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!
♥Trena Sheffi...
Fantastic Changes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!xoxoxo
Johanne Brunet
Great work!!! I just love the new upload screen, and it seems faster too! :-)
Craig 'has a n...
Brilliant
Scott Hendricks
Paul, I just noticed the changes and I really like the simplicity of the format for uploading our art.
Sam Parsons
woohoo!
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
Sweet!
Katagram
I LOVE IT !!! you guys ROCK ! ! RB just keeps getting better and better..I love you guys LOL
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
Fantastic update guys, well done.
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
Wonderful !
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
thanks :D
DragonFlyer
Good moves!
retepk
Fantastic.
Cheers.
FallingHorse
Love the changes :-)
Paul McClintock
Flash uploader! Excellent!
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
Excellent work guys.
Adam Bykowski
SWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!
oh and Cool!
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
just uploaded a couple of new t-shirt designs… I like the new system… A LOT!
Esther's Art a...
Thank you so much, that is fantastic. Great job!!!
happyfeet5
Fantastic.Good changes for the best.
Jen Ryan
Awesome! I love the changes!!!! Ya’ll ROCK!!!
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
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
Great news!!
PamAmos
thanks…......
Pam :)
Kathleen Stephens
Great changes, thank you :)
Rosalie Scanlon
Sounds great
Tainia Finlay
Well done you guys … I’ll upload something to have a look :D
Thank you :D
Andre Furlan
Merci ! bonne nouvelle !!!!
Andre
Anji Johnston
Can’t wait to try it – thank you!
Janis Zroback
Great news…anything that will make life easier is welcome…thank you so much…
Soxy Fleming
I’ve tried it! wonderful new fancy uploader!
Faizan Qureshi
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
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
thank you
Tracy Wallace
lol Faiz, I think we will be waiting awhile for that.
Nice update, Guys. Thanks
Arla M. Ruggles
Sounds great! Can’t wait to try it out.
Arla M. Ruggles
Oh yeah
- that drag-and-drop sorting thing -- PLEEEEZE!!redhawk
That is fantastic news and I will be able to know when I am getting close to the end.
Liane Pinel
Works great! Now to be able to upload more than one at a time will be a challenge:)
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
thanks very much Paul for the time and effort you put in to improve the system
Juilee Pryor
goodness me very fancy new doo dad….. love it guys…. :)
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
cool i need to upload something and test it out!
Pip Gerard
brilliant!!
Lawford
I’ve got a flash plug in but I’m not allowed to use it till my birthday.
GrumpyDog
Awesome! Already edited some of my work., it much quicker now.
BridieH
Thanks for continuing to make it so easy to share our work
deb cole
Fantastic! This is so much easier all the way around! (And bigger so I can read it easier) Love it!!!
Marita McVeigh
Thank you!!!!
spiderfingers
much much better!!!! great job folks!!!!
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
Thanks for sharing progress!
the-novice
I noticed the change and I love it :) Thank you very much!!
Susan L. Calkins
Bravo!!!!
I love it!
Mui-Ling Teh
Looks good. I’ll see how fast it is the next time I upload something.
Detlef Becher
Works great, thanks a million!
Linda Bianic
Love the new editing page,,,, keep up the good work,,,,we appreciate it!!!!
georgiegirl
Great work RB Elves. You guys are so clever! Thank you :D
JenniferB
Sounds great! Will be trying it out soon. :-))
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
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
“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
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
testing…1…2..3..
Sylvia Gonzales
Awesome, will be trying this soon! Thank You!!
Georgie Hart
Love it!
Chappy
Great work,, thanks for the new changes.
Scott d'Almeida
brilliant,
carlotta peacock
BRILLIANT XXXX
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
Very good, thanks
Jordan Duff
Great update. Cheers RB.
Karin Taylor
that’s great …thanx so much! :)
Linda Callaghan
great ….just means more and more people are using people!! Go The Bubble! :-) ...thanks guys.
natapee
fantastic guys well done : )
the6tees
Love it! thank you very much Guys!!x
juddarwin
thank you!
—-juddarwinJenniferB
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
Great work!
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
these are fantastic changes! thanks for that!
Duncan Waldron
Thanks good people – appreciated.
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
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
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
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
Aloha Paul, I’ve tested the new version and the features are fantastic. Mahalo nui, thank you for all you do.
Mugsy
Magic stuff!..... well done!
Susan Grissom
excellent…...........thank you
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
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
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
Sounds great! :) Thank you!
Mukesh Srivastava
Excellent change!!!!! Thanx!!!!!!
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
I tried it , I liked it, excellent!
Kartoon
maybe the “replace work” hint could be in a slightly larger font.
Terrapanthera
Thank you for your marvelous input! We could not do this without you!!!!! smile ….
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
Great news.
majo
I’m looking for 50MB-files as we speak ;-)
I want to enjoy that progress-bar
Barbara Burkhardt
Thanks Team Terrific!!
