RedBubble


A Different Dimension

You may have noticed some changes around the site as a result of a few features we’ve recently released. One of the core facets of the Redbubble site is the work that all of the artists in the community upload and display. Over the past few months, there has been a steady increase in the quantity of work being uploaded and it has started to stress some of the foundations of the Redbubble system. Some of our users will have experienced the side effects of this in their efforts to share their work with the community, and this was not lost on us.

In answer to this challenge, we’ve drastically re-engineered the upload mechanics: the lion’s share of these changes will be hidden from users, but there are some notable differences to the way you add work. One of the biggest changes is that files uploaded are sent to a completely separate component of the Redbubble site, which means that the processing and storing of these images does not impact the load of the main servers – the upshot of this is that we have more room in the rest of the site.

A more noticable change is to the workflow of adding image based work. One reality of the Internet is that uploading a 50MB file takes significantly longer than the time it takes for you to send your username and password for a login screen. This length of time begins to feel even longer when you have no ability to see how far through the upload you are. As part of the recent round of changes, we’ve added a Flash-based uploader which incorporates a progress bar, allowing you to see how much of the file has been transferred. Another benefit is that while the upload takes place, you are free to edit the details of your work, streamlining the process somewhat. Users without a Flash plugin will still have the ability to add work, but won’t see a progress bar.

We hope you enjoy the new changes and that they make your life a little easier, and we certainly encourage you to take advantage of them – we’re now prepared to handle everything that you’ve got to share!

Paul

  • ♥Trena  Sheffield♥

    ♥Trena Sheffi...

    Fantastic Changes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!xoxoxo

  • Johanne Brunet

    Johanne Brunet

    Great work!!! I just love the new upload screen, and it seems faster too! :-)

  • Craig 'has a nice' Dick

    Craig 'has a n...

    Brilliant

  • Scott Hendricks

    Scott Hendricks

    Paul, I just noticed the changes and I really like the simplicity of the format for uploading our art.

  • Sam  Parsons

    Sam Parsons

    woohoo!

  • Julian Escardo

    Julian Escardo

    Growing is fine, but growing right is even finer….thank you for constantly tweaking and investing so we can grow ourselves (easier…..lol).

  • Sandra Chung

    Sandra Chung

    Sweet!

  • Katagram

    Katagram

    I LOVE IT !!! you guys ROCK ! ! RB just keeps getting better and better..I love you guys LOL

  • rodeorose

    rodeorose

    Wow! That sounds great! Look forward to working with the changes- thanks so much for the low-down and your efforts to improve on what is a mighty site already!!

  • Damien Mason

    Damien Masoncommunity host

    Fantastic update guys, well done.

  • clarkey

    clarkey

    Yay, and thank you, I’ve long hoped that you would add a progress bar to the upload page. It can be somewhat furstrating not knowing how far the upload has progressed. Thank you for all the hard work you put into making this such a great site, it’s very much appreciated by me, and I’m sure, everyone else.

  • shadyuk

    shadyuk

    Wonderful !

  • Adrian Carmody

    Adrian Carmody

    Great work… is there an update to the sorting tool in the works? Up, down, top, bottom stops being very useful once you get beyond a few pages of works. I know it’s on “the list”, still hoping it’s not too far away

  • myREVolution

    myREVolution

    thanks :D

  • DragonFlyer

    DragonFlyer

    Good moves!

  • retepk

    retepk

    Fantastic.
    Cheers.

  • FallingHorse

    FallingHorse

    Love the changes :-)

  • Paul McClintock

    Paul McClintockZuul, the Gatekeeper

    Flash uploader! Excellent!

  • Les Boucher

    Les Boucher

    Fantastic idea with the “Up Load Progress Bar”. As someone who is still on dial up :( it takes ages to up load and knowing where you are up to will allow me to decide whether I have another cup of coffee or sit down at my keyboard ;)

  • Jodi Turner

    Jodi Turner

    Excellent work guys.

  • Adam Bykowski

    Adam Bykowski

    SWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!
    oh and Cool!

  • Daniel Owens

    Daniel Owens

    I’m sick of certain large websites making changes that hinder usability and not giving the users a choice. On that note, the current changes here are most welcome and I have no complaints! :)

  • Adam de la Mare

    Adam de la Mare

    just uploaded a couple of new t-shirt designs… I like the new system… A LOT!

  • Esther's Art and Photography

    Esther's Art a...

    Thank you so much, that is fantastic. Great job!!!

  • happyfeet5

    happyfeet5

    Fantastic.Good changes for the best.

  • Jen Ryan

    Jen Ryan

    Awesome! I love the changes!!!! Ya’ll ROCK!!!

  • WingsOfAngelz

    WingsOfAngelz

    Awesome job once again, on making changes for the better (not only for RB) but especially for those of us RBers out here. One more thing that makes RB the OUTSTANDING site that it is!

  • Kimberly Peers

    Kimberly Peers

    I love it! Makes it user friendly and when you are not quick on the PC like me, that means a lot! Thank you!

  • Marie Sharp

    Marie Sharp

    Great news!!

