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diff --git a/public/assets/js/generalFunctions.js b/public/assets/js/generalFunctions.js
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--- a/public/assets/js/generalFunctions.js
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-// Create new error objects, that prototypically inherit from the Error constructor
-function FileError(message) {
-  this.name = 'FileError';
-  this.message = message || 'Default Message';
-  this.stack = (new Error()).stack;
-}
-FileError.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
-FileError.prototype.constructor = FileError;
-
-function NameError(message) {
-  this.name = 'NameError';
-  this.message = message || 'Default Message';
-  this.stack = (new Error()).stack;
-}
-NameError.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
-NameError.prototype.constructor = NameError;
-
-function ChannelNameError(message) {
-    this.name = 'ChannelNameError';
-    this.message = message || 'Default Message';
-    this.stack = (new Error()).stack;
-}
-ChannelNameError.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
-ChannelNameError.prototype.constructor = ChannelNameError;
-
-function ChannelPasswordError(message) {
-    this.name = 'ChannelPasswordError';
-    this.message = message || 'Default Message';
-    this.stack = (new Error()).stack;
-}
-ChannelPasswordError.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
-ChannelPasswordError.prototype.constructor = ChannelPasswordError;
-
-function AuthenticationError(message) {
-    this.name = 'AuthenticationError';
-    this.message = message || 'Default Message';
-    this.stack = (new Error()).stack;
-}
-AuthenticationError.prototype = Object.create(Error.prototype);
-AuthenticationError.prototype.constructor = AuthenticationError;
-
-function showAssetDetails(event) {
-    var thisAssetHolder = document.getElementById(event.target.id);
-    var thisAssetImage = thisAssetHolder.firstElementChild;
-    var thisAssetDetails = thisAssetHolder.lastElementChild;
-    thisAssetImage.style.opacity = 0.2;
-    thisAssetDetails.setAttribute('class', 'grid-item-details flex-container--column flex-container--center-center');
-}
-
-function hideAssetDetails(event) {
-    var thisAssetHolder = document.getElementById(event.target.id);
-    var thisAssetImage = thisAssetHolder.firstElementChild;
-    var thisAssetDetails = thisAssetHolder.lastElementChild;
-    thisAssetImage.style.opacity = 1;
-    thisAssetDetails.setAttribute('class', 'hidden');
-}
diff --git a/public/assets/js/progressBarConstructor.js b/public/assets/js/progressBarConstructor.js
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diff --git a/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars b/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars
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--- a/views/partials/assetInfo.handlebars
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-{{#if claimInfo.channelName}}
-<div class="row row--padded row--wide row--no-top">
-    <div class="column column--2 column--med-10">
-        <span class="text">Channel:</span>
-    </div><div class="column column--8 column--med-10">
-        <span class="text"><a href="/{{claimInfo.channelName}}:{{claimInfo.certificateId}}">{{claimInfo.channelName}}</a></span>
-    </div>
-</div>
-{{/if}}
-
-{{#if claimInfo.description}}
-<div class="row row--padded row--wide row--no-top">
-    <span class="text">{{claimInfo.description}}</span>
-</div>
-{{/if}}
-
-<div class="row row--padded row--wide row--no-top">
-    <div id="show-short-link">
-        <div class="column column--2 column--med-10">
-            <a class="link--primary" href="/{{shortId}}/{{claimInfo.name}}.{{claimInfo.fileExt}}"><span class="text">Link:</span></a>
-        </div><div class="column column--8 column--med-10">
-            <div class="row row--short row--wide">
-                <div class="column column--7">
-                    <div class="input-error" id="input-error-copy-short-link" hidden="true"></div>
-                    <input type="text" id="short-link" class="input-disabled input-text--full-width" readonly spellcheck="false" value="{{claimInfo.host}}/{{shortId}}/{{claimInfo.name}}.{{claimInfo.fileExt}}" onclick="select()"/>
-                </div><div class="column column--1"></div><div class="column column--2">
-                    <button class="button--primary" data-elementtocopy="short-link" onclick="copyToClipboard(event)">copy</button>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <div id="show-embed-code">
-        <div class="column column--2 column--med-10">
-            <span class="text">Embed:</span>
-        </div><div class="column column--8 column--med-10">
-            <div class="row row--short row--wide">
-                <div class="column column--7">
-                    <div class="input-error" id="input-error-copy-embed-text" hidden="true"></div>
-                    {{#ifConditional claimInfo.contentType '===' 'video/mp4'}}
-                        <input type="text" id="embed-text" class="input-disabled input-text--full-width" readonly onclick="select()" spellcheck="false" value='&lt;video width="100%" controls poster="{{claimInfo.thumbnail}}" src="{{claimInfo.host}}/{{claimInfo.claimId}}/{{claimInfo.name}}.{{claimInfo.fileExt}}"/>&lt;/video>'/>
-                    {{else}}
