Merge pull request #323 from lbryio/react-upload

React/Redux - publish component
2018-01-25 13:43:19 -08:00 · 2018-01-25 13:43:19 -08:00 · 2f0df2df8f
commit 2f0df2df8f
parent 4c94ccee52 8945707d0f
82 changed files with 21151 additions and 1019 deletions
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
    "start": "node speech.js",
    "lint": "eslint .",
    "fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "precommit": "eslint ."
+    "precommit": "eslint .",
+    "babel": "babel",
+    "webpack": "webpack"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
@ -41,16 +43,27 @@
    "nodemon": "^1.11.0",
    "passport": "^0.4.0",
    "passport-local": "^1.0.0",
+    "prop-types": "^15.6.0",
+    "react": "^16.2.0",
+    "react-dom": "^16.2.0",
+    "react-redux": "^5.0.6",
+    "redux": "^3.7.2",
    "request": "^2.83.0",
    "request-promise": "^4.2.2",
    "sequelize": "^4.1.0",
    "sequelize-cli": "^3.0.0-3",
    "sleep": "^5.1.1",
    "universal-analytics": "^0.4.13",
+    "whatwg-fetch": "^2.0.3",
    "winston": "^2.3.1",
    "winston-slack-webhook": "billbitt/winston-slack-webhook"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
+    "babel-core": "^6.26.0",
+    "babel-loader": "^7.1.2",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
+    "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
+    "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.24.1",
    "chai": "^4.1.2",
    "chai-http": "^3.0.0",
    "eslint": "3.19.0",
@ -61,6 +74,8 @@
    "eslint-plugin-react": "6.10.3",
    "eslint-plugin-standard": "3.0.1",
    "husky": "^0.13.4",
-    "mocha": "^4.0.1"
+    "mocha": "^4.0.1",
+    "redux-devtools": "^3.4.1",
+    "webpack": "^3.10.0"
  }
 }
--- a/passport/local-login.js
+++ b/passport/local-login.js
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module.exports = new PassportLocalStrategy(
        .then(user => {
          if (!user) {
            // logger.debug('no user found');
-            return done(null, false, {message: 'Incorrect username or password.'});
+            return done(null, false, {message: 'Incorrect username or password'});
          }
          user.comparePassword(password, (passwordErr, isMatch) => {
            if (passwordErr) {
@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ module.exports = new PassportLocalStrategy(
            }
            if (!isMatch) {
              // logger.debug('incorrect password');
-              return done(null, false, {message: 'Incorrect username or password.'});
+              return done(null, false, {message: 'Incorrect username or password'});
            }
            logger.debug('Password was a match, returning User');
            return returnUserAndChannelInfo(user)
--- a/public/assets/css/general.css
+++ b/public/assets/css/general.css
@ -483,32 +483,31 @@ table {
 	cursor: pointer;
 }

-#primary-dropzone-instructions, #dropbzone-dragover {
-	z-index: -1;
-}
-
-.position-absolute {
+#dropzone-text-holder {
 	position: absolute;
-	top: 0px;
-	left: 0px;
-	height: 100%;
+	left: 0;
+	top: 0;
 	width: 100%;
+	height: 100%;
 }

-#asset-preview-holder {
-	position: relative;
+#dropzone-dragover, #dropzone-instructions {
+	padding: 1em;
 }

 #asset-preview {
 	display: block;
-	padding: 0.5rem;
-	width: calc(100% - 1rem);
+	width: 100%;
+}
+
+.dim {
+	opacity: 0.2;
 }

 /* Assets */

 .asset {
-	max-width: 100%;
+	width: 100%;
 }

 #show-body #asset-boilerpate {
--- a/public/assets/img/loading.gif
+++ b/public/assets/img/loading.gif
--- a/public/assets/js/authFunctions.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/authFunctions.js
@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-function sendAuthRequest (channelName, password, url) {
-    const params = `username=${channelName}&password=${password}`;
-    return postRequest(url, params);
-}
--- a/public/assets/js/constants.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/constants.js
@ -1 +0,0 @@
-const EMAIL_FORMAT = 'ERROR_EMAIL_FORMAT';
--- a/public/assets/js/createChannelFunctions.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/createChannelFunctions.js
@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
 function showChannelCreateInProgressDisplay () {
    const publishChannelForm = document.getElementById('publish-channel-form');
    const inProgress = document.getElementById('channel-publish-in-progress');
-    const channelProgressBar = document.getElementById('create-channel-progress-bar');
    publishChannelForm.hidden = true;
    inProgress.hidden = false;
-    createProgressBar(channelProgressBar, 12);
 }

-// display the content that shows channle creation is done
+// display the content that shows channel creation is done
 function showChannelCreateDoneDisplay() {
    const inProgress = document.getElementById('channel-publish-in-progress');
    inProgress.hidden=true;
@ -22,27 +20,38 @@ function showChannelCreationError(msg) {
 }

 function publishNewChannel (event) {
-    const userName = document.getElementById('new-channel-name').value;
+    const username = document.getElementById('new-channel-name').value;
    const password = document.getElementById('new-channel-password').value;
    // prevent default so this script can handle submission
    event.preventDefault();
    // validate submission
-    validationFunctions.validateNewChannelSubmission(userName, password)
+    validationFunctions.validateNewChannelSubmission(username, password)
        .then(() => {
            showChannelCreateInProgressDisplay();
-            return sendAuthRequest(userName, password, '/signup') // post the request
+            // return sendAuthRequest(userName, password, '/signup') // post the request
+            return fetch('/signup', {
+                  method: 'POST',
+                  body: JSON.stringify({username, password}),
+                  headers: new Headers({
+                    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+                  }),
+                  credentials: 'include',
+              })
+              .then(function(response) {
+                  if (response.ok){
+                      return response.json();
+                  } else {
+                      throw response;
+                  }
+              })
+              .catch(function(error) {
+                  throw error;
+              })
        })
-        .then(result => {
-            setUserCookies(result.channelName, result.channelClaimId, result.shortChannelId);
+        .then(signupResult => {
+            console.log('signup success:', signupResult);
            showChannelCreateDoneDisplay();
-            // if user is on the home page, update the needed elements without reloading
-            if (window.location.pathname === '/') {
-                replaceChannelOptionInPublishChannelSelect(result.channelName);
-                replaceChannelOptionInNavBarChannelSelect(result.channelName);
-            // if user is not on home page, redirect to home page
-            } else {
-                window.location = '/';
-            }
+            window.location = '/';
        })
        .catch(error => {
            if (error.name === 'ChannelNameError' || error.name === 'ChannelPasswordError'){
@ -50,7 +59,7 @@ function publishNewChannel (event) {
                validationFunctions.showError(channelNameErrorDisplayElement, error.message);
            } else {
                console.log('signup failure:', error);
-                showChannelCreationError('Unfortunately, we encountered an error while creating your channel.  Please let us know in slack!');
+                showChannelCreationError('Unfortunately, we encountered an error while creating your channel.  Please let us know in slack!', error);
            }
        })
 }
--- a/public/assets/js/dropzoneFunctions.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/dropzoneFunctions.js
@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-
-function drop_handler(event) {
-    event.preventDefault();
-    // if dropped items aren't files, reject them
-    var dt = event.dataTransfer;
-    if (dt.items) {
-        if (dt.items[0].kind == 'file') {
-            var droppedFile = dt.items[0].getAsFile();
-            publishFileFunctions.previewAndStageFile(droppedFile);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-function dragover_handler(event) {
-    event.preventDefault();
-}
-
-function dragend_handler(event) {
-    var dt = event.dataTransfer;
-    if (dt.items) {
-        for (var i = 0; i < dt.items.length; i++) {
-            dt.items.remove(i);
-        }
-    } else {
-        event.dataTransfer.clearData();
-    }
-}
-
-function dragenter_handler(event) {
-    var thisDropzone = document.getElementById(event.target.id);
-    thisDropzone.setAttribute('class', 'dropzone dropzone--drag-over row row--margined row--padded row--tall flex-container--column flex-container--center-center');
-    thisDropzone.firstElementChild.setAttribute('class', 'hidden');
-    thisDropzone.lastElementChild.setAttribute('class', '');
-
-}
-
-function dragexit_handler(event) {
-    var thisDropzone = document.getElementById(event.target.id);
-    thisDropzone.setAttribute('class', 'dropzone row row--tall row--margined row--padded flex-container--column flex-container--center-center');
-    thisDropzone.firstElementChild.setAttribute('class', '');
-    thisDropzone.lastElementChild.setAttribute('class', 'hidden');
-}
-
-function preview_onmouseenter_handler () {
-    document.getElementById('asset-preview-dropzone-instructions').setAttribute('class', 'flex-container--column flex-container--center-center position-absolute');
-    document.getElementById('asset-preview').style.opacity = 0.2;
-}
-
-function preview_onmouseleave_handler () {
-    document.getElementById('asset-preview-dropzone-instructions').setAttribute('class', 'hidden');
-    document.getElementById('asset-preview').style.opacity = 1;
-}
-
--- a/public/assets/js/generalFunctions.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/generalFunctions.js
@ -1,160 +1,3 @@
-function getRequest (url) {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        let xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
-        xhttp.open('GET', url, true);
-        xhttp.responseType = 'json';
-        xhttp.onreadystatechange = () => {
-            if (xhttp.readyState == 4 ) {
-                if ( xhttp.status == 200) {
-                    resolve(xhttp.response);
-                } else if (xhttp.status == 401) {
-                    reject('Wrong channel name or password');
-                } else {
-                    reject('request failed with status:' + xhttp.status);
-                };
-            }
-        };
-        xhttp.send();
-    })
-}
-
-function postRequest (url, params) {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        let xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
-        xhttp.open('POST', url, true);
-        xhttp.responseType = 'json';
-        xhttp.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
-        xhttp.onreadystatechange = () => {
-            if (xhttp.readyState == 4 ) {
-                if ( xhttp.status == 200) {
-                    resolve(xhttp.response);
-                } else if (xhttp.status == 401) {
-                    reject( new AuthenticationError('Wrong channel name or password'));
-                } else {
-                    reject('request failed with status:' + xhttp.status);
-                };
-            }
-        };
-        xhttp.send(params);
-    })
-}
-
-function toggleSection(event){
-	event.preventDefault();
-
-	var dataSet = event.target.dataset;
-	var status = dataSet.open;
-	var masterElement = document.getElementById(event.target.id||event.srcElement.id);
-	var slaveElement = document.getElementById(dataSet.slaveelementid);
-	var closedLabel = dataSet.closedlabel;
-	var openLabel = dataSet.openlabel;
-	
-	if (status === "false") {
-		slaveElement.hidden = false;
-		masterElement.innerText = openLabel;
-		masterElement.dataset.open = "true";
-	} else {
-		slaveElement.hidden = true;
-		masterElement.innerText = closedLabel;
-		masterElement.dataset.open = "false";
-	}
-}
-
-function createProgressBar(element, size){
-	var x = 0;
-	var adder = 1;
-	// create the bar holder & place it
-    var barHolder = document.createElement('p');
-	for (var i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-        const bar = document.createElement('span');
-        bar.innerText = '| ';
-        bar.setAttribute('class', 'progress-bar progress-bar--inactive');
-        barHolder.appendChild(bar);
-    }
-    element.appendChild(barHolder);
-	// get the bars
-    const bars = document.getElementsByClassName('progress-bar');
-    // function to update the bars' classes
-	function updateOneBar(){
-        // update the appropriate bar
-        if (x > -1 && x < size){
-            if (adder === 1){
-                bars[x].setAttribute('class', 'progress-bar progress-bar--active');
-            } else {
-                bars[x].setAttribute('class', 'progress-bar progress-bar--inactive');
-            }
-        }
-        // set x
-        if (x === size){
-            adder = -1;
-        } else if ( x === -1){
-            adder = 1;
-        }
-        // update the adder
-        x += adder;
-
-	};
-	// start updater
-	setInterval(updateOneBar, 300);
-}
-
-function setCookie(key, value) {
-    document.cookie = `${key}=${value}`;
-}
-
-function getCookie(cname) {
-    const name = cname + "=";
-    const decodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);
-    const ca = decodedCookie.split(';');
-    for(let i = 0; i <ca.length; i++) {
-        let c = ca[i];
-        while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {
-            c = c.substring(1);
-        }
-        if (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {
-            return c.substring(name.length, c.length);
-        }
-    }
-    return "";
-}
-
-function checkCookie() {
-    const channelName = getCookie("channel_name");
-    if (channelName != "") {
-        console.log(`cookie found for ${channelName}`);
-    } else {
-        console.log('no channel_name cookie found');
-    }
-}
-
-function clearCookie(name) {
-    document.cookie = `${name}=; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT;`;
-}
-
-function setUserCookies(channelName, channelClaimId, shortChannelId) {
-    setCookie('channel_name', channelName)
-    setCookie('channel_claim_id', channelClaimId);
-    setCookie('short_channel_id', shortChannelId);
-}
-
-function clearUserCookies() {
-    clearCookie('channel_name')
-    clearCookie('channel_claim_id');
-    clearCookie('short_channel_id');
-}
-
-function copyToClipboard(event){
-    var elementToCopy = event.target.dataset.elementtocopy;
-    var element = document.getElementById(elementToCopy);
-    var errorElement = 'input-error-copy-text' + elementToCopy;
-    element.select();
-    try {
-        document.execCommand('copy');
-    } catch (err) {
-        validationFunctions.showError(errorElement, 'Oops, unable to copy');
-    }
-}
-
 // Create new error objects, that prototypically inherit from the Error constructor
 function FileError(message) {
  this.name = 'FileError';
--- a/public/assets/js/loginFunctions.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/loginFunctions.js
@ -1,67 +1,41 @@
-function replaceChannelOptionInPublishChannelSelect(loggedInChannel) {
-    // remove the old channel option
-    const oldChannel = document.getElementById('publish-channel-select-channel-option')
-    if (oldChannel){
-        oldChannel.parentNode.removeChild(oldChannel);
-    }
-    // create new channel option
-    const newChannelOption = document.createElement('option');
-    newChannelOption.setAttribute('value', loggedInChannel);
-    newChannelOption.setAttribute('id', 'publish-channel-select-channel-option');
-    newChannelOption.setAttribute('selected', '');
-    newChannelOption.innerText = loggedInChannel;
-    // add the new option
-    const channelSelect = document.getElementById('channel-name-select');
-    channelSelect.insertBefore(newChannelOption, channelSelect.firstChild);
-    // carry out channel selection
-    toggleSelectedChannel(loggedInChannel);
-}
-
-function replaceChannelOptionInNavBarChannelSelect (loggedInChannel) {
-    // remove the old channel option
-    const oldChannel = document.getElementById('nav-bar-channel-select-channel-option');
-    if (oldChannel){
-        oldChannel.parentNode.removeChild(oldChannel);
-    }
-    // create new channel option & select it
-    const newChannelOption = document.createElement('option');
-    newChannelOption.setAttribute('value', loggedInChannel);