  • PamAmos

    PamAmos

    thanks…......
    Pam :)

  • Kathleen Stephens

    Kathleen Stephens

    Great changes, thank you :)

  • Rosalie Scanlon

    Rosalie Scanlon

    Sounds great

  • Tainia Finlay

    Tainia Finlay

    Well done you guys … I’ll upload something to have a look :D
    Thank you :D

  • Andre  Furlan

    Andre Furlan

    Merci ! bonne nouvelle !!!!
    Andre

  • Anji Johnston

    Anji Johnston

    Can’t wait to try it – thank you!

  • Janis Zroback

    Janis Zroback

    Great news…anything that will make life easier is welcome…thank you so much…

  • Soxy Fleming

    Soxy Fleming

    I’ve tried it! wonderful new fancy uploader!

  • Faizan Qureshi

    Faizan QureshiAll Rounder

    That is very good. Well done guys!

    Now waiting for that drag and drop sorting tool that everyone’s been asking for since the beginning. :)

  • Cindirelli

    Cindirelli

    KUDO’S to all of you!!!! Excellent work and thank you so much for working so hard to accomplish all that RB has to offer. ~:)

  • AngelArtiste

    AngelArtiste

    thank you

  • Tracy Wallace

    Tracy WallaceVolunteer

    lol Faiz, I think we will be waiting awhile for that.
    Nice update, Guys. Thanks

  • Arla M. Ruggles

    Arla M. Ruggles

    Sounds great! Can’t wait to try it out.

  • Arla M. Ruggles

    Arla M. Ruggles

    Oh yeah - that drag-and-drop sorting thing -- PLEEEEZE!!

  • redhawk

    redhawk

    That is fantastic news and I will be able to know when I am getting close to the end.

  • Liane Pinel

    Liane Pinel

    Works great! Now to be able to upload more than one at a time will be a challenge:)

  • Ron Moss

    Ron Moss

    Good to have some great changes although I find the group icons that are now displayed when you are going through ticking the boxes you want for your groups very distracting, especially if they have words in the icon which tend to run very close to the tick boxes?

  • shadowlee

    shadowlee

    thanks very much Paul for the time and effort you put in to improve the system

  • Juilee  Pryor

    Juilee Pryor

    goodness me very fancy new doo dad….. love it guys…. :)

  • Colleen Milburn

    Colleen Milburn

    Yipppeeeeeeeeeee!!! I’ve noticed a difference already the last few days – when uploading new works the process has been wonderfully fast. Or maybe that’s just my imagination…hehe. Whatever the case, I’m really happy about the new changes – good on you! :))

  • MuscularTeeth

    MuscularTeethVoted Most Helpful Bubbler

    cool i need to upload something and test it out!

  • Pip Gerard

    Pip Gerard

    brilliant!!

  • Lawford

    Lawford

    I’ve got a flash plug in but I’m not allowed to use it till my birthday.

  • GrumpyDog

    GrumpyDog

    Awesome! Already edited some of my work., it much quicker now.

  • BridieH

    BridieH

    Thanks for continuing to make it so easy to share our work

  • deb cole

    deb cole

    Fantastic! This is so much easier all the way around! (And bigger so I can read it easier) Love it!!!

  • Marita McVeigh

    Marita McVeigh

    Thank you!!!!

  • spiderfingers

    spiderfingers

    much much better!!!! great job folks!!!!

  • Anna D'Accione

    Anna D'Accione

    Great for uploading but have to watch which group boxes are ticked so as not to enter into wrong group. Thank you RB.

  • Pete Janes

    Pete Janes

    Thanks for sharing progress!

  • the-novice

    the-novice

    I noticed the change and I love it :) Thank you very much!!

  • Susan L. Calkins

    Susan L. Calkins

    Bravo!!!!
    I love it!

  • Mui-Ling Teh

    Mui-Ling Teh

    Looks good. I’ll see how fast it is the next time I upload something.

  • Detlef Becher

    Detlef Becher

    Works great, thanks a million!

  • Linda Bianic

    Linda Bianic

    Love the new editing page,,,, keep up the good work,,,,we appreciate it!!!!

  • georgiegirl

    georgiegirl

    Great work RB Elves. You guys are so clever! Thank you :D

  • JenniferB

    JenniferB

    Sounds great! Will be trying it out soon. :-))

  • FlowersEtc

    FlowersEtc

    Great, thanks, and I will do my part by removing some of my work that gets no attention. You might want to require us to remove some work.

  • Phil Thomson IPA

    Phil Thomson IPA

    Great news guys and gals!!!! I really appreciate your talents and applaud your desires to have the best website available, your forward thinking, groundbreaking procedures, state of the art technology!!!

  • RVRFNX

    RVRFNX

    “Growing is fine, but growing right is even finer….thank you for constantly tweaking and investing so we can grow ourselves (easier…..lol).”

    Lol great comment :)

  • MICKSPIXPHOTOS

    MICKSPIXPHOTOS

    This new system is WONDERFUL !!!! The upload time is much faster and the system is very easy to use. This is a real improvement !! Well done.

  • Tania Rose

    Tania Rose

    testing…1…2..3..

  • Sylvia Gonzales

    Sylvia Gonzales

    Awesome, will be trying this soon! Thank You!!

  • Georgie Hart

    Georgie Hart

    Love it!

  • Chappy

    Chappy

    Great work,, thanks for the new changes.

