SharePoint Add New Item Button on Home Page - sharepoint

I'm building a bulletin board site (in 2010) and I'm sure this must be simple but again it doesn't seem so. Anyway on my default page I have a query webpart showing the latest items and what I need is just a button at the top of the page "Add new item" which would show the popup and allow users to complete the form just like it works on the display list items form.
I've looked at AllItems.aspx but can't even see the "Add new item" button to copy!
Any ideas?
Thanks
Dan

This is actually very easy. You need to know the address for your NewForm.aspx page. To make it look like a dialog box, you want to add IsDlg=1 to the query string. SharePoint has a built in JavaScript that can do all this for you. Below is an example of a button I created to open new help desk tickets.
//Handle the DialogCallback callback
function DialogCallback(dialogResult, returnValue){}
//Open the Dialog
function OpenNewDialog(){
var options = {
url:"/depts/is/helpdesk/Lists/Service%20Requests/NewForm.aspx?IsDlg=1",
width: 700,
height: 700,
dialogReturnValueCallback: DialogCallback
};
SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog(options);
}
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Open a new Service Request
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How complicated is your query? If the query is only pulling from one list, you could put the filters into a view in the list and replace your query webpart with a List View Web Part (in the browser, select the webpart named after your list). In the List View Web Part properties, switch to your new view. By default, a List View Web Part includes an Add New Item link.
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