diff --git a/react/components/channelCreateForm.jsx b/react/components/channelCreateForm.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad6192f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react/components/channelCreateForm.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+function ChannelSuccess (message) {
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <p>{this.props.message}</p>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function ChannelInProgress () {
+  return (
+    <div id="channel-publish-in-progress">
+      <p>Creating your new channel.  This may take a few seconds...</p>
+      <div id="create-channel-progress-bar"></div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+
+
+class ChannelCreateForm extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      error   : null,
+      channel : null,
+      password: null,
+      status  : null,
+    };
+    this.handleChannelInput = this.handleChannelInput.bind(this);
+    this.handleInput = this.handleInput.bind(this);
+    this.checkChannelIsAvailable = this.checkChannelIsAvailable.bind(this);
+    this.createChannel = this.createChannel.bind(this);
+  }
+  handleChannelInput (event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const name = event.target.name;
+    let value = event.target.value;
+    value = this.props.cleanseInput(value);
+    this.setState({[name]: value});
+    this.checkChannelIsAvailable(value);
+  }
+  handleInput (event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const name = event.target.name;
+    const value = event.target.value;
+    this.setState({[name]: value});
+  }
+  checkChannelIsAvailable (channel) {
+    const that = this;
+    this.props.makeGetRequest(`/api/channel-is-available/${channel}`)
+      .then(() => {
+        that.setState({urlError: null});
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        that.setState({error: error.message});
+      });
+  }
+  createChannel (event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    // publishNewChannel(event)
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <form id="publish-channel-form">
+        <p id="input-error-channel-name" className="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure">{this.state.error}</p>
+        <div className="row row--wide row--short">
+          <div className="column column--3 column--sml-10">
+            <label className="label" htmlFor="new-channel-name">Name:</label>
+          </div><div className="column column--6 column--sml-10">
+            <div className="input-text--primary flex-container--row flex-container--left-bottom">
+              <span>@</span>
+              <input type="text" name="new-channel-name" id="new-channel-name" className="input-text" placeholder="exampleChannelName" value={this.channel} onChange={this.handleChannelInput} />
+                <span id="input-success-channel-name" className="info-message--success">{'\u2713'}</span>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div className="row row--wide row--short">
+          <div className="column column--3 column--sml-10">
+            <label className="label" htmlFor="new-channel-password">Password:</label>
+          </div><div className="column column--6 column--sml-10">
+            <div className="input-text--primary">
+              <input type="password" name="new-channel-password" id="new-channel-password" className="input-text"  placeholder="" value={this.password} onChange={this.handleInput} />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <div className="row row--wide">
+          <button className="button--primary" onClick={this.createChannel}>Create</button>
+        </div>
+      </form>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = ChannelCreateForm;
diff --git a/react/components/channelLoginForm.jsx b/react/components/channelLoginForm.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9f3eba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react/components/channelLoginForm.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+class ChannelLoginForm extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      error   : null,
+      name    : null,
+      password: null,
+    };
+    this.handleInput = this.handleInput.bind(this);
+    this.loginToChannel = this.loginToChannel.bind(this);
+  }
+  handleInput (event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const name = event.target.name;
+    const value = event.target.value;
+    this.setState({[name]: value});
+  }
+  loginToChannel (event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <form id="channel-login-form">
+        <p id="login-error-display-element" className="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure">{this.state.error}</p>
+        <div className="row row--wide row--short">
+          <div className="column column--3 column--sml-10">
+            <label className="label" htmlFor="channel-login-name-input">Name:</label>
+          </div><div className="column column--6 column--sml-10">
+          <div className="input-text--primary flex-container--row flex-container--left-bottom">
+            <span>@</span>
+            <input type="text" id="channel-login-name-input" className="input-text" name="name" placeholder="Your Channel Name" value={this.state.channelName} onChange={this.handleInput}/>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        </div>
+        <div className="row row--wide row--short">
+          <div className="column column--3 column--sml-10">
+            <label className="label" htmlFor="channel-login-password-input" >Password:</label>
+          </div><div className="column column--6 column--sml-10">
+          <div className="input-text--primary">
+            <input type="password" id="channel-login-password-input" name="password" className="input-text" placeholder="" value={this.state.channelPassword} onChange={this.handleInput}/>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <div className="row row--wide">
+          <button className="button--primary" onClick={this.loginToChannel}>Authenticate</button>
+        </div>
+      </form>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = ChannelLoginForm;
diff --git a/react/components/channelSelector.jsx b/react/components/channelSelector.jsx
index 84fa1e9e..c3168984 100644
--- a/react/components/channelSelector.jsx
+++ b/react/components/channelSelector.jsx
@@ -1,42 +1,23 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import ChannelLoginForm from './channelLoginForm.jsx';
+import ChannelCreateForm from './channelCreateForm.jsx';
 
 const LOGIN = 'login';
 const CREATE = 'create';
 