  • Scott  d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    brilliant,

  • carlotta peacock

    carlotta peacock

    BRILLIANT XXXX

  • Terence Russell

    Terence Russell

    Most of that is way over my head. Thanks for all the hard work put into making a nice online artist’s community.

  • Normaje

    Normaje

    Very good, thanks

  • Jordan Duff

    Jordan Duff

    Great update. Cheers RB.

  • Karin  Taylor

    Karin Taylorcommunity helper

    that’s great …thanx so much! :)

  • Linda Callaghan

    Linda Callaghan

    great ….just means more and more people are using people!! Go The Bubble! :-) ...thanks guys.

  • natapee

    natapee

    fantastic guys well done : )

  • the6tees

    the6tees

    Love it! thank you very much Guys!!x

  • juddarwin

    juddarwin

    thank you!

    -juddarwin

  • JenniferB

    JenniferB

    Great uploader, just one question, is there a way you can replace existing artwork with a new uploaded image? I want to replace low res art pieces with higher resolution pieces, but it appears that I can only make them as New Posts all over again, hence losing all of my site stats, comments and having to subject people to seeing the same pieces again. Am I missing something? Thanks for any help you can offer.

  • RedBubble replied

    Jennifer, you certainly can replace existing work, there’s a link under the image on the edit screen called “Replace work”.

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert

    Great work!

  • JenniferB

    JenniferB

    There is? Sorry, I must be going blind in my old age, I’ll take another look, thanks for getting back to me so promptly. :)

  • Yvonne Hoffmann

    Yvonne Hoffmann

    these are fantastic changes! thanks for that!

  • Duncan Waldron

    Duncan Waldron

    Thanks good people – appreciated.

  • Terence Russell

    Terence Russell

    Yikes! Just uploaded one … set to not public as I usually do just to check how it looks before public show … uploaded image is nowhere to be found!

  • Darren Stones

    Darren Stones

    I’ve noticed the group I host is starting to get flooded with multiple works from one artist because the group name is shortened. Our group has a 1 per day limit, and that is incorporated into the group name. Unfortunately, the group name has been truncated in the upload area.

  • PaulAlbert

    PaulAlbert

    Well Paul, now that you have more time take a break ! Really though all your efforts have worked extreamly well on this side, a Most gracious Thank You ! another Paul

  • Irene  Burdell

    Irene Burdell

    This is much improved ,I have just uploaded and it took a matter of a couple of minutes instead of having to wait ten minutes sometimesl onger.
    It gets the thumbs up from me.

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau

    Aloha Paul, I’ve tested the new version and the features are fantastic. Mahalo nui, thank you for all you do.

  • Mugsy

    Mugsy

    Magic stuff!..... well done!

  • Susan Grissom

    Susan Grissom

    excellent…...........thank you

  • Jason Asher

    Jason Asher

    Great work Paul, this will work a treat. I particularly think the flash progress bar will be a big help, with the ability for the file to upload while users type details (very handy with 10mb or so images) and decide which groups to submit to, so good on you all.

  • DrawingDown

    DrawingDown

    Thankyou so much for all your work. This is a fantastic site thanks to all the redbubble staff and all the artists you give us the opportunity to see.

  • bevanimage

    bevanimage

    The new system is great! It took a while to install the new uploader, but it gives much more information, and I really like being able to compose the info and decide on groups while it’s uploading. Well done Paul and all at RB.

  • Silvia Ganora

    Silvia Ganora

    Sounds great! :) Thank you!

  • Mukesh Srivastava

    Mukesh Srivastava

    Excellent change!!!!! Thanx!!!!!!

  • Kartoon

    Kartoon

    surprise! surprise! and it was a great happy one! i was trying to upload an image to replace another just likewise, but this time far larger for poster printing. it was such a nice surprise to open the edit page and see it completely changed… for much better. the image uploaded a lot faster than the previous one, which was smaller. congratulations RB on the great work and the constant effort to improve the system. i’m grateful everyday better to be here!
    RedBubble, you rock!!!

  • Dinni H

    Dinni H

    I tried it , I liked it, excellent!

  • Kartoon

    Kartoon

    maybe the “replace work” hint could be in a slightly larger font.

  • Terrapanthera

    Terrapanthera

    Thank you for your marvelous input! We could not do this without you!!!!! smile ….

  • bdazzled

    bdazzled

    I just woke up and noticed – thank you for the new features.
    I have just one question. On some of my pictures I have musicvideos on autoplay.
    Now the autoplay is not working anymore – can anyone help?

  • David Silsbury

    David Silsbury

    Great news.

  • majo

    majo

    I’m looking for 50MB-files as we speak ;-)
    I want to enjoy that progress-bar

  • Barbara Burkhardt

    Barbara Burkhardt

    Thanks Team Terrific!!

  • Sketchaholic

    Sketchaholic

    That’s good to hear

  • berndt2

    berndt2

    outstanding news 8)

  • Berns

    Berns

    Brilliant

  • GemmaWiseman

    GemmaWiseman

    Images load faster! This is great news! But I have struck a problem and can’t seem to fix it! Portrait size photos upload sideways. I edit my work in Picasa and it appears the right way round. It used to upload the right way round. Now it uploads sideways. I have tried turning it in Picasa but it still uploads sideways. I just had to delete the image in Red Bubble. If anyone can help?