-    newChannelOption.setAttribute('id', 'nav-bar-channel-select-channel-option');
-    newChannelOption.setAttribute('selected', '');
-    newChannelOption.innerText = loggedInChannel;
-    // add the new option
-    const channelSelect = document.getElementById('nav-bar-channel-select');
-    channelSelect.style.display = 'inline-block';
-    channelSelect.insertBefore(newChannelOption, channelSelect.firstChild);
-    // hide login
-    const navBarLoginLink = document.getElementById('nav-bar-login-link');
-    navBarLoginLink.style.display = 'none';
-}
-
 function loginToChannel (event) {
-    const userName = document.getElementById('channel-login-name-input').value;
+    const username = document.getElementById('channel-login-name-input').value;
    const password = document.getElementById('channel-login-password-input').value;
    // prevent default
    event.preventDefault()
-    validationFunctions.validateNewChannelLogin(userName, password)
+    validationFunctions.validateNewChannelLogin(username, password)
        .then(() => {
-            return sendAuthRequest(userName, password, '/login')
+            return fetch('/login', {
+                method: 'POST',
+                body: JSON.stringify({username, password}),
+                headers: new Headers({
+                  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+                }),
+                credentials: 'include',
+              })
+              .then(function(response) {
+                  console.log(response);
+                  if (response.ok){
+                    return response.json();
+                  } else {
+                    throw response;
+                  }
+              })
+              .catch(function(error) {
+                  throw error;
+              })
        })
-        .then(result => {
-            setUserCookies(result.channelName, result.channelClaimId, result.shortChannelId);
-            // if user is on the home page, update the needed elements without reloading
-            if (window.location.pathname === '/') {
-                replaceChannelOptionInPublishChannelSelect(result.channelName);
-                replaceChannelOptionInNavBarChannelSelect(result.channelName);
-            // if user is not on home page, redirect to home page
-            } else {
+        .then(function({success, message}) {
+            if (success) {
                window.location = '/';
+            } else {
+                throw new Error(message);
            }

        })
        .catch(error => {
            const loginErrorDisplayElement = document.getElementById('login-error-display-element');
-            if (error.name){
+            if (error.message){
                validationFunctions.showError(loginErrorDisplayElement, error.message);
            } else {
                validationFunctions.showError(loginErrorDisplayElement, 'There was an error logging into your channel');
--- a/public/assets/js/navBarFunctions.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/navBarFunctions.js
@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-function toggleNavBarSelection (value) {
-    const selectedOption = value;
-    if (selectedOption === 'LOGOUT') {
-        // remove session cookies
-        clearUserCookies();
-        // send logout request to server
-        window.location.href = '/logout';
-    } else if (selectedOption === 'VIEW') {
-        // get channel info
-        const channelName = getCookie('channel_name');
-        const channelClaimId = getCookie('channel_claim_id');
-        // redirect to channel page
-        window.location.href = `/${channelName}:${channelClaimId}`;
-    }
-}
--- a/public/assets/js/publishFileFunctions.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/publishFileFunctions.js
@ -1,234 +0,0 @@
-var stagedFiles = null;
-
-const publishFileFunctions = {
-    triggerFileChooser: function (fileInputId) {
-        document.getElementById(fileInputId).click();
-    },
-    cancelPublish: function () {
-        window.location.href = '/';
-    },
-    previewAndStageFile: function (selectedFile) {
-        const fileSelectionInputError = document.getElementById('input-error-file-selection');
-        // When a file is selected for publish, validate that file and
-        // stage it so it will be ready when the publish button is clicked
-        try {
-            validationFunctions.validateFile(selectedFile); // validate the file's name, type, and size
-        } catch (error) {
-            validationFunctions.showError(fileSelectionInputError, error.message);
-            return;
-        }
-        // set image preview, if an image was provided
-        this.setImagePreview(selectedFile);
-        // hide the primary drop zone
-        this.hidePrimaryDropzone();
-        // set the name input value to the image name if none is set yet
-        this.updateClaimNameInputWithFileName(selectedFile);
-        // store the selected file for upload
-        stagedFiles = [selectedFile];
-    },
-    hidePrimaryDropzone: function () {
-        const primaryDropzone = document.getElementById('primary-dropzone');
-        const publishForm = document.getElementById('publish-form');
-        primaryDropzone.setAttribute('class', 'hidden');
-        publishForm.setAttribute('class', 'row')
-    },
-    updateClaimNameInputWithFileName: function (selectedFile) {
-        const nameInput = document.getElementById('claim-name-input');
-        if (nameInput.value === "") {
-            var filename = selectedFile.name.substring(0, selectedFile.name.indexOf('.'))
-            nameInput.value = validationFunctions.cleanseClaimName(filename);
-            validationFunctions.checkClaimName(nameInput.value);
-        }
-    },
-    setImagePreview: function (selectedFile) {
-        const assetPreview = document.getElementById('asset-preview-target');
-        const thumbnailInput = document.getElementById('claim-thumbnail-input');
-        const thumbnailInputTool = document.getElementById('publish-thumbnail');
-        if (selectedFile.type !== 'video/mp4') {
-            const previewReader = new FileReader();
-            if (selectedFile.type === 'image/gif') {
-                assetPreview.innerHTML = `<p>loading preview...</p>`
-            }
-            previewReader.readAsDataURL(selectedFile);
-            previewReader.onloadend = function () {
-                assetPreview.innerHTML = '<img id="asset-preview" src="' + previewReader.result + '" alt="image preview"/>';
-            };
-            // clear & hide the thumbnail selection input
-            thumbnailInput.value = '';
-            thumbnailInputTool.hidden = true;
-        } else {
-            assetPreview.innerHTML = `<img id="asset-preview" src="/assets/img/video_thumb_default.png"/>`;
-            // clear & show the thumbnail selection input
-            thumbnailInput.value = '';
-            thumbnailInputTool.hidden = false;
-        }
-    },
-    returnNullOrChannel: function () {
-        const channelRadio = document.getElementById('channel-radio');
-        if (channelRadio.checked) {
-            const channelInput = document.getElementById('channel-name-select');
-            return channelInput.value.trim();
-        }
-        return null;
-    },
-    createMetadata: function() {
-        const nameInput = document.getElementById('claim-name-input');
-        const titleInput = document.getElementById('publish-title');
-        const descriptionInput = document.getElementById('publish-description');
-        const licenseInput = document.getElementById('publish-license');
-        const nsfwInput = document.getElementById('publish-nsfw');
-        const thumbnailInput = document.getElementById('claim-thumbnail-input');
-        const channelName = this.returnNullOrChannel();
-        let metadata = {
-            name: nameInput.value.trim(),
-            title: titleInput.value.trim(),
-            description: descriptionInput.value.trim(),
-            license: licenseInput.value.trim(),
-            nsfw: nsfwInput.checked,
-            type: stagedFiles[0].type,
-            thumbnail: thumbnailInput.value.trim(),
-        };
-        if (channelName) {
-            metadata['channelName'] = channelName;
-        }
-        return metadata;
-    },
-    appendDataToFormData: function (file, metadata) {
-        var fd = new FormData();
-        fd.append('file', file)
-        for (var key in metadata) {
-            if (metadata.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-                console.log(key, metadata[key]);
-                fd.append(key, metadata[key]);
-            }
-        }
-        return fd;
-    },
-    publishFile: function (file, metadata) {
-        var uri = "/api/claim-publish";
-        var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-        var fd = this.appendDataToFormData(file, metadata);
-        var that = this;
-        xhr.upload.addEventListener("loadstart", function(e) {
-            that.showUploadStartedMessage();
-        })
-        xhr.upload.addEventListener("progress", function(e) {
-            if (e.lengthComputable) {
-                var percentage = Math.round((e.loaded * 100) / e.total);
-                console.log('progress:', percentage);
-                that.showUploadProgressMessage(percentage);
-            }
-        }, false);
-        xhr.upload.addEventListener("load", function(e){
-            console.log('loaded 100%');
-            that.showFilePublishUpdate("Your file has been loaded, and is now being published to the blockchain.  Sit tight...")
-        }, false);
-        xhr.open("POST", uri, true);
-        xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
-            if (xhr.readyState == 4) {
-              console.log('publish response:', xhr.response)
-                if (xhr.status == 200) {
-                  console.log('publish complete!');
-                  that.showFilePublishComplete(JSON.parse(xhr.response).message);
-                } else if (xhr.status == 502){
-                  that.showFilePublishFailure('Spee.ch was not able to get a response from the LBRY network.');
-                } else {
-                  that.showFilePublishFailure(JSON.parse(xhr.response).message);
-                }
-            }
-        };
-        // Initiate a multipart/form-data upload
-        xhr.send(fd);
-    },
-    // Validate the publish submission and then trigger upload
-    publishStagedFile: function (event) {
-        event.preventDefault();  // prevent default so this script can handle submission
-        const metadata = this.createMetadata();
-        const that = this;
-        const fileSelectionInputError = document.getElementById('input-error-file-selection');
-        const claimNameError = document.getElementById('input-error-claim-name');
-        const channelSelectError = document.getElementById('input-error-channel-select');
-        const publishSubmitError = document.getElementById('input-error-publish-submit');
-        // validate, submit, and handle response
-        validationFunctions.validateFilePublishSubmission(stagedFiles, metadata)
-            .then( function() {
-                that.publishFile(stagedFiles[0], metadata);
-            })
-            .catch(error => {
-                if (error.name === 'FileError') {
-                    validationFunctions.showError(fileSelectionInputError, error.message);
-                } else if (error.name === 'NameError') {
-                    validationFunctions.showError(claimNameError, error.message);
-                } else if (error.name === 'ChannelNameError'){
-                    console.log(error);
-                    validationFunctions.showError(channelSelectError, error.message);
-                } else {
-                    validationFunctions.showError(publishSubmitError, error.message);
-                }
-                return;
-            })
-    },
-    showUploadStartedMessage: function (){
-        console.log('starting upload');
-        // hide the publish tool
-        this.hidePublishTools();
-        // show the progress status and animation
-        this.showPublishStatus();
-        this.showPublishProgressBar();
-    },
-    showUploadProgressMessage: function (percentage){
-        this.updatePublishStatus('<p>File is loading to server</p>');
-        this.updateUploadPercent('<p class="blue">' + percentage + '% </p>');
-    },
-    showFilePublishUpdate: function (msg) {
-        this.updatePublishStatus('<p>' + msg + '</p>');
-        this.updateUploadPercent('<p>Curious what magic is happening here? <a class="link--primary" target="blank" href="https://lbry.io/faq/what-is-lbry">Learn more.</a></p>');
-    },
-    showFilePublishFailure: function (msg){
-        this.updatePublishStatus('<p>Something went wrong...</p><p><strong>' + msg + '</strong></p><p>For help, post the above error text in the #speech channel on the <a class="link--primary" href="https://discord.gg/YjYbwhS" target="_blank">lbry discord</a>');
-        this.hidePublishProgressBar();
-        this.hideUploadPercent();
-    },
-    showFilePublishComplete: function (msg) {
-        console.log('Publish complete!');
-        const showUrl = msg.lbryTx.claim_id + "/" + msg.name;
-        // update status
-        this.updatePublishStatus('<p>Your publish is complete! You are being redirected to it now.</p>');
-        this.updateUploadPercent('<p><a class="link--primary" target="_blank" href="' + showUrl + '">If you do not get redirected, click here.</a></p>')
-        // redirect the user
-        window.location.href = showUrl;
-    },
-    hidePublishTools: function () {
-        const publishFormWrapper = document.getElementById('publish-form');
-        publishFormWrapper.setAttribute('class', 'hidden');
-    },
-    // publish status functions
-    showPublishStatus: function () {
-        const publishStatus = document.getElementById('publish-status');
-        publishStatus.setAttribute('class', 'row row--tall flex-container--column flex-container--center-center');
-    },
-    updatePublishStatus: function (msg){
-        const publishUpdate = document.getElementById('publish-update');
-        publishUpdate.innerHTML = msg;
-    },
-    // progress bar functions
-    showPublishProgressBar: function (){
-        const publishProgressBar = document.getElementById('publish-progress-bar');
-        createProgressBar(publishProgressBar, 12);
-    },
-    hidePublishProgressBar: function (){
-        const publishProgressBar = document.getElementById('publish-progress-bar');
-        publishProgressBar.hidden = true;
-    },
-    // upload percent functions
-    updateUploadPercent: function (msg){
-        const uploadPercent = document.getElementById('upload-percent');
-        uploadPercent.innerHTML = msg;
-    },
-    hideUploadPercent: function (){
-        const uploadPercent = document.getElementById('upload-percent');
-        uploadPercent.hidden = true;
-    },
-}
-
-
--- a/public/assets/js/validationFunctions.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/validationFunctions.js
@ -1,53 +1,5 @@
 // validation function which checks the proposed file's type, size, and name
 const validationFunctions = {
-    validateFile: function (file) {
-        if (!file) {
-            console.log('no file found');
-            throw new Error('no file provided');
-        }
-        if (/'/.test(file.name)) {
-            console.log('file name had apostrophe in it');
-            throw new Error('apostrophes are not allowed in the file name');
-        }
-        // validate size and type
-        switch (file.type) {
-            case 'image/jpeg':
-            case 'image/jpg':
-            case 'image/png':
-                if (file.size > 10000000) {
-                    console.log('file was too big');
-                    throw new Error('Sorry, images are limited to 10 megabytes.');
-                }
-                break;
-            case 'image/gif':
-                if (file.size > 50000000) {
-                    console.log('file was too big');
-                    throw new Error('Sorry, .gifs are limited to 50 megabytes.');
-                }
-                break;
-            case 'video/mp4':
-                if (file.size > 50000000) {
-                    console.log('file was too big');
-                    throw new Error('Sorry, videos are limited to 50 megabytes.');
-                }
-                break;
-            default:
-                console.log('file type is not supported');
-                throw new Error(file.type + ' is not a supported file type. Only, .jpeg, .png, .gif, and .mp4 files are currently supported.')
