Rails, how do you submit a form with a text link?

I am trying to get this form to submit correctly. Here's what I have so far: <% form_for(:user, :url => update_user_setting_path, :remote => true, :html => {:method => :post, :class => "search_form general_form"}) do |f| %> and the button renders with this code: <li><%= link_to raw("<span class='button approve'><span><span>SAVE</span></span></span>"), :action => 'create' %></li> I am using action