-                        <input type="text" id="embed-text" class="input-disabled input-text--full-width" readonly onclick="select()" spellcheck="false" value='&lt;img src="{{claimInfo.host}}/{{claimInfo.claimId}}/{{claimInfo.name}}.{{claimInfo.fileExt}}"/>'/>
-                    {{/ifConditional}}
-                </div><div class="column column--1"></div><div class="column column--2">
-                <button class="button--primary" data-elementtocopy="embed-text" onclick="copyToClipboard(event)">copy</button>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-<div id="show-share-buttons">
-    <div class="row row--padded row--wide row--no-top">
-        <div class="column column--2 column--med-10">
-            <span class="text">Share:</span>
-        </div><div class="column column--7 column--med-10">
-            <div class="row row--short row--wide flex-container--row flex-container--space-between-bottom flex-container--wrap">
-                <a class="link--primary" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text={{claimInfo.host}}/{{shortId}}/{{claimInfo.name}}">twitter</a>
-                <a class="link--primary" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u={{claimInfo.host}}/{{shortId}}/{{claimInfo.name}}">facebook</a>
-                <a class="link--primary" target="_blank" href="http://tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool?canonicalUrl={{claimInfo.host}}/{{shortId}}/{{claimInfo.name}}">tumblr</a>
-                <a class="link--primary" target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/submit?url={{claimInfo.host}}/{{shortId}}/{{claimInfo.name}}&title={{claimInfo.name}}">reddit</a>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-
-
-<div id="show-details" class="row--padded row--wide row--no-top" hidden="true">
-    <div id="show-claim-name">
-        <div class="column column--2 column--med-10">
-            <span class="text">Claim Name:</span>
-        </div><div class="column column--8 column--med-10">
-        {{claimInfo.name}}
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <div id="show-claim-id">
-        <div class="column column--2 column--med-10">
-            <span class="text">Claim Id:</span>
-        </div><div class="column column--8 column--med-10">
-        {{claimInfo.claimId}}
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <div id="show-claim-id">
-        <div class="column column--2 column--med-10">
-            <span class="text">File Type:</span>
-        </div><div class="column column--8 column--med-10">
-        {{#if claimInfo.contentType}}
-            {{claimInfo.contentType}}
-        {{else}}
-            unknown
-        {{/if}}
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <div id="show-claim-id">
-        <div class="column column--10">
-            <a target="_blank" href="https://lbry.io/dmca">Report</a>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-<div class="row 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>
diff --git a/views/partials/channelCreationForm.handlebars b/views/partials/channelCreationForm.handlebars
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--- a/views/partials/channelCreationForm.handlebars
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-<form id="publish-channel-form">
-    <p id="input-error-channel-name" class="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure"></p>
-    <div class="row row--wide row--short">
-        <div class="column column--3 column--sml-10">
-            <label class="label" for="new-channel-name">Name:</label>
-        </div><div class="column column--6 column--sml-10">
-            <div class="input-text--primary flex-container--row flex-container--left-bottom">
-                <span>@</span>
-                <input type="text" name="new-channel-name" id="new-channel-name" class="input-text" placeholder="exampleChannelName" value="" oninput="validationFunctions.checkChannelName(event.target.value)">
-                <span id="input-success-channel-name" class="info-message--success"></span>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <div class="row row--wide row--short">
-        <div class="column column--3 column--sml-10">
-            <label class="label" for="new-channel-password">Password:</label>
-        </div><div class="column column--6 column--sml-10">
-            <div class="input-text--primary">
-                <input type="password" name="new-channel-password" id="new-channel-password" class="input-text"  placeholder="" value="" >
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="row row--wide">
-        <button class="button--primary" onclick="publishNewChannel(event)">Create Channel</button>
-    </div>
-</form>
-
-
-<div id="channel-publish-in-progress" hidden="true">
-    <p>Creating your new channel.  This may take a few seconds...</p>
-    {{> 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>
diff --git a/views/partials/channelLoginForm.handlebars b/views/partials/channelLoginForm.handlebars
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--- a/views/partials/channelLoginForm.handlebars
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@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<form id="channel-login-form">
-    <p id="login-error-display-element" class="info-message-placeholder info-message--failure"></p>