-        }
-    },
-    // validation function that checks to make sure the claim name is valid
-    validateClaimName: function (name) {
-        // ensure a name was entered
-        if (name.length < 1) {
-            throw new NameError("You must enter a name for your url");
-        }
-        // validate the characters in the 'name' field
-        const invalidCharacters = /[^A-Za-z0-9,-]/g.exec(name);
-        if (invalidCharacters) {
-            throw new NameError('"' + invalidCharacters + '" characters are not allowed');
-        }
-    },
    validateChannelName: function (name) {
        name = name.substring(name.indexOf('@') + 1);
        // ensure a name was entered
@ -65,15 +17,21 @@ const validationFunctions = {
            throw new ChannelPasswordError("You must enter a password for you channel");
        }
    },
-    cleanseClaimName: function (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;
-    },
    // validation functions to check claim & channel name eligibility as the inputs change
+    isChannelNameAvailable: function (name) {
+        return this.isNameAvailable(name, '/api/channel-is-available/');
+    },
    isNameAvailable: function (name, apiUrl) {
+        console.log('isNameAvailable?', name);
        const url = apiUrl + name;
-        return getRequest(url)
+        return fetch(url)
+            .then(function (response) {
+                return response.json();
+            })
+            .catch(error => {
+                console.log('isNameAvailable error', error);
+                throw error;
+            })
    },
    showError: function (errorDisplay, errorMsg) {
        errorDisplay.hidden = false;
@ -91,90 +49,35 @@ const validationFunctions = {
        successElement.hidden = true;
        successElement.innerHTML = "";
    },
-    checkAvailability: function (name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, validateName, errorMessage, apiUrl) {
+    checkChannelName: function (name) {
+        var successDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-success-channel-name');
+        var errorDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-error-channel-name');
+        var channelName = `@${name}`;
        var that = this;
        try {
            // check to make sure the characters are valid
-            validateName(name);
+            that.validateChannelName(channelName);
            // check to make sure it is available
-            that.isNameAvailable(name, apiUrl)
-                .then(function (result) {
-                    if (result === true) {
-                        that.hideError(errorDisplayElement);
-                        that.showSuccess(successDisplayElement)
-                    } else {
-                        that.hideSuccess(successDisplayElement);
-                        that.showError(errorDisplayElement, errorMessage);
-                    }
-                })
-                .catch(error => {
-                    that.hideSuccess(successDisplayElement);
-                    that.showError(errorDisplayElement, error.message);
-                });
+            that.isChannelNameAvailable(channelName)
+              .then(function(isAvailable){
+                console.log('isChannelNameAvailable:', isAvailable);
+                if (isAvailable) {
+                  that.hideError(errorDisplayElement);
+                  that.showSuccess(successDisplayElement)
+                } else {
+                  that.hideSuccess(successDisplayElement);
+                  that.showError(errorDisplayElement, 'Sorry, that name is already taken');
+                }
+              })
+              .catch(error => {
+                that.hideSuccess(successDisplayElement);
+                that.showError(errorDisplayElement, error.message);
+              });
        } catch (error) {
            that.hideSuccess(successDisplayElement);
            that.showError(errorDisplayElement, error.message);
        }
    },
-    checkClaimName: function (name) {
-        const successDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-success-claim-name');
-        const errorDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-error-claim-name');
-        this.checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, this.validateClaimName, 'Sorry, that ending is already taken', '/api/claim-is-available/');
-    },
-    checkChannelName: function (name) {
-        const successDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-success-channel-name');
-        const errorDisplayElement = document.getElementById('input-error-channel-name');
-        name = `@${name}`;
-        this.checkAvailability(name, successDisplayElement, errorDisplayElement, this.validateChannelName, 'Sorry, that name is already taken', '/api/channel-is-available/');
-    },
-    // validation function which checks all aspects of the publish submission
-    validateFilePublishSubmission: function (stagedFiles, metadata) {
-        const channelName = metadata.channelName;
-        const claimName = metadata.name;
-        var that = this;
-        return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
-            // 1. make sure 1 file was staged
-            if (!stagedFiles) {
-                reject(new FileError("Please select a file"));
-                return;
-            } else if (stagedFiles.length > 1) {
-                reject(new FileError("Only one file is allowed at a time"));
-                return;
-            }
-            // 2. validate the file's name, type, and size
-            try {
-                that.validateFile(stagedFiles[0]);
-            } catch (error) {
-                reject(error);
-                return;
-            }
-            // 3. validate that a channel was chosen
-            if (channelName === 'new' || channelName === 'login') {
-                reject(new ChannelNameError("Please log in to a channel"));
-                return;
-            }
-            ;
-            // 4. validate the claim name
-            try {
-                that.validateClaimName(claimName);
-            } catch (error) {
-                reject(error);
-                return;
-            }
-            // if all validation passes, check availability of the name (note: do we need to re-validate channel name vs. credentials as well?)
-            return that.isNameAvailable(claimName, '/api/claim-is-available/')
-                .then(result => {
-                    if (result) {
-                        resolve();
-                    } else {
-                        reject(new NameError('Sorry, that ending is already taken'));
-                    }
-                })
-                .catch(error => {
-                    reject(error);
-                });
-        });
-    },
    // validation function which checks all aspects of a new channel submission
    validateNewChannelSubmission: function (userName, password) {
        const channelName = `@${userName}`;
@ -193,16 +96,15 @@ const validationFunctions = {
                return reject(error);
            }
            // 3. if all validation passes, check availability of the name
-            that.isNameAvailable(channelName, '/api/channel-is-available/')  // validate the availability
-                .then(function(result) {
-                    if (result) {
+            that.isChannelNameAvailable(channelName)
+                .then(function(isAvailable) {
+                    if (isAvailable) {
                        resolve();
                    } else {
                        reject(new ChannelNameError('Sorry, that name is already taken'));
                    }
                })
                .catch(function(error) {
-                    console.log('error evaluating channel name availability', error);
                    reject(error);
                });
        });
--- a/public/bundle/bundle.js
+++ b/public/bundle/bundle.js
--- a/react/actions/channel.js
+++ b/react/actions/channel.js
@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import * as actions from 'constants/channel_action_types';
+
+// export action creators
+
+export function updateLoggedInChannel (name, shortId, longId) {
+  return {
+    type: actions.CHANNEL_UPDATE,
+    name,
+    shortId,
+    longId,
+  };
+};
--- a/react/actions/publish.js
+++ b/react/actions/publish.js
@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import * as actions from 'constants/publish_action_types';
+
+// export action creators
+export function selectFile (file) {
+  return {
+    type: actions.FILE_SELECTED,
+    file: file,
+  };
+};
+
+export function clearFile () {
+  return {
+    type: actions.FILE_CLEAR,
+  };
+};
+
+export function updateMetadata (name, value) {
+  return {
+    type: actions.METADATA_UPDATE,
+    name,
+    value,
+  };
+};
+
+export function updateClaim (value) {
+  return {
+    type: actions.CLAIM_UPDATE,
+    value,
+  };
+};
+
+export function setPublishInChannel (channel) {
+  return {
+    type: actions.SET_PUBLISH_IN_CHANNEL,
+    channel,
+  };
+};
+
+export function updatePublishStatus (status, message) {
+  return {
+    type: actions.PUBLISH_STATUS_UPDATE,
+    status,
+    message,
+  };
+};
+
+export function updateError (name, value) {
+  return {
+    type: actions.ERROR_UPDATE,
+    name,
+    value,
+  };
+};
+
+export function updateSelectedChannel (value) {
+  return {
+    type: actions.SELECTED_CHANNEL_UPDATE,
+    value,
+  };
+};
+
+export function toggleMetadataInputs (value) {
+  return {
+    type: actions.TOGGLE_METADATA_INPUTS,
+    value,
+  };
+};
--- a/react/app.js
+++ b/react/app.js
@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import {Provider} from 'react-redux';
+import {createStore} from 'redux';
+import Reducer from 'reducers';
+import Publish from 'containers/PublishTool';
+import NavBar from 'containers/NavBar';
+
+let store = createStore(
+  Reducer,
+  window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__ && window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__()
+);
+
+ReactDOM.render(
+  <Provider store={store}>
+    <NavBar />
+  </Provider>,
+  document.getElementById('react-nav-bar')
+)
+
+ReactDOM.render(
+  <Provider store={store}>
+    <Publish />
+  </Provider>,
+  document.getElementById('react-publish-tool')
+)
--- a/react/components/ActiveStatusBar/index.jsx
+++ b/react/components/ActiveStatusBar/index.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+const ActiveStatusBar = () => {
+  return <span className="progress-bar progress-bar--active">| </span>;
+}
+
+export default ActiveStatusBar;
--- a/react/components/ExpandingTextArea/index.jsx
+++ b/react/components/ExpandingTextArea/index.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import React, { Component } from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+class ExpandingTextarea extends Component {
+  componentDidMount () {
+    this.adjustTextarea({});
+  }
+
+  render () {
+    const { onChange, ...rest } = this.props;
+    return (
+      <textarea
+        { ...rest }
+        ref={x => this.el = x}
+        onChange={ this._handleChange.bind(this) }
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  _handleChange (event) {
+    const { onChange } = this.props;
+    if (onChange) onChange(event);
+    this.adjustTextarea(event);
+  }
+
+  adjustTextarea ({ target = this.el }) {
+    target.style.height = 0;
+    target.style.height = `${target.scrollHeight}px`;
+  }
+}
+
+ExpandingTextarea.propTypes = {
+  onChange: PropTypes.func,
+};
+
+export default ExpandingTextarea;
--- a/react/components/InactiveStatusBar/index.jsx
+++ b/react/components/InactiveStatusBar/index.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+const InactiveStatusBar = () => {
+  return <span className="progress-bar progress-bar--inactive">| </span>;
+}
+
+export default InactiveStatusBar;
--- a/react/components/Logo/index.jsx
+++ b/react/components/Logo/index.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+function Logo () {
+  return (
+    <svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" x="0px" y="0px" height="24px" viewBox="0 0 80 31" enableBackground="new 0 0 80 31" className="nav-bar-logo">
+      <a href="/">
+        <title>Logo</title>
+        <desc>Spee.ch logo</desc>
+        <g id="About">
+          <g id="Publish-Form-V2-_x28_filled_x29_" transform="translate(-42.000000, -23.000000)">
+            <g id="Group-17" transform="translate(42.000000, 22.000000)">
+              <text transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 0 20)" fontSize="25" fontFamily="Roboto">Spee&lt;h</text>
+              <g id="Group-16" transform="translate(0.000000, 30.000000)">
+                <path id="Line-8" fill="none" stroke="#09F911" strokeWidth="1" strokeLinecap="square" d="M0.5,1.5h15"/>
+                <path id="Line-8-Copy" fill="none" stroke="#029D74" strokeWidth="1" strokeLinecap="square" d="M16.5,1.5h15"/>
+                <path id="Line-8-Copy-2" fill="none" stroke="#E35BD8" strokeWidth="1" strokeLinecap="square" d="M32.5,1.5h15"/>
+                <path id="Line-8-Copy-3" fill="none" stroke="#4156C5" strokeWidth="1" strokeLinecap="square" d="M48.5,1.5h15"/>
+                <path id="Line-8-Copy-4" fill="none" stroke="#635688" strokeWidth="1" strokeLinecap="square" d="M64.5,1.5h15"/>
+              </g>
+            </g>
+          </g>
+        </g>
+      </a>
+    </svg>
+  );
+};
+
+export default Logo;
--- a/react/components/NavBarChannelOptionsDropdown/index.jsx
+++ b/react/components/NavBarChannelOptionsDropdown/index.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+function NavBarChannelOptionsDropdown ({ channelName, handleSelection, VIEW, LOGOUT }) {
+  return (
+    <select type="text" id="nav-bar-channel-select" className="select select--arrow link--nav" onChange={handleSelection}>
+      <option id="nav-bar-channel-select-channel-option">{channelName}</option>
+      <option value={VIEW}>View</option>
+      <option value={LOGOUT}>Logout</option>
+    </select>
+  );
+};
+
+export default NavBarChannelOptionsDropdown;
--- a/react/components/Preview/index.jsx
+++ b/react/components/Preview/index.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+class Preview extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      imgSource       : '',
+      defaultThumbnail: '/assets/img/video_thumb_default.png',
+    };
+    this.previewFile = this.previewFile.bind(this);
+  }
+  componentDidMount () {
+    this.previewFile(this.props.file);
+  }
+  componentWillReceiveProps (newProps) {
+    if (newProps.file !== this.props.file) {
+      this.previewFile(newProps.file);
+    }
+    if (newProps.thumbnail !== this.props.thumbnail) {
+      this.setState({imgSource: (newProps.thumbnail || this.state.defaultThumbnail)});
+    }
+  }
+  previewFile (file) {
+    const that = this;
+    if (file.type !== 'video/mp4') {
+      const previewReader = new FileReader();
+      previewReader.readAsDataURL(file);
+      previewReader.onloadend = function () {
+        that.setState({imgSource: previewReader.result});
+      };
+    } else {
+      that.setState({imgSource: (this.props.thumbnail || this.state.defaultThumbnail)});
+    }
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <img
+        id="asset-preview"
+        src={this.state.imgSource}
+        className={this.props.dimPreview ? 'dim' : ''}
+        alt="publish preview"
+      />
+    );
+  }
+};
+
+Preview.propTypes = {
+  dimPreview: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
+  file      : PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+  thumbnail : PropTypes.string,
+};
+
+export default Preview;
--- a/react/components/ProgressBar/index.jsx
+++ b/react/components/ProgressBar/index.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import ActiveStatusBar from 'components/ActiveStatusBar';
+import InactiveStatusBar from 'components/InactiveStatusBar';
+
+class ProgressBar extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      bars       : [],
+      index      : 0,
+      incrementer: 1,
+    };
+    this.createBars = this.createBars.bind(this);
+    this.startProgressBar = this.startProgressBar.bind(this);
+    this.updateProgressBar = this.updateProgressBar.bind(this);