  • Clare Colins

    Clare Colins

    sounds good to me :)

  • TudorSaxon

    TudorSaxon

    good team work

  • bubblehex08

    bubblehex08

    It is faster, nicer and … I just love the new way to edit! Thanks! I have not yet tried the upload, but it must be great.

    Did you change the way to select an image for a challenge too? This is growing longer and longer, and I don’t understand how my entries are sorted there. The search function most of the time doesn’t work. Or should I just remove 60 percent of my gallery? lol

  • Julie Langford

    Julie Langfordcommunity host

    Love the changes. The new edit work screen is billiant. Excellent.

  • Nick Ford

    Nick Ford

    Two thumbs up!

  • Kofoed

    Kofoed

    Thanks very much. Fantastic!

  • 123picaparet

    123picaparet

    Thanks for the improvements! I’ve noticed that it works faster, too! :-)

  • monocotylidono

    monocotylidono

    The uploader works well. I also love the changes in the “Edit” screen for artwork already loaded. Displaying the uploaded date is very useful and also showing the statistics info. Thank you! I have one suggestion for a possible enhancement: If you are a member of a lot of groups, remembering each group’s guidelines is a nightmare. A simple “info” button next to the group name that opens a pop-up window with that group’s guidelines, would make submitting a lot more accurate and also reduce the volume of rejections that the hosts will have to go through!

  • Rudywalsh

    Rudywalsh

    Thanks guys…..

  • Themis

    Themis

    Thanks guys, keep up the good work! I love the new screen, much easier to work with, and I subscribe to the above comment (I have bad memory, I’d like a quick link to the groups’ guidelines, please). Next stop: checking how many pictures one has in a group vs the maximum allowed :-) Thanks again!!

  • Colleen Milburn

    Colleen Milburn

    Ooh, I just went in to edit wording on an image and saw those fab stats – yayyyyy!!!!!!!

  • drec

    drec

    Looks good. The drag and drop that Faizian mentioned would be great. Maybe a live preview of journal entries so you can make sure it’s all formatted before publishing.

  • Yvonne Less

    Yvonne Less

    This is great!! Thank you very much for your service! It’s a honor to be a member on RedBubble! :)

  • Rosemary Scott

    Rosemary Scott

    Brilliant!! I’m loving this idea! Thanks guys, you just keep producing the goods :))

  • Puggs

    Puggs

    the new art editor is fantastic, very nicley done…

  • Macky

    Macky

    Thanks Paul, sounds great!!

  • RedHillDigital

    RedHillDigital

    The changes look good but unfortunately ‘gallery management’ for bubble sites now seems to be broken. Try moving a shot around a set. It doesn’t get inserted in the correct place any more. Lack of proper testing again folks.

  • RedBubble replied

    Hi RedHillDigital – Can you pop into the support section of the site and give us some more details on this. Everything seems fine at our end for arranging images within sets of your BubbleSite.

  • Kylie  Sheahen

    Kylie Sheahen

    Thanks its great and so quick!

  • DilettantO

    DilettantO

    Okay, I agree it’s great to have a slider telling you how the u/l is proceeding and it’s also good that you can edit while it is doing it, but I just had to re-post 3 images because there is no ‘Upload another image’ feature as before, only an ‘Edit’ feature, which cancels out the one just posted, even though it was a completely separate file. The really odd thing is, they appear to have uploaded and been put somewhere because there were comments on them, but they didn’t show up in my Activity Feed as being ‘Added, although they appear in my ‘Public Profile’. I can’t understand why no-one else seems to have experienced this. I am doing nothing differently than before, apart from following the prompts in the new uploader. Suggestions please?

  • jo beerens

    jo beerens

    Looks good. Small nibble: could the TAGS field have the same length as the Title field?

  • Philip Golan

    Philip Golan

    Thanks a lot, and keep up the good work.

  • robpixaday

    robpixaday

    Just woke up and logged in, nothing to upload yet…but I’m looking forward to seeing this. THANK YOU!!!!!!!

  • JuliaKHarwood

    JuliaKHarwood

    Thanks, it works well

  • Cathie Tranent

    Cathie Tranentcommunity host

    Thanks guys – now I just have to find something worth uploading to try it out!! :)

  • Josie Jackson

    Josie Jackson

    Good news, thanks Paul

  • Coloursofnature

    Coloursofnature

    Thanks so much for your explanation, we reall appreciate everything you do to improve the site, cheers- Valerie xx

  • Sean Farragher

    Sean Farragher

    well done

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith

    unlike some flash uploads it seems to work really well.
    I am a liiiiiitle disappointed that the groups (though nicely displayed) STILL don’t have any facility for us to see their rules or even a description – that is sooooo needed.
    elsewise, it’s a brilliant improvement.

  • Rustyoldtown

    Rustyoldtown

    Ahem…..YEAH!

  • CLiPiCs

    CLiPiCs

    it rocks big time thanks for this change

    Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss

  • Vanessa Anderberg

    Vanessa Anderberg

    Organization of our Portfolios by type/subject/mediums/ through drag and drop….so we can make the portfolio easier to navigate, and organise for the public to view and choose works from….please…

  • David  Kennett

    David Kennett

    Thank you

  • Travis Easton

    Travis Easton

    changes are great, thanks guys for all your hard work

  • Paul Gitto

    Paul Gitto

    Kudos!

