diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
index e2117ba7..f3f2193e 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor
 import javax.swing.BorderFactory
 import javax.swing.Box
 import javax.swing.BoxLayout
+import javax.swing.JSplitPane
 import javax.swing.SwingConstants
 import javax.swing.border.Border
 
@@ -29,20 +30,20 @@ class MainFrameView {
     void initUI() {
         builder.with {
             application(size : [1024,768], id: 'main-frame',
-                title: application.configuration['application.title'],
-                iconImage:   imageIcon('/griffon-icon-48x48.png').image,
-                iconImages: [imageIcon('/griffon-icon-48x48.png').image,
-                             imageIcon('/griffon-icon-32x32.png').image,
-                             imageIcon('/griffon-icon-16x16.png').image], 
-                pack : false,
-                visible : bind { model.coreInitialized }) {
+            title: application.configuration['application.title'],
+            iconImage:   imageIcon('/griffon-icon-48x48.png').image,
+            iconImages: [imageIcon('/griffon-icon-48x48.png').image,
+                imageIcon('/griffon-icon-32x32.png').image,
+                imageIcon('/griffon-icon-16x16.png').image],
+            pack : false,
+            visible : bind { model.coreInitialized }) {
                 borderLayout()
                 panel (border: etchedBorder(), constraints : BorderLayout.NORTH) {
                     borderLayout()
                     panel (constraints: BorderLayout.WEST) {
                         gridLayout(rows:1, cols: 2)
-                        button(text: "1", actionPerformed : showCard1)
-                        button(text: "2", actionPerformed : showCard2)
+                        button(text: "Searches", actionPerformed : showSearchWindow)
+                        button(text: "Uploads", actionPerformed : showUploadsWindow)
                     }
                     panel(constraints: BorderLayout.CENTER) {
                         borderLayout()
@@ -55,27 +56,43 @@ class MainFrameView {
                 }
                 panel (id: "cards-panel", constraints : BorderLayout.CENTER) {
                     cardLayout()
-                    panel (constraints : "card1") {
-                        label("card 1")
+                    panel (constraints : "search window") {
+                        borderLayout()
+                        splitPane( orientation : JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT, dividerLocation : -1,
+                        continuousLayout : true, constraints : BorderLayout.CENTER) {
+                            panel (constraints : JSplitPane.TOP, preferredSize : [1020, 500]) {
+                                borderLayout()
+                                label(text : "results go here", constraints : BorderLayout.CENTER)
+                                panel(constraints : BorderLayout.SOUTH) {
+                                    button(text : "Download")
+                                    button(text : "Trust")
+                                    button(text : "Distrust")
+                                }
+                            }
+                            panel (constraints : JSplitPane.BOTTOM) {
+                                borderLayout()
+                                label(text : "downloads go here", constraints : BorderLayout.CENTER)
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
-                    panel (constraints: "card2"){
+                    panel (constraints: "uploads window"){
                         label("card 2")
                     }
                 }
                 panel (border: etchedBorder(), constraints : BorderLayout.SOUTH) {
-                    
                 }
+
             }
         }
     }
-    
-    def showCard1 = {
+
+    def showSearchWindow = {
         def cardsPanel = builder.getVariable("cards-panel")
-        cardsPanel.getLayout().show(cardsPanel, "card1")
+        cardsPanel.getLayout().show(cardsPanel, "search window")
     }
-    
-    def showCard2 = {
+
+    def showUploadsWindow = {
         def cardsPanel = builder.getVariable("cards-panel")
-        cardsPanel.getLayout().show(cardsPanel, "card2")
+        cardsPanel.getLayout().show(cardsPanel, "uploads window")
     }
 }
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