+    this.stopProgressBar = this.stopProgressBar.bind(this);
+  }
+  componentDidMount () {
+    this.createBars();
+    this.startProgressBar();
+  }
+  componentWillUnmount () {
+    this.stopProgressBar();
+  }
+  createBars () {
+    const bars = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i <= this.props.size; i++) {
+      bars.push({isActive: false});
+    }
+    this.setState({ bars });
+  }
+  startProgressBar () {
+    this.updateInterval = setInterval(this.updateProgressBar.bind(this), 300);
+  };
+  updateProgressBar () {
+    let index = this.state.index;
+    let incrementer = this.state.incrementer;
+    let bars = this.state.bars;
+    // flip incrementer if necessary, to stay in bounds
+    if ((index < 0) || (index > this.props.size)) {
+      incrementer = incrementer * -1;
+      index += incrementer;
+    }
+    // update the indexed bar
+    if (incrementer > 0) {
+      bars[index].isActive = true;
+    } else {
+      bars[index].isActive = false;
+    };
+    // increment index
+    index += incrementer;
+    // update state
+    this.setState({
+      bars,
+      incrementer,
+      index,
+    });
+  };
+  stopProgressBar () {
+    clearInterval(this.updateInterval);
+  };
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        {this.state.bars.map((bar, index) => bar.isActive ? <ActiveStatusBar key={index} /> : <InactiveStatusBar key={index}/>)}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+};
+
+ProgressBar.propTypes = {
+  size: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
+};
+
+export default ProgressBar;
--- a/react/components/PublishStatus/index.jsx
+++ b/react/components/PublishStatus/index.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import ProgressBar from 'components/ProgressBar';
+import * as publishStates from 'constants/publish_claim_states';
+
+function PublishStatus ({ status, message }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="row row--tall flex-container--column flex-container--center-center">
+      {(status === publishStates.LOAD_START) &&
+        <div className="row align-content-center">
+          <p>File is loading to server</p>
+          <p className="blue">{message}</p>
+        </div>
+      }
+      {(status === publishStates.LOADING) &&
+      <div>
+        <div className="row align-content-center">
+          <p>File is loading to server</p>
+          <p className="blue">{message}</p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      }
+      {(status === publishStates.PUBLISHING) &&
+      <div className="row align-content-center">
+        <p>Upload complete.  Your file is now being published on the blockchain...</p>
+        <ProgressBar size={12}/>
+        <p>Curious what magic is happening here? <a className="link--primary" target="blank" href="https://lbry.io/faq/what-is-lbry">Learn more.</a></p>
+      </div>
+      }
+      {(status === publishStates.SUCCESS) &&
+      <div className="row align-content-center">
+        <p>Your publish is complete! You are being redirected to it now.</p>
+        <p>If you are not automatically redirected, <a class="link--primary" target="_blank" href={message}>click here.</a></p>
+      </div>
+      }
+      {(status === publishStates.FAILED) &&
+      <div className="row align-content-center">
+        <p>Something went wrong...</p>
+        <p><strong>{message}</strong></p>
+        <p>For help, post the above error text in the #speech channel on the <a className="link--primary" href="https://discord.gg/YjYbwhS" target="_blank">lbry discord</a></p>
+      </div>
+      }
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+PublishStatus.propTypes = {
+  status : PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  message: PropTypes.string,
+};
+
+export default PublishStatus;
--- a/react/components/PublishUrlMiddleDisplay/index.jsx
+++ b/react/components/PublishUrlMiddleDisplay/index.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+function UrlMiddle ({publishInChannel, selectedChannel, loggedInChannelName, loggedInChannelShortId}) {
+  if (publishInChannel) {
+    if (selectedChannel === loggedInChannelName) {
+      return <span id="url-channel" className="url-text--secondary">{loggedInChannelName}:{loggedInChannelShortId} /</span>;
+    }
+    return <span id="url-channel-placeholder" className="url-text--secondary tooltip">@channel<span
+      className="tooltip-text">Select a channel below</span> /</span>;
+  }
+  return (
+    <span id="url-no-channel-placeholder" className="url-text--secondary tooltip">xyz<span className="tooltip-text">This will be a random id</span> /</span>
+  );
+}
+
+UrlMiddle.propTypes = {
+  publishInChannel      : PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
+  loggedInChannelName   : PropTypes.string,
+  loggedInChannelShortId: PropTypes.string,
+};
+
+export default UrlMiddle;
--- a/react/constants/channel_action_types.js
+++ b/react/constants/channel_action_types.js
@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const CHANNEL_UPDATE = 'CHANNEL_UPDATE';
--- a/react/constants/publish_action_types.js
+++ b/react/constants/publish_action_types.js
@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export const FILE_SELECTED = 'FILE_SELECTED';
+export const FILE_CLEAR = 'FILE_CLEAR';
+export const METADATA_UPDATE = 'METADATA_UPDATE';
+export const CLAIM_UPDATE = 'CLAIM_UPDATE';
+export const SET_PUBLISH_IN_CHANNEL = 'SET_PUBLISH_IN_CHANNEL';
+export const PUBLISH_STATUS_UPDATE = 'PUBLISH_STATUS_UPDATE';
+export const ERROR_UPDATE = 'ERROR_UPDATE';
+export const SELECTED_CHANNEL_UPDATE = 'SELECTED_CHANNEL_UPDATE';
+export const TOGGLE_METADATA_INPUTS = 'TOGGLE_METADATA_INPUTS';
--- a/react/constants/publish_channel_select_states.js
+++ b/react/constants/publish_channel_select_states.js
@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export const LOGIN = 'Existing';
+export const CREATE = 'New';
--- a/react/constants/publish_claim_states.js
+++ b/react/constants/publish_claim_states.js
@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export const LOAD_START = 'LOAD_START';
+export const LOADING = 'LOADING';
+export const PUBLISHING = 'PUBLISHING';
+export const SUCCESS = 'SUCCESS';
+export const FAILED = 'FAILED';
--- a/react/containers/ChannelCreateForm/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/ChannelCreateForm/index.js
@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { updateLoggedInChannel } from 'actions/channel';
+import View from './view';
+import {updateSelectedChannel} from '../../actions/publish';
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
+  return {
+    onChannelLogin: (name, shortId, longId) => {
+      dispatch(updateLoggedInChannel(name, shortId, longId));
+      dispatch(updateSelectedChannel(name));
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(null, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
--- a/react/containers/ChannelCreateForm/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/ChannelCreateForm/view.jsx
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+import React from 'react';
+import ProgressBar from 'components/ProgressBar';
+import request from 'utils/request';
+
+class ChannelCreateForm extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      error   : null,
+      channel : '',
+      password: '',
+      status  : null,
+    };
+    this.cleanseChannelInput = this.cleanseChannelInput.bind(this);
+    this.handleChannelInput = this.handleChannelInput.bind(this);
+    this.handleInput = this.handleInput.bind(this);
+    this.updateIsChannelAvailable = this.updateIsChannelAvailable.bind(this);
+    this.checkIsChannelAvailable = this.checkIsChannelAvailable.bind(this);
+    this.checkIsPasswordProvided = this.checkIsPasswordProvided.bind(this);
+    this.makePublishChannelRequest = this.makePublishChannelRequest.bind(this);
+    this.createChannel = this.createChannel.bind(this);
+  }
+  cleanseChannelInput (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;
+  }
+  handleChannelInput (event) {
+    let value = event.target.value;
+    value = this.cleanseChannelInput(value);
+    this.setState({channel: value});
+    if (value) {
+      this.updateIsChannelAvailable(value);
+    } else {
+      this.setState({error: 'Please enter a channel name'});
+    }
+  }
+  handleInput (event) {
+    const name = event.target.name;
+    const value = event.target.value;
+    this.setState({[name]: value});
+  }
+  updateIsChannelAvailable (channel) {
+    const that = this;
+    const channelWithAtSymbol = `@${channel}`;
+    request(`/api/channel-is-available/${channelWithAtSymbol}`)
+      .then(isAvailable => {
+        if (isAvailable) {
+          that.setState({'error': null});
+        } else {
+          that.setState({'error': 'That channel has already been claimed'});
+        }
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        that.setState({'error': error.message});
+      });
+  }
+  checkIsChannelAvailable (channel) {
+    const channelWithAtSymbol = `@${channel}`;
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      request(`/api/channel-is-available/${channelWithAtSymbol}`)
+        .then(isAvailable => {
+          console.log('checkIsChannelAvailable result:', isAvailable);
+          if (!isAvailable) {
+            return reject(new Error('That channel has already been claimed'));
+          }
+          resolve();
+        })
+        .catch((error) => {
+          reject(error);
+        });
+    });
+  }
+  checkIsPasswordProvided () {
+    const password = this.state.password;
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      if (!password || password.length < 1) {
+        console.log('password not provided');
+        return reject(new Error('Please provide a password'));
+      }
+      console.log('password provided');
+      resolve();
+    });
+  }
+  makePublishChannelRequest (username, password) {
+    const params = {
+      method : 'POST',
+      body   : JSON.stringify({username, password}),
+      headers: new Headers({
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      }),
+      credentials: 'include',
+    };
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      request('/signup', params)
+        .then(result => {
+          console.log('makePublishChannelRequest result:', result);
+          return resolve(result);
+        })
+        .catch(error => {
+          console.log('create channel request failed:', error);
+          reject(new Error('Unfortunately, we encountered an error while creating your channel.  Please let us know in Discord!'));
+        });
+    });
+  }
+  createChannel (event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const that = this;
+    this.checkIsPasswordProvided()
+      .then(() => {
+        return that.checkIsChannelAvailable(that.state.channel, that.state.password);
+      })
+      .then(() => {
+        that.setState({status: 'We are publishing your new channel.  Sit tight...'});
+        return that.makePublishChannelRequest(that.state.channel, that.state.password);
+      })
+      .then(result => {
+        that.setState({status: null});
+        that.props.onChannelLogin(result.channelName, result.shortChannelId, result.channelClaimId);
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        that.setState({'error': error.message, status: null});
+      });
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        { !this.state.status ? (
+          <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--relative">
+                  <span>@</span>
+                  <input type="text" name="channel" id="new-channel-name" className="input-text" placeholder="exampleChannelName" value={this.state.channel} onChange={this.handleChannelInput} />
+                  { (this.state.channel && !this.state.error) && <span id="input-success-channel-name" className="info-message--success span--absolute">{'\u2713'}</span> }
+                  { this.state.error && <span id="input-success-channel-name" className="info-message--failure span--absolute">{'\u2716'}</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="password" id="new-channel-password" className="input-text"  placeholder="" value={this.state.password} onChange={this.handleInput} />
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <div className="row row--wide">
+              <button className="button--primary" onClick={this.createChannel}>Create Channel</button>
+            </div>
+          </form>
+        ) : (
+          <div>
+            <p className="fine-print">{this.state.status}</p>
+            <ProgressBar size={12}/>
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default ChannelCreateForm;
--- a/react/containers/ChannelLoginForm/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/ChannelLoginForm/index.js
@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { updateLoggedInChannel } from 'actions/channel';
+import View from './view';
+import {updateSelectedChannel} from '../../actions/publish';
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
+  return {
+    onChannelLogin: (name, shortId, longId) => {
+      dispatch(updateLoggedInChannel(name, shortId, longId));
+      dispatch(updateSelectedChannel(name));
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(null, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
--- a/react/containers/ChannelLoginForm/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/ChannelLoginForm/view.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import request from 'utils/request';
+
+class ChannelLoginForm extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      error   : null,
+      name    : '',
+      password: '',
+    };
+    this.handleInput = this.handleInput.bind(this);
+    this.loginToChannel = this.loginToChannel.bind(this);
+  }
+  handleInput (event) {
+    const name = event.target.name;
+    const value = event.target.value;
+    this.setState({[name]: value});
+  }
+  loginToChannel (event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const params = {
+      method : 'POST',
+      body   : JSON.stringify({username: this.state.name, password: this.state.password}),
+      headers: new Headers({
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      }),
+      credentials: 'include',
+    }
+    const that = this;
+    request('login', params)
+      .then(({success, channelName, shortChannelId, channelClaimId, message}) => {
+        console.log('loginToChannel success:', success);
+        if (success) {
+          that.props.onChannelLogin(channelName, shortChannelId, channelClaimId);
+        } else {
+          that.setState({'error': message});
+        };
+      })
+      .catch(error => {
+        console.log('login error', error);
+        if (error.message) {
+          that.setState({'error': error.message});
+        } else {
+          that.setState({'error': error});
+        }
+      });
+  }
+  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>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default ChannelLoginForm;
--- a/react/containers/ChannelSelect/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/ChannelSelect/index.js
@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import {setPublishInChannel, updateSelectedChannel, updateError} from 'actions/publish';
+import View from './view.jsx';
+
+const mapStateToProps = ({ channel, publish }) => {
+  return {
+    loggedInChannelName: channel.loggedInChannel.name,
+    publishInChannel   : publish.publishInChannel,
+    selectedChannel    : publish.selectedChannel,
+    channelError       : publish.error.channel,
+  };
+};
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
+  return {
+    onPublishInChannelChange: (value) => {
+      dispatch(updateError('channel', null));
+      dispatch(setPublishInChannel(value));
+    },
+    onChannelSelect: (value) => {
+      dispatch(updateError('channel', null));
+      dispatch(updateSelectedChannel(value));
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
--- a/react/containers/ChannelSelect/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/ChannelSelect/view.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import ChannelLoginForm from 'containers/ChannelLoginForm';
