachment 4")
+    media_text_4 = forms.CharField(label="Describe media attachment 4.", max_length=500)
+    media_rensitive = forms.BooleanField(label="Sensitive media?", required=False)
+
diff --git a/brutaldon/views.py b/brutaldon/views.py
index 4e73316..cef4c2e 100644
--- a/brutaldon/views.py
+++ b/brutaldon/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
-from brutaldon.forms import LoginForm, SettingsForm
+from brutaldon.forms import LoginForm, SettingsForm, PostForm
 from brutaldon.models import Client, Account
 from mastodon import Mastodon
 from urllib import parse
@@ -143,3 +143,24 @@ def settings(request):
         return render(request, 'setup/settings.html',
                       { 'form': form, 'fullbrutalism': fullbrutalism_p(request)})
 
+def toot(request):
+    if request.method == 'GET':
+        form = PostForm()
+        return render(request, 'main/toot.html',
+                      {'form': form,
+                       'fullbrutalism': fullbrutalism_p(request)})
+    elif request.method == 'POST':
+        form = PostForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
+        if form.is_valid():
+            # create media objects
+            mastodon = get_mastodon(request)
+            mastodon.status_post(status=form.cleaned_data['status'],
+                                 visibility=form.cleaned_data['visibility'],
+                                 spoiler_text=form.cleaned_data['spoiler_text'])
+            return redirect(home)
+        else:
+            return render(request, 'main/toot.html',
+                          {'form': form,
+                           'fullbrutalism': fullbrutalism_p(request)})
+    else:
+        return redirect(toot)