-    <div class="row row--wide row--short">
-        <div class="column column--3 column--sml-10">
-            <label class="label" for="channel-login-name-input">Name:</label>
-        </div><div class="column column--6 column--sml-10">
-            <div class="input-text--primary flex-container--row flex-container--left-bottom">
-                <span>@</span>
-                <input type="text" id="channel-login-name-input" class="input-text" placeholder="" value="">
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-    <div class="row row--wide row--short">
-        <div class="column column--3 column--sml-10">
-            <label class="label" for="channel-login-password-input" >Password:</label>
-        </div><div class="column column--6 column--sml-10">
-            <div class="input-text--primary">
-                <input type="password" id="channel-login-password-input" class="input-text" placeholder="" value="">
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="row row--wide">
-        <button class="button--primary" onclick="loginToChannel(event)">Authenticate</button>
-    </div>
-</form>
-
-<script src="/assets/js/loginFunctions.js"></script>
diff --git a/views/partials/contentListItem.handlebars b/views/partials/contentListItem.handlebars
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--- a/views/partials/contentListItem.handlebars
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-<div class='row row--wide'>
-    <div class="column column--3 align-content-top">
-        <a href="{{this.showUrlLong}}">
-        {{#ifConditional this.contentType '===' 'video/mp4'}}
-            <img class="content-list-item-asset" src="{{this.thumbnail}}"/>
-        {{else}}
-            <img  class="content-list-item-asset" src="{{this.directUrlLong}}" />
-        {{/ifConditional}}
-        </a>
-    </div><div class="column column--7 align-content-top">
-        <p>{{this.title}}</p>
-        <a class="link--primary" href="{{this.showUrlShort}}">spee.ch{{this.showUrlShort}}</a>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
diff --git a/views/partials/gridItem.handlebars b/views/partials/gridItem.handlebars
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--- a/views/partials/gridItem.handlebars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-    <div class="grid-item" id="grid-item-{{this.name}}-{{this.claimId}}" onmouseenter="showAssetDetails(event)" onmouseleave="hideAssetDetails(event)">
-            {{#ifConditional this.contentType '===' 'video/mp4'}}
-                <img class="grid-item-image" src="{{this.thumbnail}}"/>
-            {{else}}
-                <img  class="grid-item-image" src="{{this.claimId}}/{{this.name}}.{{this.fileExt}}" />
-            {{/ifConditional}}
-
-        <div class="hidden" onclick="window.location='{{this.claimId}}/{{this.name}}'">
-            <p class="grid-item-details-text">{{this.name}}</p>
-        </div>
-    </div>
diff --git a/views/partials/navBar.handlebars b/views/partials/navBar.handlebars
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index 8460ee4a..00000000
--- a/views/partials/navBar.handlebars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-<div class="row row--wide nav-bar">
-    <div class="row row--padded row--short flex-container--row flex-container--space-between-center">
-        <svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" height="24px" viewBox="0 0 80 31" enable-background="new 0 0 80 31" xml:space="preserve" class="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)" font-size="25" font-family="Roboto">Spee&lt;h</text>
-                        <g id="Group-16" transform="translate(0.000000, 30.000000)">
-                            <path id="Line-8" fill="none" stroke="#09F911" stroke-width="1" stroke-linecap="square" d="M0.5,1.5h15"/>
-                            <path id="Line-8-Copy" fill="none" stroke="#029D74" stroke-width="1" stroke-linecap="square" d="M16.5,1.5h15"/>
-                            <path id="Line-8-Copy-2" fill="none" stroke="#E35BD8" stroke-width="1" stroke-linecap="square" d="M32.5,1.5h15"/>
-                            <path id="Line-8-Copy-3" fill="none" stroke="#4156C5" stroke-width="1" stroke-linecap="square" d="M48.5,1.5h15"/>
-                            <path id="Line-8-Copy-4" fill="none" stroke="#635688" stroke-width="1" stroke-linecap="square" d="M64.5,1.5h15"/>
-                        </g>
-                    </g>
-                </g>
-            </g>
-            </a>
-        </svg>
-        <div class="nav-bar--center">
-            <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="/">Publish</a>
-            <!--<a class="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/popular">Popular</a>-->
-            <a class="nav-bar-link link--nav" href="/about">About</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>
-
-<script type="text/javascript">
-   // highlight the link for the current page
-   const navBarLinks = document.getElementsByClassName('link--nav');
-   for (let i = 0; i < navBarLinks.length; i++){
-       const link = navBarLinks[i];
-       if (link.href == window.location.href) {
-           link.setAttribute('class', 'nav-bar-link link--nav-active');
-       } else if (`/${link.value}` === window.location.pathname) {
-           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>