+import ChannelCreateForm from 'containers/ChannelCreateForm';
+import * as states from 'constants/publish_channel_select_states';
+
+class ChannelSelect extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.toggleAnonymousPublish = this.toggleAnonymousPublish.bind(this);
+    this.handleSelection = this.handleSelection.bind(this);
+  }
+  toggleAnonymousPublish (event) {
+    const value = event.target.value;
+    if (value === 'anonymous') {
+      this.props.onPublishInChannelChange(false);
+    } else {
+      this.props.onPublishInChannelChange(true);
+    }
+  }
+  handleSelection (event) {
+    const selectedOption = event.target.selectedOptions[0].value;
+    this.props.onChannelSelect(selectedOption);
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <p id="input-error-channel-select" className="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure">{this.props.channelError}</p>
+        <form>
+          <div className="column column--3 column--med-10">
+            <input type="radio" name="anonymous-or-channel" id="anonymous-radio" className="input-radio" value="anonymous" checked={!this.props.publishInChannel} onChange={this.toggleAnonymousPublish}/>
+            <label className="label label--pointer" htmlFor="anonymous-radio">Anonymous</label>
+          </div>
+          <div className="column column--7 column--med-10">
+            <input type="radio" name="anonymous-or-channel" id="channel-radio" className="input-radio" value="in a channel" checked={this.props.publishInChannel} onChange={this.toggleAnonymousPublish}/>
+            <label className="label label--pointer" htmlFor="channel-radio">In a channel</label>
+          </div>
+        </form>
+        { this.props.publishInChannel && (
+          <div>
+            <div className="column column--3">
+              <label className="label" htmlFor="channel-name-select">Channel:</label>
+            </div><div className="column column--7">
+            <select type="text" id="channel-name-select" className="select select--arrow" value={this.props.selectedChannel} onChange={this.handleSelection}>
+              { this.props.loggedInChannelName && <option value={this.props.loggedInChannelName} id="publish-channel-select-channel-option">{this.props.loggedInChannelName}</option> }
+              <option value={states.LOGIN}>Existing</option>
+              <option value={states.CREATE}>New</option>
+            </select>
+          </div>
+            { (this.props.selectedChannel === states.LOGIN) && <ChannelLoginForm /> }
+            { (this.props.selectedChannel === states.CREATE) && <ChannelCreateForm /> }
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default ChannelSelect;
--- a/react/containers/Dropzone/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/Dropzone/index.js
@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { selectFile, updateError } from 'actions/publish';
+import View from './view';
+
+const mapStateToProps = ({ publish }) => {
+  return {
+    file     : publish.file,
+    thumbnail: publish.metadata.thumbnail,
+    fileError: publish.error.file,
+  };
+};
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
+  return {
+    onFileSelect: (file) => {
+      dispatch(selectFile(file));
+      dispatch(updateError('publishSubmit', null));
+    },
+    onFileError: (value) => {
+      dispatch(updateError('file', value));
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
--- a/react/containers/Dropzone/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/Dropzone/view.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { validateFile } from 'utils/file';
+import Preview from 'components/Preview';
+
+class Dropzone extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      dragOver  : false,
+      mouseOver : false,
+      dimPreview: false,
+    };
+    this.handleDrop = this.handleDrop.bind(this);
+    this.handleDragOver = this.handleDragOver.bind(this);
+    this.handleDragEnd = this.handleDragEnd.bind(this);
+    this.handleDragEnter = this.handleDragEnter.bind(this);
+    this.handleDragLeave = this.handleDragLeave.bind(this);
+    this.handleMouseEnter = this.handleMouseEnter.bind(this);
+    this.handleMouseLeave = this.handleMouseLeave.bind(this);
+    this.handleClick = this.handleClick.bind(this);
+    this.handleFileInput = this.handleFileInput.bind(this);
+    this.selectFile = this.selectFile.bind(this);
+  }
+  handleDrop (event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    this.setState({dragOver: false});
+    // if dropped items aren't files, reject them
+    const dt = event.dataTransfer;
+    console.log('dt', dt);
+    if (dt.items) {
+      if (dt.items[0].kind == 'file') {
+        const droppedFile = dt.items[0].getAsFile();
+        this.selectFile(droppedFile);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  handleDragOver (event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+  }
+  handleDragEnd (event) {
+    var dt = event.dataTransfer;
+    if (dt.items) {
+      for (var i = 0; i < dt.items.length; i++) {
+        dt.items.remove(i);
+      }
+    } else {
+      event.dataTransfer.clearData();
+    }
+  }
+  handleDragEnter () {
+    this.setState({dragOver: true, dimPreview: true});
+  }
+  handleDragLeave () {
+    this.setState({dragOver: false, dimPreview: false});
+  }
+  handleMouseEnter () {
+    this.setState({mouseOver: true, dimPreview: true});
+  }
+  handleMouseLeave () {
+    this.setState({mouseOver: false, dimPreview: false});
+  }
+  handleClick (event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    // trigger file input
+    document.getElementById('file_input').click();
+  }
+  handleFileInput (event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const fileList = event.target.files;
+    this.selectFile(fileList[0]);
+  }
+  selectFile (file) {
+    if (file) {
+      try {
+        validateFile(file); // validate the file's name, type, and size
+      } catch (error) {
+        return this.props.onFileError(error.message);
+      }
+      // stage it so it will be ready when the publish button is clicked
+      this.props.onFileError(null);
+      this.props.onFileSelect(file);
+    }
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <div className="row row--tall flex-container--column">
+        <form>
+          <input className="input-file" type="file" id="file_input" name="file_input" accept="video/*,image/*" onChange={this.handleFileInput} encType="multipart/form-data"/>
+        </form>
+        <div id="preview-dropzone" className={'row row--padded row--tall dropzone' + (this.state.dragOver ? ' dropzone--drag-over' : '')} onDrop={this.handleDrop} onDragOver={this.handleDragOver} onDragEnd={this.handleDragEnd} onDragEnter={this.handleDragEnter} onDragLeave={this.handleDragLeave} onMouseEnter={this.handleMouseEnter} onMouseLeave={this.handleMouseLeave} onClick={this.handleClick}>
+          {this.props.file ? (
+            <div>
+              <Preview
+                dimPreview={this.state.dimPreview}
+                file={this.props.file}
+                thumbnail={this.props.thumbnail}
+              />
+              <div id="dropzone-text-holder" className={'flex-container--column flex-container--center-center'}>
+              { this.state.dragOver ? (
+                <div id="dropzone-dragover">
+                  <p className="blue">Drop it.</p>
+                </div>
+              ) : (
+                null
+              )}
+              { this.state.mouseOver ? (
+                <div id="dropzone-instructions">
+                  <p className="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure" id="input-error-file-selection">{this.props.fileError}</p>
+                  <p>Drag & drop image or video here to publish</p>
+                  <p className="fine-print">OR</p>
+                  <p className="blue--underlined">CHOOSE FILE</p>
+                </div>
+              ) : (
+                null
+              )}
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          ) : (
+            <div id="dropzone-text-holder" className={'flex-container--column flex-container--center-center'}>
+              { this.state.dragOver ? (
+                <div id="dropzone-dragover">
+                  <p className="blue">Drop it.</p>
+                </div>
+              ) : (
+                <div id="dropzone-instructions">
+                  <p className="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure" id="input-error-file-selection">{this.props.fileError}</p>
+                  <p>Drag & drop image or video here to publish</p>
+                  <p className="fine-print">OR</p>
+                  <p className="blue--underlined">CHOOSE FILE</p>
+                </div>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+};
+
+export default Dropzone;
--- a/react/containers/NavBar/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/NavBar/index.js
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+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { updateLoggedInChannel } from 'actions/channel';
+import View from './view';
+import {updateSelectedChannel} from '../../actions/publish';
+
+const mapStateToProps = ({ channel }) => {
+  return {
+    channelName   : channel.loggedInChannel.name,
+    channelShortId: channel.loggedInChannel.shortId,
+    channelLongId : channel.loggedInChannel.longId,
+  };
+};
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
+  return {
+    onChannelLogin: (name, shortId, longId) => {
+      dispatch(updateLoggedInChannel(name, shortId, longId));
+      dispatch(updateSelectedChannel(name));
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
--- a/react/containers/NavBar/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/NavBar/view.jsx
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+import React from 'react';
+import request from 'utils/request';
+import Logo from 'components/Logo';
+import NavBarChannelDropdown from 'components/NavBarChannelOptionsDropdown';
+
+const VIEW = 'VIEW';
+const LOGOUT = 'LOGOUT';
+
+class NavBar extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.checkForLoggedInUser = this.checkForLoggedInUser.bind(this);
+    this.logoutUser = this.logoutUser.bind(this);
+    this.handleSelection = this.handleSelection.bind(this);
+  }
+  componentDidMount () {
+    // check to see if the user is already logged in
+    this.checkForLoggedInUser();
+  }
+  checkForLoggedInUser () {
+    // check for whether a channel is already logged in
+    const params = {
+      credentials: 'include',
+    }
+    request('/user', params)
+      .then(({success, message}) => {
+        if (success) {
+          this.props.onChannelLogin(message.channelName, message.shortChannelId, message.channelClaimId);
+        } else {
+          console.log('user was not logged in');
+        }
+      })
+      .catch(error => {
+        console.log('authenticate user errored:', error);
+      });
+  }
+  logoutUser () {
+    // send logout request to server
+    window.location.href = '/logout'; // NOTE: replace with a call to the server
+  }
+  handleSelection (event) {
+    console.log('handling selection', event);
+    const value = event.target.selectedOptions[0].value;
+    console.log('value', value);
+    switch (value) {
+      case LOGOUT:
+        this.logoutUser();
+        break;
+      case VIEW:
+        // redirect to channel page
+        window.location.href = `/${this.props.channelName}:${this.props.channelLongId}`;
+        break;
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <div className="row row--wide nav-bar">
+        <div className="row row--padded row--short flex-container--row flex-container--space-between-center">
+          <Logo />
+          <div className="nav-bar--center">
+            <span className="nav-bar-tagline">Open-source, decentralized image and video sharing.</span>
+          </div>
+          <div className="nav-bar--right">
+            <a className="nav-bar-link link--nav-active" href="/">Publish</a>
+            <a className="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/about">About</a>
+            { this.props.channelName ? (
+              <NavBarChannelDropdown
+                channelName={this.props.channelName}
+                handleSelection={this.handleSelection}
+                VIEW={VIEW}
+                LOGOUT={LOGOUT}
+              />
+            ) : (
+              <a id="nav-bar-login-link" className="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/login">Channel</a>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default NavBar;
--- a/react/containers/PublishForm/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/PublishForm/index.js
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+import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import {clearFile, selectFile, updateError, updatePublishStatus} from 'actions/publish';
+import {updateLoggedInChannel} from 'actions/channel';
+import View from './view';
+
+const mapStateToProps = ({ channel, publish }) => {
+  return {
+    loggedInChannel   : channel.loggedInChannel,
+    file              : publish.file,
+    claim             : publish.claim,
+    title             : publish.metadata.title,
+    thumbnail         : publish.metadata.thumbnail,
+    description       : publish.metadata.description,
+    license           : publish.metadata.license,
+    nsfw              : publish.metadata.nsfw,
+    publishInChannel  : publish.publishInChannel,
+    selectedChannel   : publish.selectedChannel,
+    fileError         : publish.error.file,
+    urlError          : publish.error.url,
+    publishSubmitError: publish.error.publishSubmit,
+  };
+};
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
+  return {
+    onFileSelect: (file) => {
+      dispatch(selectFile(file));
+    },
+    onFileClear: () => {
+      dispatch(clearFile());
+    },
+    onChannelLogin: (name, shortId, longId) => {
+      dispatch(updateLoggedInChannel(name, shortId, longId));
+    },
+    onPublishStatusChange: (status, message) => {
+      dispatch(updatePublishStatus(status, message));
+    },
+    onChannelSelectionError: (value) => {
+      dispatch(updateError('channel', value));
+    },
+    onPublishSubmitError: (value) => {
+      dispatch(updateError('publishSubmit', value));
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
--- a/react/containers/PublishForm/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/PublishForm/view.jsx
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+import React from 'react';
+import Dropzone from 'containers/Dropzone';
+import PublishTitleInput from 'containers/PublishTitleInput';
+import PublishUrlInput from 'containers/PublishUrlInput';
+import PublishThumbnailInput from 'containers/PublishThumbnailInput';
+import PublishMetadataInputs from 'containers/PublishMetadataInputs';
+import ChannelSelect from 'containers/ChannelSelect';
+import * as publishStates from 'constants/publish_claim_states';
+
+class PublishForm extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.validateChannelSelection = this.validateChannelSelection.bind(this);
+    this.validatePublishParams = this.validatePublishParams.bind(this);
+    this.makePublishRequest = this.makePublishRequest.bind(this);
+    this.publish = this.publish.bind(this);
+  }
+  validateChannelSelection () {
+    console.log('validating channel selection');
+    // make sure all required data is provided
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      // if publishInChannel is true, is a channel selected & logged in?
+      if (this.props.publishInChannel && (this.props.selectedChannel !== this.props.loggedInChannel.name)) {
+        // update state with error
+        this.props.onChannelSelectionError('Log in to a channel or select Anonymous"');
+        // reject this promise
+        return reject(new Error('Fix the channel'));
+      }
+      resolve();
+    });
+  }
+  validatePublishParams () {
+    console.log('validating publish params');
+    // make sure all required data is provided
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      // is there a file?
+      if (!this.props.file) {
+        return reject(new Error('Please choose a file'));
+      }
+      // is there a claim chosen?