  • ledfeathers

    ledfeathers

    welcome to the twentyfirst century…

  • robpixaday

    robpixaday

    Used the new uploader whoosit…LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • AnitaInverarity

    AnitaInverarity

    ACE !!!! xx

  • Gordon Merrick Justice

    Gordon Merrick...

    Paul,

    Remember when you were just the… oh yeah, you’ve always been in the triad of RB gods… you’ve been working your butt off for us for years.

    I don’t know how you hang in there, but honestly, thank you. You’re the best (well, with peter and Jo, and some I haven’t heard from in years like Hop and Justin though he rarely talked and OneTonShadow…)

    Regardless, good choices for improvement.

  • Marilia Martin

    Marilia Martin

    Love the changes!!!

  • MarianBendeth

    MarianBendeth

    I agree, although this way is faster, if one wants to post another image..there is no Upload Another Image and one has to keep hopping between pages. I would assume most of us here on RB will upload multiple or a few pictures at a time.

    Although the new system is great, Please put back this Add Another Image on your new upload page.

    Many thanks!

  • Isa Rodriguez

    Isa Rodriguez

    you guys are so helpful and thoughtful

    this is a great change. thanks

  • Astrid Strahm

    Astrid Strahm

    Thank you RB Team :-)

  • Patrick Monnier

    Patrick Monnier

    You make a great work. Thank you.

  • VictoriaM

    VictoriaM

    Great work – thanks :)

  • ElyseFradkin

    ElyseFradkin

    Love the new uploader (and glad it works!). I agree with others that a way to refresh one’s memory about group rules would be good (now I skip some and check back after the upload).
    I would love it if, when we get a the message that we have reached the posting limits in a group, if there was a quick way to see what we’ve placed in that group so we can edit. Thanks.

  • ROUBLE RUST

    ROUBLE RUST

    I looove the upload screen, it’s much much better.
    There is only one thing I thought it would be very usefull and helpfull – linked groups. When you check a work to the groups and you are not so sure about it, it would be perfect to ckick and go to the group right away to check the guidlines xx Just a suggetion – you’re working hard I know and you always to do things better for us.

    Cheers xx
    Rouble

  • piacere

    piacere

    Great ideas!! Thank you for thinking of us!

  • Babcia

    Babcia

    REALLY NICE JOB!

  • Luca Renoldi

    Luca Renoldi

    fantastic upgrade, well done

  • Mukesh Srivastava

    Mukesh Srivastava

    The change is fantastic. But I am not able to upload image in Firefox browser. I have installed Flas player too. It give message:
    95% UPLOADING YOUR FILE… Fill in the details below while you wait
    and uploadind stops.

    If anyone can guide me!!!!!!!!!

  • owlspook

    owlspook

    thank you … seems to work ok so far (smile) ... it is appreciated the work you’ve done so far to improve the uploader page and inner workings … would, as others would, like to see: “upload another image link”, group thumbnail image linked to group’s rules/requirements page and the system stopping uploads to groups after image limit has been reached. (smile) ...
    .
    again thank you for the improvement of the uploading experience (big smile)

  • Anthony Comella

    Anthony Comella

    You guys are TOP SHELF!!! Thank You!!!!!!!!!!

  • cibi

    cibi

    thanks for this guys..

  • Mukesh Srivastava

    Mukesh Srivastava

    I tried to upload image with IE browser and got success!!!!!!

  • C J Lewis

    C J Lewis

    Good work RB staff … thank you :)

  • Anna Larson

    Anna Larson

    Much more efficient , thanks!!! really awesome…

  • swaby

    swaby

    Digging the changes, thank you!

  • Kay  G Larsen

    Kay G Larsen

    At first I wasn’t sure if I liked the improvement…you know, change – now I have to learn how to….BUT, after using it to upload my photos, I have to say Well done! It’s much more convenient!! Keep up the good work guys. It may not always be said, but you are very much appreciated for all that you do for Redbubble! : )

  • BlueLily

    BlueLily

    Fantastic!!!!! It is so streamlined…love it!

  • Vickie Emms

    Vickie Emms

    I’ve used it this morning, and it’s wonderful. Thank you for your continued work on the site,,,,,,,,,great things for us. I love the group icons, it’s more welcoming than just the names we added our work to, and the new uploader system while I can add my information to the photo.

  • Joseph Rieg

    Joseph Rieg

    Doesn’t work right,,,,2 different p.c.’s….3 different browsers,,,,all patches applied…....not impressed!

  • darthsappy23

    darthsappy23

    great news!!

  • Kate Adams

    Kate Adams

    I can’t upload any images used 3 different browsers still gives me a contact support 500 (-200)

  • Kelvin Hughes

    Kelvin Hughes

    Much more intuitive

  • RiSH :

    RiSH :

    Thanks for the progress bar. Though I do have a fast connection, still it useful for larger files and users with low speed.

  • Ron Quick

    Ron Quick

    Smooth as glass-nicely done R.B.!!!

  • vaquera

    vaquera

    Thank You !