-class ChannelLoginForm extends React.Component {
-  constructor (props) {
-    super(props);
-  }
-  render () {
-    return (
-      <div>
-        <h4>Channel Login Form</h4>
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-class ChannelCreateForm extends React.Component {
-  constructor (props) {
-    super(props);
-  }
-  render () {
-    return (
-      <div>
-        <h4>Create Channel Form</h4>
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
 class ChannelSelector extends React.Component {
   constructor (props) {
     super(props);
     this.state = {
-      displayCreateOrLogin: null,
+      displayCreateOrLogin: LOGIN,
     };
     this.toggleCreateOrLogin = this.toggleCreateOrLogin.bind(this);
   }
+  componentWillMount () {
+    if (this.props.loggedInChannelName) {
+      this.setState({ displayCreateOrLogin: null });
+    }
+  }
   toggleCreateOrLogin (event) {
     const selectedOption = event.target.selectedOptions[0].value;
     if (selectedOption === 'login') {
@@ -66,7 +47,11 @@ class ChannelSelector extends React.Component {
             </div>
 
             { (this.state.displayCreateOrLogin === LOGIN) && <ChannelLoginForm /> }
-            { (this.state.displayCreateOrLogin === CREATE) && <ChannelCreateForm /> }
+            { (this.state.displayCreateOrLogin === CREATE) &&
+                <ChannelCreateForm
+                  makeGetRequest={this.props.makeGetRequest}
+                  cleanseInput={this.props.cleanseInput}
+                /> }
 
           </div>
         )}
diff --git a/react/components/dropzone.jsx b/react/components/dropzone.jsx
index 63a015f4..4336b283 100644
--- a/react/components/dropzone.jsx
+++ b/react/components/dropzone.jsx
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class Dropzone extends React.Component {
   setClaimNameFromFileName (fileName) {
     console.log('setClaimNameFromFileName', fileName);
     const fileNameWithoutEnding = fileName.substring(0, fileName.lastIndexOf('.'));
-    const cleanClaimName = this.props.cleanseClaimName(fileNameWithoutEnding);
+    const cleanClaimName = this.props.cleanseInput(fileNameWithoutEnding);
     this.props.updateUploaderState('claim', cleanClaimName);
   }
   render () {
diff --git a/react/components/publishForm.jsx b/react/components/publishForm.jsx
index 78c9289d..61f3a734 100644
--- a/react/components/publishForm.jsx
+++ b/react/components/publishForm.jsx
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ class AnonymousOrChannelSelect extends React.Component {
 class PublishForm extends React.Component {
   constructor (props) {
     super(props);
-    this.state = {
-      channelError: null,
-    }
     // set defaults
     this.updateUploaderState = this.updateUploaderState.bind(this);
     this.clearUploaderState = this.clearUploaderState.bind(this);
@@ -73,7 +70,7 @@ class PublishForm extends React.Component {
             <PreviewDropzone
               file={this.props.file}
             />
-
+            { (this.props.file.type === 'video/mp4') && <ThumbnailInput thumbnail={this.props.thumbnail}/> }
           </div>
         </div>
         <div className="column column--5 column--sml-10 align-content-top">
@@ -85,26 +82,23 @@ class PublishForm extends React.Component {
               publishToChannel={this.props.publishToChannel}
               loggedInChannelName={this.props.loggedInChannelName}
               loggedInChannelShortId={this.props.loggedInChannelShortId}
-              cleanseClaimName={this.props.cleanseClaimName}
+              cleanseInput={this.props.cleanseInput}
               updateUploaderState={this.updateUploaderState}
               makeGetRequest={this.props.makeGetRequest}
             />
-
             <AnonymousOrChannelSelect
               publishToChannel={this.props.publishToChannel}
               updateUploaderState={this.props.updateUploaderState}
             />
-
             <ChannelSelector
               channel={this.props.channel}
               loggedInChannelName={this.props.loggedInChannelName}
               publishToChannel={this.props.publishToChannel}
+              cleanseInput={this.props.cleanseInput}
               updateUploaderState={this.updateUploaderState}
-              channelError={this.state.channelError}
+              makeGetRequest={this.props.makeGetRequest}
             />
 
-            { (this.props.file.type === 'video/mp4') && <ThumbnailInput thumbnail={this.props.thumbnail}/> }
-
             <MetadataInputs />
 