+      if (!this.props.claim) {
+        return reject(new Error('Please enter a URL'));
+      }
+      if (this.props.urlError) {
+        return reject(new Error('Fix the url'));
+      }
+      resolve();
+    });
+  }
+  makePublishRequest (file, metadata) {
+    console.log('making publish request');
+    const uri = '/api/claim-publish';
+    const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    const fd = this.appendDataToFormData(file, metadata);
+    const that = this;
+    xhr.upload.addEventListener('loadstart', function () {
+      that.props.onPublishStatusChange(publishStates.LOAD_START, 'upload started');
+    });
+    xhr.upload.addEventListener('progress', function (e) {
+      if (e.lengthComputable) {
+        const percentage = Math.round((e.loaded * 100) / e.total);
+        console.log('progress:', percentage);
+        that.props.onPublishStatusChange(publishStates.LOADING, `${percentage}%`);
+      }
+    }, false);
+    xhr.upload.addEventListener('load', function () {
+      console.log('loaded 100%');
+      that.props.onPublishStatusChange(publishStates.PUBLISHING, null);
+    }, false);
+    xhr.open('POST', uri, true);
+    xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
+      if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+        console.log('publish response:', xhr.response);
+        if (xhr.status === 200) {
+          console.log('publish complete!');
+          const url = JSON.parse(xhr.response).message.url;
+          that.props.onPublishStatusChange(publishStates.SUCCESS, url);
+          window.location = url;
+        } else if (xhr.status === 502) {
+          that.props.onPublishStatusChange(publishStates.FAILED, 'Spee.ch was not able to get a response from the LBRY network.');
+        } else {
+          that.props.onPublishStatusChange(publishStates.FAILED, JSON.parse(xhr.response).message);
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    // Initiate a multipart/form-data upload
+    xhr.send(fd);
+  }
+  createMetadata () {
+    console.log('creating metadata');
+    let metadata = {
+      name       : this.props.claim,
+      title      : this.props.title,
+      description: this.props.description,
+      license    : this.props.license,
+      nsfw       : this.props.nsfw,
+      type       : this.props.file.type,
+      thumbnail  : this.props.thumbnail,
+    };
+    if (this.props.publishInChannel) {
+      metadata['channelName'] = this.props.selectedChannel;
+    }
+    return metadata;
+  }
+  appendDataToFormData (file, metadata) {
+    var fd = new FormData();
+    fd.append('file', file);
+    for (var key in metadata) {
+      if (metadata.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+        console.log('adding form data', key, metadata[key]);
+        fd.append(key, metadata[key]);
+      }
+    }
+    return fd;
+  }
+  publish () {
+    console.log('publishing file');
+    // publish the asset
+    const that = this;
+    this.validateChannelSelection()
+      .then(() => {
+        return that.validatePublishParams();
+      })
+      .then(() => {
+        const metadata = that.createMetadata();
+        // publish the claim
+        return that.makePublishRequest(that.props.file, metadata);
+      })
+      .then(() => {
+        that.props.onPublishStatusChange('publish request made');
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        that.props.onPublishSubmitError(error.message);
+      });
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <div className="row row--no-bottom">
+        <div className="column column--10">
+          <PublishTitleInput />
+        </div>
+        <div className="column column--5 column--sml-10" >
+          <div className="row row--padded">
+            <Dropzone />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div className="column column--5 column--sml-10 align-content-top">
+          <div id="publish-active-area" className="row row--padded">
+            <div className="row row--padded row--no-top row--wide">
+              <PublishUrlInput />
+            </div>
+            <div className="row row--padded row--no-top row--wide">
+              <ChannelSelect />
+            </div>
+            { (this.props.file.type === 'video/mp4') && (
+              <div className="row row--padded row--no-top row--wide ">
+                <PublishThumbnailInput />
+              </div>
+            )}
+            <div className="row row--padded row--no-top row--no-bottom row--wide">
+              <PublishMetadataInputs />
+            </div>
+            <div className="row row--wide align-content-center">
+              <button id="publish-submit" className="button--primary button--large" onClick={this.publish}>Publish</button>
+            </div>
+            <div className="row row--padded row--no-bottom align-content-center">
+              <button className="button--cancel" onClick={this.props.onFileClear}>Cancel</button>
+            </div>
+            <div className="row row--short align-content-center">
+              <p className="fine-print">By clicking 'Publish', you affirm that you have the rights to publish this content to the LBRY network, and that you understand the properties of publishing it to a decentralized, user-controlled network. <a className="link--primary" target="_blank" href="https://lbry.io/learn">Read more.</a></p>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+};
+
+export default PublishForm;
--- a/react/containers/PublishMetadataInputs/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/PublishMetadataInputs/index.js
@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import {updateMetadata, toggleMetadataInputs} from 'actions/publish';
+import View from './view';
+
+const mapStateToProps = ({ publish }) => {
+  return {
+    showMetadataInputs: publish.showMetadataInputs,
+    description       : publish.metadata.description,
+    license           : publish.metadata.license,
+    nsfw              : publish.metadata.nsfw,
+  };
+};
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
+  return {
+    onMetadataChange: (name, value) => {
+      dispatch(updateMetadata(name, value));
+    },
+    onToggleMetadataInputs: (value) => {
+      dispatch(toggleMetadataInputs(value));
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
--- a/react/containers/PublishMetadataInputs/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/PublishMetadataInputs/view.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import ExpandingTextArea from 'components/ExpandingTextArea';
+
+class PublishMetadataInputs extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.toggleShowInputs = this.toggleShowInputs.bind(this);
+    this.handleInput = this.handleInput.bind(this);
+    this.handleSelect = this.handleSelect.bind(this);
+  }
+  toggleShowInputs () {
+    this.props.onToggleMetadataInputs(!this.props.showMetadataInputs);
+  }
+  handleInput (event) {
+    const target = event.target;
+    const value = target.type === 'checkbox' ? target.checked : target.value;
+    const name = target.name;
+    this.props.onMetadataChange(name, value);
+  }
+  handleSelect (event) {
+    const name = event.target.name;
+    const selectedOption = event.target.selectedOptions[0].value;
+    this.props.onMetadataChange(name, selectedOption);
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <div id="publish-details" className="row row--padded row--no-top row--wide">
+      {this.props.showMetadataInputs && (
+        <div>
+          <div className="row row--no-top">
+            <div className="column column--3 column--med-10 align-content-top">
+              <label htmlFor="publish-license" className="label">Description:</label>
+            </div><div className="column column--7 column--sml-10">
+              <ExpandingTextArea
+                id="publish-description"
+                className="textarea textarea--primary textarea--full-width"
+                rows={1}
+                maxLength={2000}
+                style={{ maxHeight: 200 }}
+                name="description"
+                placeholder="Optional description"
+                value={this.props.description}
+                onChange={this.handleInput} />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
+          <div className="row row--no-top">
+            <div className="column column--3 column--med-10">
+              <label htmlFor="publish-license" className="label">License:</label>
+            </div><div className="column column--7 column--sml-10">
+              <select type="text" name="license" id="publish-license" className="select select--primary" onChange={this.handleSelect}>
+                <option value=" ">Unspecified</option>
+                <option value="Public Domain">Public Domain</option>
+                <option value="Creative Commons">Creative Commons</option>
+              </select>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
+          <div className="row row--no-top">
+            <div className="column column--3">
+              <label htmlFor="publish-nsfw" className="label">Mature:</label>
+            </div><div className="column column--7">
+              <input className="input-checkbox" type="checkbox" id="publish-nsfw" name="nsfw" value={this.props.nsfw} onChange={this.handleInput} />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+      <a className="label link--primary" id="publish-details-toggle" href="#" onClick={this.toggleShowInputs}>{this.props.showMetadataInputs ? '[less]' : '[more]'}</a>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default PublishMetadataInputs;
--- a/react/containers/PublishThumbnailInput/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/PublishThumbnailInput/index.js
@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import {updateMetadata} from 'actions/publish';
+import View from './view';
+
+const mapStateToProps = ({ publish }) => {
+  return {
+    thumbnail: publish.metadata.thumbnail,
+  };
+};
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
+  return {
+    onThumbnailChange: (name, value) => {
+      dispatch(updateMetadata(name, value));
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
--- a/react/containers/PublishThumbnailInput/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/PublishThumbnailInput/view.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+class PublishThumbnailInput extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      videoPreviewSrc: null,
+      thumbnailError : null,
+      thumbnailInput : '',
+    }
+    this.handleInput = this.handleInput.bind(this);
+    this.urlIsAnImage = this.urlIsAnImage.bind(this);
+    this.testImage = this.testImage.bind(this);
+    this.updateVideoThumb = this.updateVideoThumb.bind(this);
+  }
+  handleInput (event) {
+    const value = event.target.value;
+    this.setState({thumbnailInput: value});
+  }
+  urlIsAnImage (url) {
+    return (url.match(/\.(jpeg|jpg|gif|png)$/) != null);
+  }
+  testImage (url) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
+      xhttp.open('HEAD', url, true);
+      xhttp.onreadystatechange = () => {
+        if (xhttp.readyState === 4) {
+          if (xhttp.status === 200) {
+            resolve();
+          } else {
+            reject();
+          }
+        }
+      };
+      xhttp.send();
+    });
+  }
+  updateVideoThumb (event) {
+    const imageUrl = event.target.value;
+    const that = this;
+    if (this.urlIsAnImage(imageUrl)) {
+      this.testImage(imageUrl, 3000)
+        .then(() => {
+          console.log('thumbnail is a valid image');
+          that.props.onThumbnailChange('thumbnail', imageUrl);
+          that.setState({thumbnailError: null});
+        })
+        .catch(error => {
+          console.log('encountered an error loading thumbnail image url:', error);
+          that.props.onThumbnailChange('thumbnail', null);
+          that.setState({thumbnailError: 'That is an invalid image url'});
+        });
+    } else {
+      that.props.onThumbnailChange('thumbnail', null);
+      that.setState({thumbnailError: null});
+    }
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <div className="column column--3 column--sml-10">
+          <label className="label">Thumbnail:</label>
+        </div><div className="column column--6 column--sml-10">
+          <div className="input-text--primary">
+            <p className="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure">{this.state.thumbnailError}</p>
+            <input
+              type="text" id="claim-thumbnail-input"
+              className="input-text input-text--full-width"
+              placeholder="https://spee.ch/xyz/example.jpg"
+              value={this.state.thumbnailInput}
+              onChange={ (event) => {
+                this.handleInput(event);
+                this.updateVideoThumb(event);
+              }} />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default PublishThumbnailInput;
--- a/react/containers/PublishTitleInput/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/PublishTitleInput/index.js
@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import {updateMetadata} from 'actions/publish';
+import View from './view';
+
+const mapStateToProps = ({ publish }) => {
+  return {
+    title: publish.metadata.title,
+  };
+};
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
+  return {
+    onMetadataChange: (name, value) => {
+      dispatch(updateMetadata(name, value));
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
--- a/react/containers/PublishTitleInput/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/PublishTitleInput/view.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+class PublishTitleInput extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.handleInput = this.handleInput.bind(this);
+  }
+  handleInput (e) {
+    const name = e.target.name;
+    const value = e.target.value;
+    this.props.onMetadataChange(name, value);
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <input type="text" id="publish-title" className="input-text text--large input-text--full-width" name="title" placeholder="Give your post a title..." onChange={this.handleInput} value={this.props.title}/>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default PublishTitleInput;
--- a/react/containers/PublishTool/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/PublishTool/index.js
@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import View from './view';
+
+const mapStateToProps = ({ publish }) => {
+  return {
+    file   : publish.file,
+    status : publish.status.status,
+    message: publish.status.message,
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, null)(View);
--- a/react/containers/PublishTool/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/PublishTool/view.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import Dropzone from 'containers/Dropzone';
+import PublishForm from 'containers/PublishForm';
+import PublishStatus from 'components/PublishStatus';
+
+class PublishTool extends React.Component {
+  render () {
+    if (this.props.file) {
+      if (this.props.status) {
+        return (
+          <PublishStatus
+            status={this.props.status}
+            message={this.props.message}
+          />
+        );
+      } else {
+        return <PublishForm />;
+      }
+    } else {
+      return <Dropzone />;
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+export default PublishTool;
--- a/react/containers/PublishUrlInput/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/PublishUrlInput/index.js
@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import {updateClaim, updateError} from 'actions/publish';
+import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import View from './view';
+
+const mapStateToProps = ({ channel, publish }) => {
+  return {
+    loggedInChannelName   : channel.loggedInChannel.name,
+    loggedInChannelShortId: channel.loggedInChannel.shortId,
+    fileName              : publish.file.name,
+    publishInChannel      : publish.publishInChannel,
+    selectedChannel       : publish.selectedChannel,
+    claim                 : publish.claim,
+    urlError              : publish.error.url,
+  };
+};
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
+  return {
+    onClaimChange: (value) => {
+      dispatch(updateClaim(value));
+      dispatch(updateError('publishSubmit', null));
+    },
+    onUrlError: (value) => {
+      dispatch(updateError('url', value));
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
--- a/react/containers/PublishUrlInput/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/PublishUrlInput/view.jsx
@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import request from 'utils/request';
+import UrlMiddle from 'components/PublishUrlMiddleDisplay';
+
+class PublishUrlInput extends React.Component {
+  constructor (props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.handleInput = this.handleInput.bind(this);
+    this.cleanseInput = this.cleanseInput.bind(this);
+    this.setClaimNameFromFileName = this.setClaimNameFromFileName.bind(this);
+    this.checkClaimIsAvailable = this.checkClaimIsAvailable.bind(this);
+  }
+  componentDidMount () {
+    if (!this.props.claim || this.props.claim === '') {
+      this.setClaimNameFromFileName();
+    }
+  }
+  componentWillReceiveProps ({claim: newClaim}) {
+    if (newClaim) {
+      this.checkClaimIsAvailable(newClaim);
+    } else {
+      this.props.onUrlError('Please enter a URL');
+    }
+  }
+  handleInput (event) {
+    let value = event.target.value;
+    value = this.cleanseInput(value);
+    // update the state
+    this.props.onClaimChange(value);
+  }
+  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;
+  }
+  setClaimNameFromFileName () {
+    const fileName = this.props.fileName;
+    const fileNameWithoutEnding = fileName.substring(0, fileName.lastIndexOf('.'));
+    const cleanClaimName = this.cleanseInput(fileNameWithoutEnding);
+    this.props.onClaimChange(cleanClaimName);
+  }
+  checkClaimIsAvailable (claim) {
+    const that = this;
+    request(`/api/claim-is-available/${claim}`)
+      .then(isAvailable => {
+        // console.log('checkClaimIsAvailable request response:', isAvailable);
+        if (isAvailable) {
+          that.props.onUrlError(null);
+        } else {
+          that.props.onUrlError('That url has already been claimed');
+        }