  • babibell

    babibell

    wow thanks SO much!! love it
    xxx

  • blamo

    blamo

    Worked really well …................. delete button could be bigger though or a diff colour

  • micklyn

    micklyn

    great news all round! you guys are the best ( :

  • Gillian Bates

    Gillian Bates

    Well done guys. Excellent work.

  • ANewKindOfWater

    ANewKindOfWater

    Works great, easier to use. Moving the “manage account” link to main subnav made a lot of sense.

    I second the request for a textarea box for the tags instead of an input tag—later it is hard to read all a work’s tags in that narrow thing.

  • JAKEB

    JAKEB

    sounds great.

  • Britta Döll

    Britta Döll

    Works so well! And it is even easier to use than the previous version. Seems to me much faster. Thanks for these great changes! RB is a great place to be…

  • ctheworld

    ctheworld

    Fantastic news! Thanks for doing all this!

  • Evita

    Evita

    ♥♥♥ HUGE Thank you !!!! works like a dream…... :D ♥♥♥

  • Rozmrr

    Rozmrr

    I guess everyone likes it including me.

  • CarolM

    CarolM

    Thanks for working to keep the site working well. That’s great!!

  • Pat Duggan

    Pat Duggan

    Great work-—well thought out-—sort of two sites in one—-Congratulations to YOU ALL AT RB !!

  • lallymac

    lallymac

    Sounds fab – thank you:)

  • Marçal Cuberta
  • Tammera

    Tammera

    WHOO HOOO….BEEN WAITING FOR THIS….:)
    HATED TRYING TO UPLOAD BEFORE….WORKING MUCH BETTER NOW!!!!

  • Jessica Walker

    Jessica Walker

    I love it! Uploading before had at times taken anywhere between 3-8 minutes (I’m estimating) and it was a real annoyance. Now the upload process is smooth, I can see where it’s at and it doesn’t take nearly as long! Also adding to groups is less confusing now. It’s beautiful!

  • Nadya Johnson

    Nadya Johnson

    I like the changes but there seems to be no option now to “Load Another File” from the page without going back a step. Could be, I’m missing it—! Also, it is much to easy now to NOT uncheck a group because it seems the prior checks remain. I would not want to send a science fiction piece to Cute Kitties inadvertently, so perhaps you will consider changing that… ? Otherwise, terrific upgrade1

  • joan warburton

    joan warburton

    I love the new upload area!

  • Russell Greenwood

    Russell Greenwood works here

    @MsTique – the Add Another File is on it’s way back – my bad, I forgot to move it to the new uploader.

    The groups don’t remain checked when you go to add another work – but it will remember on the edit screens for each work (so you can see which groups that artwork is in).

  • Julie Langford

    Julie Langfordcommunity host

    It has just come up elsewhere on RB that all files uploaded previous to this change, have lost theri original file names in our edit screens. They have been replaced with numbers. I have uploaded a new file today which has retained its original name, so I’m guessing that all new ones I upload from now on will also retain their names.

    I suppose the numbering of old files ws pretty much unavoidable, but its a little bit disappointing for ome folks, whoc track their file systems using them on here. It doesn’t bother me as I keep all my RB work in a seperate place to everything else, but I can undersand how folk who dont could get lost in all those numbers.

    Is there any chance to get the original file names back?

  • RedBubble replied

    Hey Julie – we’re looking into it. Cheers.

  • Paul McClintock

    Paul McClintockZuul, the Gatekeeper

    I haven’t noticed a change with the filenames – mine have always had numbers in the url, and they don’t appear to have changed.

  • RedBubble replied

    Julie’s talking about the Original Filename field in the Edit screens – which I can confirm have changed to numbers. We’re working towards getting them back to what they were.

  • Paul McClintock

    Paul McClintockZuul, the Gatekeeper

    Oh I see what you mean now…

  • robmac

    robmac

    Great Improvement so much faster to upload Regards Rob

  • Tanya Keefe

    Tanya Keefe

    I love the new streamlined process. Thanks!

  • Lois  Bryan

    Lois Bryan

    waving hand furiously from the back of the room re the changed file numbers on our inventory … glad to see that RedBubble is “working towards getting them back to what they were.” See My Journal

  • DJ LeMay

    DJ LeMay

    The new uploader works smooth as silk! Very FAST!! and It will be a great relief when we get our old filenames back!

  • F.A. Moore

    F.A. Moore

    Terrific. These changes should help a lot.

  • pene

    pene

    well i did like it…. til i had to wait for it to reload for each new pic then it wouldn’t load at all so tried the “old school” way but nothing happened when i clicked on it cos it was still trying to load the “fancy” one – sigh !

  • Elaine Teague

    Elaine Teague

    Love it, but a link to the group would be an added advantage.

  • ozlat

    ozlat

    oooh i like flash ;)

  • Alexandra Felgate

    Alexandra Felgate

    All fantastic changes, but when are we going to see a return to having a list of our featured works??

  • Maria Dryfhout

    Maria Dryfhout

    Change is good… this is too.

  • JANET SUMMERS

    JANET SUMMERS

    This is GREAT!! Always a step ahead and in the right direction!! Thanks to all of the RB team!!