             <div className="row row--padded row--wide">
diff --git a/react/components/urlChooser.jsx b/react/components/urlChooser.jsx
index bac01873..fa02fc9a 100644
--- a/react/components/urlChooser.jsx
+++ b/react/components/urlChooser.jsx
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ class UrlChooser extends React.Component {
   constructor (props) {
     super(props);
     this.state = {
-      urlError    : null,
-      urlBeginning: 'spee.ch',
-      urlMiddle   : null,
+      error    : null,
+      host     : 'spee.ch',
+      urlMiddle: null,
     };
     this.handleInput = this.handleInput.bind(this);
     this.checkClaimIsAvailable = this.checkClaimIsAvailable.bind(this);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class UrlChooser extends React.Component {
     event.preventDefault();
     let value = event.target.value;
     const name = event.target.name;
-    value = this.props.cleanseClaimName(value);
+    value = this.props.cleanseInput(value);
     this.props.updateUploaderState(name, value);
     this.checkClaimIsAvailable(value);
   }
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ class UrlChooser extends React.Component {
     const that = this;
     this.props.makeGetRequest(`/api/claim-is-available/${claim}`)
       .then(() => {
-        that.setState({urlError: null});
+        that.setState({'error': null});
       })
       .catch((error) => {
-        that.setState({urlError: error.message});
+        that.setState({'error': error.message});
       });
   }
   render () {
@@ -47,18 +47,18 @@ class UrlChooser extends React.Component {
       <div>
         <div className="row row--padded row--no-top row--wide">
 
-          <p id="input-error-claim-name" className="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure">{this.state.urlError}</p>
+          <p id="input-error-claim-name" className="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure">{this.state.error}</p>
 
           <div className="column column--3 column--sml-10">
             <label className="label">URL:</label>
           </div><div className="column column--7 column--sml-10 input-text--primary span--relative">
 
-            <span className="url-text--secondary">{this.state.urlBeginning} / </span>
+            <span className="url-text--secondary">{this.state.host} / </span>
 
             <UrlMiddle publishToChannel={this.props.publishToChannel} loggedInChannelName={this.props.loggedInChannelName} loggedInChannelShortId={this.props.loggedInChannelShortId}/>
 
             <input type="text" id="claim-name-input" className="input-text" name='claim' placeholder="your-url-here" onChange={this.handleInput} value={this.props.claim}/>
-            { (this.props.claim && !this.state.urlError) && (
+            { (this.props.claim && !this.state.error) && (
               <span id="input-success-claim-name" className="info-message--success span--absolute">{'\u2713'}</span>
             )}
 
diff --git a/react/uploader.js b/react/uploader.js
index 8791aeb2..37b28a5c 100644
--- a/react/uploader.js
+++ b/react/uploader.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Uploader extends React.Component {
     this.clearUploaderState = this.clearUploaderState.bind(this);
     this.makeGetRequest = this.makeGetRequest.bind(this);
     this.makePostRequest = this.makePostRequest.bind(this);
-    this.cleanseClaimName = this.cleanseClaimName.bind(this);
+    this.cleanseInput = this.cleanseInput.bind(this);
     this.getCookie = this.getCookie.bind(this);
   }
   componentDidMount () {
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ class Uploader extends React.Component {
       xhttp.send(params);
     });
   }
-  cleanseClaimName (name) {
-    name = name.replace(/\s+/g, '-'); // replace spaces with dashes
-    name = name.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9-]/g, '');  // remove all characters that are not A-Z, a-z, 0-9, or '-'
-    return name;
+  cleanseInput (input) {
+    input = input.replace(/\s+/g, '-'); // replace spaces with dashes
+    input = input.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9-]/g, '');  // remove all characters that are not A-Z, a-z, 0-9, or '-'
+    return input;
   }
   getCookie (cname) {
     const name = cname + '=';
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Uploader extends React.Component {
         { this.state.showComponent === DROPZONE &&
           <Dropzone
             updateUploaderState={this.updateUploaderState}
-            cleanseClaimName={this.cleanseClaimName}
+            cleanseInput={this.cleanseInput}
           />
         }
         { this.state.showComponent === DETAILS &&
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class Uploader extends React.Component {
             updateUploaderState={this.updateUploaderState}
             clearUploaderState={this.clearUploaderState}
             makeGetRequest={this.makeGetRequest}
-            cleanseClaimName={this.cleanseClaimName}
+            cleanseInput={this.cleanseInput}
             loggedInChannelName={this.state.loggedInChannelName}
             loggedInChannelShortId={this.state.loggedInChannelShortId}
             publishToChannel={this.state.publishToChannel}