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        that.props.onUrlError(error.message);
+      });
+  }
+  render () {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <p id="input-error-claim-name" className="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure">{this.props.urlError}</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">spee.ch / </span>
+
+          <UrlMiddle
+            publishInChannel={this.props.publishInChannel}
+            selectedChannel={this.props.selectedChannel}
+            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.props.urlError) && <span id="input-success-claim-name" className="info-message--success span--absolute">{'\u2713'}</span> }
+          { this.props.urlError && <span id="input-success-channel-name" className="info-message--failure span--absolute">{'\u2716'}</span> }
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default PublishUrlInput;
--- a/react/reducers/channel.js
+++ b/react/reducers/channel.js
@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import * as actions from 'constants/channel_action_types';
+
+const initialState = {
+  loggedInChannel: {
+    name   : null,
+    shortId: null,
+    longId : null,
+  },
+};
+
+/*
+Reducers describe how the application's state changes in response to actions
+*/
+
+export default function (state = initialState, action) {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case actions.CHANNEL_UPDATE:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        loggedInChannel: {
+          name   : action.name,
+          shortId: action.shortId,
+          longId : action.longId,
+        },
+      });
+    default:
+      return state;
+  }
+}
--- a/react/reducers/index.js
+++ b/react/reducers/index.js
@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { combineReducers } from 'redux';
+import PublishReducer from 'reducers/publish';
+import ChannelReducer from 'reducers/channel';
+
+export default combineReducers({
+  channel: ChannelReducer,
+  publish: PublishReducer,
+});
--- a/react/reducers/publish.js
+++ b/react/reducers/publish.js
@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import * as actions from 'constants/publish_action_types';
+import { LOGIN } from 'constants/publish_channel_select_states';
+
+const initialState = {
+  publishInChannel  : false,
+  selectedChannel   : LOGIN,
+  showMetadataInputs: false,
+  status            : {
+    status : null,
+    message: null,
+  },
+  error: {
+    file         : null,
+    url          : null,
+    channel      : null,
+    publishSubmit: null,
+  },
+  file    : null,
+  claim   : '',
+  metadata: {
+    title      : '',
+    thumbnail  : '',
+    description: '',
+    license    : '',
+    nsfw       : false,
+  },
+};
+
+/*
+Reducers describe how the application's state changes in response to actions
+*/
+
+export default function (state = initialState, action) {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case actions.FILE_SELECTED:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        file: action.file,
+      });
+    case actions.FILE_CLEAR:
+      return initialState;
+    case actions.METADATA_UPDATE:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        metadata: Object.assign({}, state.metadata, {
+          [action.name]: action.value,
+        }),
+      });
+    case actions.CLAIM_UPDATE:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        claim: action.value,
+      });
+    case actions.SET_PUBLISH_IN_CHANNEL:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        publishInChannel: action.channel,
+      });
+    case actions.PUBLISH_STATUS_UPDATE:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        status: Object.assign({}, state.status, {
+          status : action.status,
+          message: action.message,
+        }),
+      });
+    case actions.ERROR_UPDATE:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        error: Object.assign({}, state.error, {
+          [action.name]: action.value,
+        }),
+      });
+    case actions.SELECTED_CHANNEL_UPDATE:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        selectedChannel: action.value,
+      });
+    case actions.TOGGLE_METADATA_INPUTS:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        showMetadataInputs: action.value,
+      });
+    default:
+      return state;
+  }
+}
--- a/react/utils/file.js
+++ b/react/utils/file.js
@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+module.exports = {
+  validateFile (file) {
+    if (!file) {
+      console.log('no file found');
+      throw new Error('no file provided');
+    }
+    if (/'/.test(file.name)) {
+      console.log('file name had apostrophe in it');
+      throw new Error('apostrophes are not allowed in the file name');
+    }
+    // validate size and type
+    switch (file.type) {
+      case 'image/jpeg':
+      case 'image/jpg':
+      case 'image/png':
+        if (file.size > 10000000) {
+          console.log('file was too big');
+          throw new Error('Sorry, images are limited to 10 megabytes.');
+        }
+        break;
+      case 'image/gif':
+        if (file.size > 50000000) {
+          console.log('file was too big');
+          throw new Error('Sorry, GIFs are limited to 50 megabytes.');
+        }
+        break;
+      case 'video/mp4':
+        if (file.size > 50000000) {
+          console.log('file was too big');
+          throw new Error('Sorry, videos are limited to 50 megabytes.');
+        }
+        break;
+      default:
+        console.log('file type is not supported');
+        throw new Error(file.type + ' is not a supported file type. Only, .jpeg, .png, .gif, and .mp4 files are currently supported.');
+    }
+  },
+}
--- a/react/utils/request.js
+++ b/react/utils/request.js
@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/**
+ * Parses the JSON returned by a network request
+ *
+ * @param  {object} response A response from a network request
+ *
+ * @return {object}          The parsed JSON from the request
+ */
+function parseJSON (response) {
+  if (response.status === 204 || response.status === 205) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return response.json();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a network request came back fine, and throws an error if not
+ *
+ * @param  {object} response   A response from a network request
+ *
+ * @return {object|undefined} Returns either the response, or throws an error
+ */
+function checkStatus (response) {
+  if (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300) {
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  const error = new Error(response.statusText);
+  error.response = response;
+  throw error;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Requests a URL, returning a promise
+ *
+ * @param  {string} url       The URL we want to request
+ * @param  {object} [options] The options we want to pass to "fetch"
+ *
+ * @return {object}           The response data
+ */
+export default function request (url, options) {
+  return fetch(url, options)
+    .then(checkStatus)
+    .then(parseJSON);
+}
--- a/routes/api-routes.js
+++ b/routes/api-routes.js
@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
      if (result === true) {
        res.status(200).json(true);
      } else {
-        // logger.debug(`Rejecting '${params.name}' because that name has already been claimed by this site`);
        res.status(200).json(false);
      }
    })
@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
        if (result === true) {
          res.status(200).json(true);
        } else {
-          // logger.debug(`Rejecting '${params.name}' because that channel has already been claimed`);
          res.status(200).json(false);
        }
      })
--- a/routes/auth-routes.js
+++ b/routes/auth-routes.js
@ -13,14 +13,38 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
    });
  });
  // route for log in
-  app.post('/login', passport.authenticate('local-login'), (req, res) => {
-    // logger.debug('req.user:', req.user);  // req.user contains the authenticated user's info
-    logger.debug('successful login');
-    res.status(200).json({
-      success       : true,
-      channelName   : req.user.channelName,
-      channelClaimId: req.user.channelClaimId,
-      shortChannelId: req.user.shortChannelId,
-    });
+  app.post('/login', (req, res, next) => {
+    passport.authenticate('local-login', (err, user, info) => {
+      logger.debug('info:', info);
+      if (err) {
+        return next(err);
+      }
+      if (!user) {
+        return res.status(200).json({
+          success: false,
+          message: info.message,
+        });
+      }
+      logger.debug('successful login');
+      req.logIn(user, (err) => {
+        if (err) {
+          return next(err);
+        }
+        return res.status(200).json({
+          success       : true,
+          channelName   : req.user.channelName,
+          channelClaimId: req.user.channelClaimId,
+          shortChannelId: req.user.shortChannelId,
+        });
+      });
+    })(req, res, next);
+  });
+  // see if user is authenticated, and return credentials if so
+  app.get('/user', (req, res) => {
+    if (req.user) {
+      res.status(200).json({success: true, message: req.user});
+    } else {
+      res.status(200).json({success: false, message: 'user is not logged in'});
+    }
  });
 };
--- a/views/about.handlebars
+++ b/views/about.handlebars
@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{> navBar}}
 <div class="row row--padded">
        <div class="column column--5 column--med-10 align-content-top">
            <div class="column column--8 column--med-10">
--- a/views/channel.handlebars
+++ b/views/channel.handlebars
@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{> navBar}}
 <div class="row row--padded">
    <div class="row">
        {{#ifConditional this.totalPages '===' 0}}
--- a/views/fourOhFour.handlebars
+++ b/views/fourOhFour.handlebars
@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{> navBar}}
 <div class="row row--padded">
    <h3>404: Not Found</h3>
    <p>That page does not exist.  Return <a class="link--primary" href="/">home</a>.</p>
--- a/views/index.handlebars
+++ b/views/index.handlebars
@ -1,52 +1,11 @@
+<div id="react-nav-bar"></div>
 <div class="row row--tall flex-container--column">
-    <form>
-        <input class="input-file" type="file" id="file_input" name="file_input" accept="video/*,image/*" onchange="publishFileFunctions.previewAndStageFile(event.target.files[0])" enctype="multipart/form-data"/>
-    </form>
-    <div id="primary-dropzone" class="dropzone row row--margined row--padded row--tall flex-container--column flex-container--center-center" ondrop="drop_handler(event);" ondragover="dragover_handler(event);" ondragend="dragend_handler(event)" ondragenter="dragenter_handler(event)" ondragleave="dragexit_handler(event)" onclick="publishFileFunctions.triggerFileChooser('file_input', event)">
-        <div id="primary-dropzone-instructions">
-            <p class="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure" id="input-error-file-selection" hidden="true"></p>
-            <p>Drag & drop image or video here to publish</p>
-            <p class="fine-print">OR</p>
-            <p class="blue--underlined">CHOOSE FILE</p>
-        </div>
-        <div id="dropbzone-dragover" class="hidden">
-            <p class="blue">Drop it.</p>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <div id="publish-form" class="hidden">
-        <div class="row row--padded row--no-bottom">
-            <div class="column column--10">
-                <!-- title input -->
-                <input type="text" id="publish-title" class="input-text text--large input-text--full-width" placeholder="Give your post a title...">
-            </div>
-            <div class="column column--5 column--sml-10" >
-                <!-- preview -->
-                <div class="row row--padded">
-                    <div id="asset-preview-holder" class="dropzone" ondrop="drop_handler(event);" ondragover="dragover_handler(event);" ondragend="dragend_handler(event)"  ondragenter="preview_onmouseenter_handler()" ondragleave="preview_onmouseleave_handler()" onmouseenter="preview_onmouseenter_handler()" onmouseleave="preview_onmouseleave_handler()" onclick="publishFileFunctions.triggerFileChooser('file_input', event)">
-                        <div id="asset-preview-dropzone-instructions" class="hidden">
-                            <p>Drag & drop image or video here</p>
-                            <p class="fine-print">OR</p>
-                            <p class="blue--underlined">CHOOSE FILE</p>
-                        </div>
-                        <div id="asset-preview-target"></div>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            </div><div class="column column--5 column--sml-10 align-content-top">
-                <div id="publish-active-area" class="row row--padded">
-                    {{> publishForm-Channel}}
-                    {{> publishForm-Url}}
-                    {{> publishForm-Thumbnail}}
-                    {{> publishForm-Details}}
-                    {{> publishForm-Submit}}
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <div id="publish-status" class="hidden">
-        <div class="row row--margined">
-            <div id="publish-update" class="row align-content-center"></div>
-            <div id="publish-progress-bar" class="row align-content-center"></div>
-            <div id="upload-percent" class="row align-content-center"></div>
+    <div id="react-publish-tool" class="row row--padded row--tall flex-container--column">
+        <div class="row row--padded row--tall flex-container--column flex-container--center-center">
+            <p>loading...</p>
+            {{> progressBar}}
        </div>
    </div>
 </div>
+
+<script src="/bundle/bundle.js"></script>
--- a/views/layouts/channel.handlebars
+++ b/views/layouts/channel.handlebars
@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 </head>
 <body id="channel-body">
    <script src="/assets/js/generalFunctions.js"></script>
-    <script src="/assets/js/navBarFunctions.js"></script>
-    {{> navBar}}
    {{{ body }}}
 </body>
 </html>
--- a/views/layouts/main.handlebars
+++ b/views/layouts/main.handlebars
@ -18,13 +18,6 @@
 <body id="main-body">
    <script src="/assets/js/generalFunctions.js"></script>
    <script src="/assets/js/validationFunctions.js"></script>
-    <script src="/assets/js/publishFileFunctions.js"></script>
-    <script src="/assets/js/authFunctions.js"></script>
-    <script src="/assets/js/loginFunctions.js"></script>
-    <script src="/assets/js/dropzoneFunctions.js"></script>
-    <script src="/assets/js/createChannelFunctions.js"></script>
-    <script src="/assets/js/navBarFunctions.js"></script>
-    {{> navBar}}
    {{{ body }}}
 </body>
 </html>
--- a/views/layouts/show.handlebars
+++ b/views/layouts/show.handlebars
@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 </head>
 <body id="show-body">
    <script src="/assets/js/generalFunctions.js"></script>
-    <script src="/assets/js/navBarFunctions.js"></script>
    <script src="/assets/js/assetConstructor.js"></script>
-    {{> navBar}}
    {{{ body }}}
 </body>
 </html>
--- a/views/login.handlebars
+++ b/views/login.handlebars
@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{> navBar}}
 <div class="row row--padded">
    <div class="column column--5 column--med-10 align-content-top">
        <div class="column column--8 column--med-10">
--- a/views/noChannel.handlebars
+++ b/views/noChannel.handlebars
@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{> navBar}}
 <div class="row row--padded">
    <h3>No Channel</h3>
    <p>There are no published channels matching your url</p>
--- a/views/noClaim.handlebars
+++ b/views/noClaim.handlebars
@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{> navBar}}
 <div class="row row--padded">
    <h3>No Claims</h3>
    <p>There are no free assets at that claim.  You should publish one at <a class="link--primary" href="/">spee.ch</a>.</p>
--- a/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 </div>

 <div id="show-share-buttons">
-    <div class="row row--padded row--wide">
+    <div class="row row--padded row--no-bottom row--wide">
        <div class="column column--2 column--med-10">
            <span class="text">Share:</span>
        </div><div class="column column--7 column--med-10">
@ -64,14 +64,10 @@
    </div>
 </div>

-<div class="row row--wide">
-    <a class="text link--primary" id="show-details-toggle" href="#" onclick="toggleSection(event)" data-open="false" data-openlabel="[less]" data-closedlabel="[more]" data-slaveelementid="show-details">[more]</a>
-</div>
-
-<div id="show-details" class="row row--padded row--wide" hidden="true">
+<div id="show-details" class="row row--padded row--no-bottom row--wide" hidden="true">
    <div id="show-claim-name">
        <div class="column column--2 column--med-10">
-            <span class="text">Name:</span>
+            <span class="text">Claim Name:</span>
        </div><div class="column column--8 column--med-10">
        {{claimInfo.name}}
        </div>
@ -83,13 +79,6 @@
        {{claimInfo.claimId}}
        </div>
    </div>
-    <div id="show-claim-id">
-        <div class="column column--2 column--med-10">
-            <span class="text">File Name:</span>
-        </div><div class="column column--8 column--med-10">
-        {{claimInfo.fileName}}
-        </div>
-    </div>
    <div id="show-claim-id">
        <div class="column column--2 column--med-10">
            <span class="text">File Type:</span>
@ -102,3 +91,37 @@
        </div>
    </div>
 </div>
+
+<div class="row row--padded row--no-bottom row--wide">
+    <a class="text link--primary" id="show-details-toggle" href="#" onclick="toggleSection(event)" data-status="closed">[more]</a>
+</div>
+
+<script>
+    function toggleSection(event){
+        event.preventDefault();
+        var dataSet = event.target.dataset;
+        var status = dataSet.status;
+        var toggle = document.getElementById("show-details-toggle");
+        var details = document.getElementById("show-details");
+        if (status === "closed") {
+            details.hidden = false;
+            toggle.innerText = "[less]";
+            toggle.dataset.status = "open";
+        } else {
+            details.hidden = true;
+            toggle.innerText = "[more]";