  • Niklas Aronsson

    Niklas Aronsson

    Rock n Roll :) ps i love rock

  • Taschja Hattingh

    Taschja Hattingh

    There is some people who have a problem with this way because it changes their file names…see here I made a suggestion about the “flushing” of the groups with more than 700 pages of images but had no response from RB. This will also slow your system why not add that “flush” button for the hosts of groups with more than 350 pages? Or just for all the hosts to clear up their pages as needed? This will help RB and the group hosts.

  • Roger Barnes

    Roger Barnes

    Looks great! You broke my automated “photo of the day” upload, but hopefully I’ll be able to tweak it.

  • George Cousins

    George Cousins

    After 5 tries using Firefox, and always getting that “95%...”message, and never getting an upload, got it to work using I.E. but upload time seemed no different than before.On IE I also got a perpetual 95% upload time..should it always be that until the bitter end? (using high speed cable connect to internet). Have to solve the FF problem, IE is not for me. Anyone else have this situation?

  • Michael Lee

    Michael Lee

    Progress bar, ahoy!

  • Kerryn  Madsen-Pietsch

    Kerryn Madsen...

    Agree with Elaine “Love it, but a link to the group would be an added (or indeed a super great) advantage.”

  • Tara Lemana

    Tara Lemana

    LOVE it, thank you for the changes!! Agree about link-backs to groups being an added advantage, but love what you’ve done so far!!! :)

  • MIKE BRITTAIN

    MIKE BRITTAIN

    only just joined didnt think it could get better but it just has awsome

  • hopelilly

    hopelilly

    I think its great the changes you made, much more efficient. Thank you. Hopelilly.

  • monocotylidono

    monocotylidono

    Guys, further to my suggestion above, two possible bugs here: (1) as mentioned before, when uploading a new file through the new uploader, the file name displays correctly. But for older files when you go to edit, it displays an internal file number instead. Presumably the wrong database field is used (2) If you save your work as non-viewable, you now have to save your work as public first, before you are allowed to add it to groups. Why can’t we do both at the same time, as we do when entering a new piece?

  • RedBubble replied

    Hey there, as for point 2, we’ve got a big list of ‘other’ things to do on the upload screens that we couldn’t get to in the first instance. This is one of them. So it’s not going to happen anytime in the short term, but it’s on the list.

  • monocotylidono

    monocotylidono

    sorry – just saw that you addressed the first one above – thanks!

  • RC deWinter

    RC deWinter

    Love it, love it….thank you.

  • TREVOR34

    TREVOR34

    Fab job there, like how it’s more simplified, but you seem to have missed out the ’’ADD MORE WORK” button!

  • RedBubble replied

    It’s coming back in the next couple of days – it just got missed in the move. Worry not!

  • Sherrianne Talon

    Sherrianne Talon

    It all looks great, but I’ve tried 4 times today to upload artwork and it seems to sit at 95% and doesn’t move. The photo I’m trying is only 3MB so that shouldn’t be a problem. The longest I waited was 45 minutes and finally gave up. Uploading to another site isn’t a problem so I know it’s not me. Help??

  • BettinaSchwarz

    BettinaSchwarz

    teh new upload is super!!! I’d been struggling loads, and this is just fantastic … being able to add descriptions and bits while it’s loading is awesome … yip – liking the changes – great stuff :))

  • R. Jason Smith

    R. Jason Smith

    I just noticed these changes yesterday, as I went to upload an image for the first time in about a week (I’ve been sick) :-( Love the new uploading screen and things seem to be moving a bit faster! Bravo! and most importantly… THANK YOU!

  • Sheila  Pasket

    Sheila Pasket

    Sounds great! I just noticed the change when I uploaded a journal. Wow…I love it. :) Have an awesome day!

  • Peggy Berger

    Peggy Berger

    Outstanding!! Just used it today for the first time, terrific improvement!!! Have a great day, y’all!!

  • marieangel

    marieangel

    I’m new to Rb and just getting used to surfing around but find the new uploader clear and concise and a work in progress well done for keeping up to what the members need…you wont be able to please all people all the time buy you have done well here well done to those behind the scenes that don’t get a mention angelx If I could take this opp…to say it would be great if we could edit mis spelling and wrong info on our comments once we have pressed the send button I know many are commenting on this ????Thanks

  • wizard327

    wizard327

    super job guys well done

  • Martin Griffett

    Martin Griffett

    The new upload page looks good but doesn’t work for me. I’ve tried 2 different files, in Firefox 3 and IE8. Each time the progress bar instantly jumps to 95%, then just sits there and does not complete. So at present I am unable to upload new work.

  • RedBubble replied

    Have you tried using the ‘old school uploader’ link?

  • AnaCBStudio

    AnaCBStudio

    I like it!

  • Tori Snow

    Tori Snow

    Since the change,my bubble page will not completely load. I am not able to click in the options (add new work, filter, groups, etc). I have tried for 4 days now. So, I do not like the new changes at all.

  • RedBubble replied

    Hi there Tori – we only released these changes two days ago, so if you’re still having trouble accessing MyBubble can you use the help link on the top right of the screen and send us a support request. Cheers.

  • A.M. Ruttle

    A.M. Ruttle

    Hi Paul, Thanks for looking ahead and seeing issues before they become huge problems that cause folks to leave! And after identifying issues to address, you very successfully kept the use interface similar enough that very few folks flipped out… sounds like some minor tweaks you’re still working on for the most part. Well done!

  • George Cousins

    George Cousins

    For those who can’t upload, and get the 95% thing, here’s my trials so far:
    Some experimenting:
    Using I.E. to upload, the upload bar instantly goes to 95% and stays there. The picture does upload and eventually I get the gray submit bar to turn red and the upload completes.
    Using FF, and the new uploader, the bar also goes to 95%, it looks like the picture is uploading ,judging from the lights on my router, but I never get the submit bar to turn red and after two hours I gave up.This has been tried many times,even downloaded FF from scratch and tried again.
    BUT, on FF, using the old downloader, bar again goes to 95%, picture uploads, and after awhile the submit bar turns red and I can click it and get the “success” story.
    Edits are OK.
    Seems to be some glitch between FF and the new uploader.
    Will the old uploader continue to be available? So far, I can’t find anything in FF that would make it stall on the new one.

  • RedBubble replied

    George, the old uploader will continue to be available for the foreseeable future as we have to assume that not everyone can reliably use the Flash version. In terms of compatibility with Firefox, we’ve thoroughly tested the new release on a range of browsers with success. However, we acknowledge that there are a great variety of computer configurations out in the community, and I encourage anyone with specific problems to head to the support area so that we can find out what makes you so special.

  • Rosemary Scott

    Rosemary Scott

    I’ve just done my first upload with the new flashy-uploader-thingy & I’m loving it!!
    Bravo for making this change….. it’s faaaantastic!

  • George Cousins

    George Cousins

    Reply to RB..I’ve put my setup in the support area as suggested. Thanks for keeping the old uploader online.

  • Philip W Messenger

    Philip W Messe...

    Edit wilts uploading., definitely got to love that., thanks!

  • Rosalie Scanlon

    Rosalie Scanlon

    I don’t have this flash thingy yet, however, I like the new changes.

  • Priscilla Rodriguez

    Priscilla Rodr...

    love the changes!

  • yolanda

    yolanda

    Love the new uploader. Thanks RB :-))

  • dabnotu

    dabnotu

    ibid. works smoothly even on a slow(er) connection. cheers. salud. arigato.

  • Edge-of-dreams

    Edge-of-dreams

    Thank you redbubble. I’ve always been a bit wary of change, but in this case, I have no complaints – well done !

  • pennyswork

    pennyswork

    Hi. I firstly want to say that the new uploader is great, more efficient. However, I seem to be having a problem that no-one else has mentioned. The colours in the uploads are quite different (a distinct majenta colour cast) This was not happening before and I regularly calibrate my monitor.

  • Kathie Nichols

    Kathie Nichols

    Just brilliant…..keep up the great work!!! :D

  • blamo

    blamo

    Working like a rocket now …...................

  • Erika Gouws

    Erika Gouws

    I’m sure it will be great, but I still can’t get it to work … :(

  • ThinGlass

    ThinGlass

    The new uploader is bang on – working at turbo speed. Nice work.

  • SandraRos

    SandraRos

    Love the progress bar it makes the waiting much more bearable, thank you the uploading process is much better now !

  • Ruth S Harris

    Ruth S Harris

    I just used the new uploader and want to congratulate you on a great improvement! Thanks for all your work!

  • angelandspot

    angelandspot

    Thanks for keeping the simple uploader. Zazzle changed to flash and I can’t add anything new there since they changed. I told them I had Linux and they basically said oh well if you don’t have windows it’s not going to work for you.

  • Shirley Hirst

    Shirley Hirst

    The changes are excellent and much appreciated, THANK YOU!

  • Jim Robertson

    Jim Robertson

    Fantastic update guys, well done.

  • Bev Woodman

    Bev Woodman

    Its brilliant Paul and works very well for me – it does seem much faster. Just one little issue Paul if I can bend your ear is that RB has removed the phone number or direct contact to RB administration from the site. I recently received an incorrect order, ie. I received my order but another package that did not belong to me and despite my emailing “someone” in RB have not had a reply in over a week. I have contacted the artist and he received his order plus 4 calenders that belonged to someone else so I think someone needs to look further into these complaints otherwise you will have a lot of unhappy customers looking for orders and not being able to contact anyone to sort it out. You used to have a spot to check where your order was or to ask a question about an order … I can not find this link anymore! Customers need to have faith that their inquiries will be answered!♥

  • BarbaraManis

    BarbaraManis

    Thanks, guys! It has made a big difference! I appreciate all your efforts!

  • Russell Greenwood

    Russell Greenwood works here

    Note for all: We’ve now fixed up the filenames that were incorrectly displaying in your Edit screens.

  • Iain Mavin

    Iain Mavin

    Nice work guys, so much easier to upload now and I can see the progress as well as comment as it is uploading. Thanks

  • sundawg7

    sundawg7

    Love the change and difference it makes uploading…much quicker. 2 thumbs up on my behalf and a major thanks.

  • nhungmanga

    nhungmanga

    It’s wonderful ;D

  • mellis

    mellis

    changes have worked well – keep it up!

  • RockyWalley

    RockyWalley

    love the changes…especially the speed when uploading work…very impressive…great job.

  • Terry Everson

    Terry Everson 21 days ago

    Great work it is much better.

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