+            toggle.dataset.status = "closed";
+        }
+    }
+    function copyToClipboard(event){
+        var elementToCopy = event.target.dataset.elementtocopy;
+        var element = document.getElementById(elementToCopy);
+        var errorElement = 'input-error-copy-text' + elementToCopy;
+        element.select();
+        try {
+            document.execCommand('copy');
+        } catch (err) {
+            validationFunctions.showError(errorElement, 'Oops, unable to copy');
+        }
+    }
+</script>
--- a/views/partials/channelCreationForm.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/channelCreationForm.handlebars
@ -29,9 +29,11 @@

 <div id="channel-publish-in-progress" hidden="true">
    <p>Creating your new channel.  This may take a few seconds...</p>
-    <div id="create-channel-progress-bar"></div>
+    {{> progressBar}}
 </div>

 <div id="channel-publish-done" hidden="true">
    <p>Your channel has been successfully created!</p>
 </div>
+
+<script src="/assets/js/createChannelFunctions.js"></script>
--- a/views/partials/channelLoginForm.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/channelLoginForm.handlebars
@ -24,3 +24,5 @@
        <button class="button--primary" onclick="loginToChannel(event)">Authenticate</button>
    </div>
 </form>
+
+<script src="/assets/js/loginFunctions.js"></script>
--- a/views/partials/navBar.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/navBar.handlebars
@ -24,15 +24,18 @@
            <span class="nav-bar-tagline">Open-source, decentralized image and video sharing.</span>
        </div>
        <div class="nav-bar--right">
-            <a class="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/">Upload</a>
-            <a class="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/popular">Popular</a>
+            <a class="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/">Publish</a>
+            <!--<a class="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/popular">Popular</a>-->
            <a class="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/about">About</a>
-            <select type="text" id="nav-bar-channel-select" class="select select--arrow link--nav" onchange="toggleNavBarSelection(event.target.selectedOptions[0].value)" {{#unless user}}style="display:none"{{/unless}}>
-                <option id="nav-bar-channel-select-channel-option">@{{user.userName}}</option>
-                <option value="VIEW">View</option>
-                <option value="LOGOUT">Logout</option>
-            </select>
-            <a id="nav-bar-login-link" class="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/login" {{#if user}}style="display:none"{{/if}}>Channel</a>
+            {{#if user }}
+                <select type="text" id="nav-bar-channel-select" class="select select--arrow link--nav" onchange="toggleNavBarSelection(event)">
+                    <option id="nav-bar-channel-select-channel-option" >{{user.channelName}}</option>
+                    <option value="VIEW" data-channelUrl="/{{user.channelName}}:{{user.channelClaimId}}">View</option>
+                    <option value="LOGOUT">Logout</option>
+                </select>
+            {{else}}
+                <a id="nav-bar-login-link" class="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/login">Channel</a>
+            {{/if}}
        </div>
    </div>
 </div>
@ -48,4 +51,18 @@
           link.setAttribute('class', 'select select--arrow link--nav-active');
       }
   }
+   // function to send user to their channel if selected
+   function toggleNavBarSelection (event) {
+     console.log('toggleNavBarSelection event', event);
+     const selectedOption = event.target.selectedOptions[0].value;
+       if (selectedOption === 'LOGOUT') {
+           // send logout request to server
+           window.location.href = '/logout';
+       } else if (selectedOption === 'VIEW') {
+           // redirect to channel page
+           const channelUrl = event.target.selectedOptions[0].dataset.channelurl;
+           console.log('url:', channelUrl);
+           window.location.href = channelUrl;
+       }
+   }
 </script>
--- a/views/partials/publishForm-Channel.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/publishForm-Channel.handlebars
@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-<!-- select whether to publish anonymously or in a channel -->
-<div class="row row--padded row--short row--wide">
-    <div class="column column--10">
-        <form>
-            <div class="column column--3 column--med-10">
-                <input type="radio" name="anonymous-or-channel" id="anonymous-radio" class="input-radio" value="anonymous" {{#unless user}}checked {{/unless}} onchange="toggleChannel(event.target.value)"/>
-                <label class="label label--pointer" for="anonymous-radio">Anonymous</label>
-            </div><div class="column column--7 column--med-10">
-                <input type="radio" name="anonymous-or-channel" id="channel-radio" class="input-radio" value="in a channel" {{#if user}}checked {{/if}} onchange="toggleChannel(event.target.value)"/>
-                <label class="label label--pointer" for="channel-radio">In a channel</label>
-            </div>
-        </form>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-<div id="channel-select-options" {{#unless user}}hidden="true"{{/unless}}>
-    <div class="row row--padded row--no-top row--no-bottom row--wide">
-        <!--error display-->
-        <p id="input-error-channel-select" class="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure"></p>
-        <!--channel login/create select-->
-        <div class="column column--3">
-            <label class="label" for="channel-name-select">Channel:</label>
-        </div><div class="column column--7">
-            <select type="text" id="channel-name-select" class="select select--arrow" onchange="toggleSelectedChannel(event.target.selectedOptions[0].value)">
-            {{#if user}}
-                <option value="{{user.channelName}}" id="publish-channel-select-channel-option">{{user.channelName}}</option>
-            {{/if}}
-                <option value="login">Existing</option>
-                <option value="new" >New</option>
-            </select>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <!-- log into an existing channel -->
-    <div id="channel-login-details" class="row row--padded row--short row--wide" {{#if user}}hidden="true"{{/if}}>
-        {{> channelLoginForm}}
-    </div>
-    <!-- create a channel -->
-    <div  id="channel-create-details" class="row row--padded row--short row--wide" hidden="true">
-        {{> channelCreationForm}}
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-<script type="text/javascript">
-    // show or hide the channel selection tools
-    function toggleChannel (selectedOption) {
-        const channelSelectOptions = document.getElementById('channel-select-options');
-        // show/hide the login and new channel forms
-        if (selectedOption === 'anonymous') {
-            channelSelectOptions.hidden = true;
-            channelSelectOptions.hidden = true;
-            // update url
-            updateUrl(selectedOption);
-        } else if (selectedOption === 'in a channel') {
-            channelSelectOptions.hidden = false;
-            // update url
-            let selectedChannel = document.getElementById('channel-name-select').selectedOptions[0].value
-            toggleSelectedChannel(selectedChannel);
-        } else {
-            console.log('selected option was not recognized');
-        }
-
-    }
-    // show or hide the channel create/login tool
-    function toggleSelectedChannel (selectedChannel) {
-         const createChannelTool = document.getElementById('channel-create-details');
-         const loginToChannelTool = document.getElementById('channel-login-details');
-         // show/hide the login and new channel forms
-         if (selectedChannel === 'new') {
-             createChannelTool.hidden = false;
-             loginToChannelTool.hidden = true;
-         } else if (selectedChannel === 'login') {
-             loginToChannelTool.hidden = false;
-             createChannelTool.hidden = true;
-         } else {
-             // hide the login and new channel forms
-             loginToChannelTool.hidden = true;
-             createChannelTool.hidden = true;
-             validationFunctions.hideError(document.getElementById('input-error-channel-select'));
-         }
-        // update url
-        updateUrl(selectedChannel);
-    }
-    function updateUrl (selectedOption) {
-        const urlChannel = document.getElementById('url-channel');
-        const urlNoChannelPlaceholder = document.getElementById('url-no-channel-placeholder');
-        const urlChannelPlaceholder = document.getElementById('url-channel-placeholder');
-        if (selectedOption === 'new' || selectedOption === 'login' || selectedOption === ''){
-            urlChannel.hidden = true;
-            urlNoChannelPlaceholder.hidden = true;
-            urlChannelPlaceholder.hidden = false;
-        } else if (selectedOption === 'anonymous'){
-            urlChannel.hidden = true;
-            urlNoChannelPlaceholder.hidden = false;
-            urlChannelPlaceholder.hidden = true;
-        } else {
-            urlChannel.hidden = false;
-            // show channel and short id
-            const selectedChannel = getCookie('channel_name');
-            const shortChannelId = getCookie('short_channel_id');
-            urlChannel.innerText = `${selectedChannel}:${shortChannelId}`;
-            urlNoChannelPlaceholder.hidden = true;
-            urlChannelPlaceholder.hidden = true;
-        }
-    }
-</script>
--- a/views/partials/publishForm-Details.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/publishForm-Details.handlebars
@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<div class="row row--padded row--no-top row--no-bottom row--wide">
-    <div class="column column--10">
-        <a class="label link--primary" id="publish-details-toggle" href="#" onclick="toggleSection(event)" data-open="false" data-openlabel="[less]" data-closedlabel="[more]" data-slaveelementid="publish-details">[more]</a>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-<div id="publish-details" hidden="true" class="row row--padded row--wide">
-
-    <!-- description input -->
-    <div class="row row--no-top">
-        <div class="column column--3 column--med-10 align-content-top">
-            <label for="publish-license" class="label">Description:</label>
-        </div><div class="column column--7 column--sml-10">
-            <textarea rows="1" id="publish-description" class="textarea textarea--primary textarea--full-width" placeholder="Optional description"></textarea>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="row row--no-top">
-        <div class="column column--3 column--med-10">
-            <label for="publish-license" class="label">License:</label>
-        </div><div class="column column--7 column--sml-10">
-            <select type="text" id="publish-license" class="select select--primary">
-                <option value=" ">Unspecified</option>
-                <option value="Public Domain">Public Domain</option>
-                <option value="Creative Commons">Creative Commons</option>
-            </select>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="row row--no-top">
-        <div class="column column--3">
-            <label for="publish-nsfw" class="label">Mature:</label>
-        </div><div class="column column--7">
-            <input class="input-checkbox" type="checkbox" id="publish-nsfw">
-        </div>
-    </div>
-
-</div>
-
-<script type="text/javascript">
-    const textarea = document.getElementById('publish-description');
-    const limit = 200;
-    textarea.oninput = () => {
-        textarea.style.height = '';
-        textarea.style.height = Math.min(textarea.scrollHeight, limit) + 'px';
-    }
-</script>
-
-
-
--- a/views/partials/publishForm-Submit.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/publishForm-Submit.handlebars
@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<div class="row row--padded row--wide">
-    <div class="input-error" id="input-error-publish-submit" hidden="true"></div>
-    <button id="publish-submit" class="button--primary button--large" onclick="publishFileFunctions.publishStagedFile(event)">Upload</button>
-</div>
-<div class="row row--short align-content-center">
-    <button class="button--cancel" onclick="publishFileFunctions.cancelPublish()">Cancel</button>
-</div>
-<div class="row row--short align-content-center">
-    <p class="fine-print">By clicking 'Upload', you affirm that you have the rights to publish this content to the LBRY network, and that you understand the properties of publishing it to a decentralized, user-controlled network. <a class="link--primary" target="_blank" href="https://lbry.io/learn">Read more.</a></p>
-</div>
--- a/views/partials/publishForm-Thumbnail.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/publishForm-Thumbnail.handlebars
@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-<div class="row row--padded row--wide row--no-top" id="publish-thumbnail" hidden="true">
-    <div class="column column--3 column--sml-10">
-        <label class="label">Thumbnail:</label>
-    </div><div class="column column--6 column--sml-10">
-        <div class="input-text--primary">
-            <input type="text" id="claim-thumbnail-input" class="input-text input-text--full-width" placeholder="https://spee.ch/xyz/example.jpg" value="" oninput="updateVideoThumb(event)">
-        </div>
-    </div>
-
-</div>
-
-<script type="text/javascript">
-    function urlIsAnImage(url) {
-        return(url.match(/\.(jpeg|jpg|gif|png)$/) != null);
-    }
-
-    function testImage(url, timeoutT) {
-        return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
-            var timeout = timeoutT || 5000;
-            var timer, img = new Image();
-            img.onerror = img.onabort = function () {
-                clearTimeout(timer);
-                reject("error");
-            };
-            img.onload = function () {
-                clearTimeout(timer);
-                resolve("success");
-            };
-            timer = setTimeout(function () {
-                // reset .src to invalid URL so it stops previous
-                // loading, but doesn't trigger new load
-                img.src = "//!!!!/test.jpg";
-                reject("timeout");
-            }, timeout);
-            img.src = url;
-        });
-    }
-
-    function updateVideoThumb(event){
-        var videoPreview = document.getElementById('asset-preview');
-        var imageUrl = event.target.value;
-        if (urlIsAnImage(imageUrl)){
-            testImage(imageUrl, 3000)
-                .then(function(result) {
-                    if (result === 'success'){
-                        videoPreview.src = imageUrl;
-                    } else if (result === 'timeout') {
-                        console.log('could not resolve the provided thumbnail image url');
-                    }
-                })
-                .catch(function(error) {
-                    console.log('encountered an error loading thumbnail image url.')
-                })
-        }
-    }
-</script>
--- a/views/partials/publishForm-Url.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/publishForm-Url.handlebars
@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<div class="row row--padded row--wide">
-    <!--error display-->
-    <p id="input-error-claim-name" class="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure"  hidden="true"></p>
-    <!--url selection-->
-    <div class="column column--3 column--sml-10">
-        <label class="label">URL:</label>
-    </div><div class="column column--7 column--sml-10 input-text--primary span--relative">
-            <span class="url-text--secondary">spee.ch /</span>
-            <span id="url-channel" class="url-text--secondary" {{#if user}}{{else}}hidden="true"{{/if}}>{{user.channelName}}:{{user.shortChannelId}}</span>
-            <span id="url-no-channel-placeholder" class="url-text--secondary tooltip" {{#if user}}hidden="true"{{else}}{{/if}}>xyz<span class="tooltip-text">This will be a random id</span></span>
-            <span id="url-channel-placeholder" class="url-text--secondary tooltip" hidden="true">@channel<span class="tooltip-text">Select a channel above</span></span> /
-            <input type="text" id="claim-name-input" class="input-text" placeholder="your-url-here" oninput="validationFunctions.checkClaimName(event.target.value)">
-            <span id="input-success-claim-name" class="info-message--success span--absolute"></span>
-    </div>
-
-</div>
--- a/views/popular.handlebars
+++ b/views/popular.handlebars
@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{> navBar}}
 <div class="row row--padded">
    <div class="grid">
        {{#each trendingAssets}}
--- a/views/requestError.handlebars
+++ b/views/requestError.handlebars
@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{> navBar}}
 <div class="row row--padded">
    <h3>Error</h3>
    <p>Unfortnately, Spee.ch encountered an error.  You can help us out, by reporting the below error message in the #speech channel on <a class="link--primary" href="https://discord.gg/YjYbwhS" target="_blank">LBRY Discord</a>!</p>
--- a/views/show.handlebars
+++ b/views/show.handlebars
@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{> navBar}}
 <div class="row row--tall row--padded">
    <div class="column column--10">
        <!-- title -->
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+const Path = require('path');
+
+const REACT_ROOT = Path.resolve(__dirname, 'react/');
+
+module.exports = {
+  entry : ['whatwg-fetch', './react/app.js'],
+  output: {
+    path    : Path.join(__dirname, '/public/bundle/'),
+    filename: 'bundle.js',
+  },
+  watch : true,
+  module: {
+    loaders: [
+      {
+        test   : /.jsx?$/,
+        loader : 'babel-loader',
+        exclude: /node_modules/,
+        query  : {
+          presets: ['es2015', 'react', 'stage-2'],
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  resolve: {
+    modules: [
+      REACT_ROOT,
+      'node_modules',
+      __dirname,
+    ],
+    extensions: ['.js', '.jsx', '.scss'],
+  },
+};
				`@ -0,0 +1 @@`
				`export const CHANNEL_UPDATE = 'CHANNEL_UPDATE';`