Sketchaholic
That’s good to hear
berndt2
outstanding news 8)
Berns
Brilliant
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
sounds good to me :)
TudorSaxon
good team work
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
Love the changes. The new edit work screen is billiant. Excellent.
Nick Ford
Two thumbs up!
Kofoed
Thanks very much. Fantastic!
123picaparet
Thanks for the improvements! I’ve noticed that it works faster, too! :-)
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
Thanks guys…..
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
Ooh, I just went in to edit wording on an image and saw those fab stats – yayyyyy!!!!!!!
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
This is great!! Thank you very much for your service! It’s a honor to be a member on RedBubble! :)
Rosemary Scott
Brilliant!! I’m loving this idea! Thanks guys, you just keep producing the goods :))
Puggs
the new art editor is fantastic, very nicley done…
Macky
Thanks Paul, sounds great!!
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
Thanks its great and so quick!
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
Looks good. Small nibble: could the TAGS field have the same length as the Title field?
Philip Golan
Thanks a lot, and keep up the good work.
robpixaday
Just woke up and logged in, nothing to upload yet…but I’m looking forward to seeing this. THANK YOU!!!!!!!
JuliaKHarwood
Thanks, it works well
Cathie Tranent
Thanks guys – now I just have to find something worth uploading to try it out!! :)
Josie Jackson
Good news, thanks Paul
Coloursofnature
Thanks so much for your explanation, we reall appreciate everything you do to improve the site, cheers- Valerie xx
Sean Farragher
well done
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
Ahem…..YEAH!
CLiPiCs
it rocks big time thanks for this change
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
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
Thank you
Travis Easton
changes are great, thanks guys for all your hard work
Paul Gitto
Kudos!
ledfeathers
welcome to the twentyfirst century…
robpixaday
Used the new uploader whoosit…LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AnitaInverarity
ACE !!!! xx
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 talkedand OneTonShadow…)Regardless, good choices for improvement.
Marilia Martin
Love the changes!!!
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
you guys are so helpful and thoughtful
this is a great change. thanks
Astrid Strahm
Thank you RB Team :-)
Patrick Monnier
You make a great work. Thank you.
VictoriaM
Great work – thanks :)
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
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
Great ideas!! Thank you for thinking of us!
Babcia
REALLY NICE JOB!
Luca Renoldi
fantastic upgrade, well done
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
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) ...
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again thank you for the improvement of the uploading experience (big smile)
Anthony Comella
You guys are TOP SHELF!!! Thank You!!!!!!!!!!
cibi
thanks for this guys..
Mukesh Srivastava
I tried to upload image with IE browser and got success!!!!!!
C J Lewis
Good work RB staff … thank you :)
Anna Larson
Much more efficient , thanks!!! really awesome…
swaby
Digging the changes, thank you!
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
Fantastic!!!!! It is so streamlined…love it!
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
Doesn’t work right,,,,2 different p.c.’s….3 different browsers,,,,all patches applied…....not impressed!
darthsappy23
great news!!
Kate Adams
I can’t upload any images used 3 different browsers still gives me a contact support 500 (-200)
Kelvin Hughes
Much more intuitive
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
Smooth as glass-nicely done R.B.!!!
vaquera
Thank You !
babibell
wow thanks SO much!! love it
xxx
blamo
Worked really well …................. delete button could be bigger though or a diff colour
micklyn
great news all round! you guys are the best ( :
Gillian Bates
Well done guys. Excellent work.
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
sounds great.
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
Fantastic news! Thanks for doing all this!
Evita
♥♥♥ HUGE Thank you !!!! works like a dream…... :D ♥♥♥
Rozmrr
I guess everyone likes it including me.
CarolM
Thanks for working to keep the site working well. That’s great!!
Pat Duggan
Great work-
—well thought out-—sort of two sites in one—-Congratulations to YOU ALL AT RB !!lallymac
Sounds fab – thank you:)
Marçal Cuberta
great!
Tammera
WHOO HOOO….BEEN WAITING FOR THIS….:)
HATED TRYING TO UPLOAD BEFORE….WORKING MUCH BETTER NOW!!!!
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
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
I love the new upload area!
Russell Greenwood
@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
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
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
Oh I see what you mean now…
robmac
Great Improvement so much faster to upload Regards Rob
Tanya Keefe
I love the new streamlined process. Thanks!
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
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
Terrific. These changes should help a lot.
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
Love it, but a link to the group would be an added advantage.
ozlat
oooh i like flash ;)
Alexandra Felgate
All fantastic changes, but when are we going to see a return to having a list of our featured works??
Maria Dryfhout
Change is good… this is too.
JANET SUMMERS
This is GREAT!! Always a step ahead and in the right direction!! Thanks to all of the RB team!!
Niklas Aronsson
Rock n Roll :) ps i love rock
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
Looks great! You broke my automated “photo of the day” upload, but hopefully I’ll be able to tweak it.
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
Progress bar, ahoy!
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
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
only just joined didnt think it could get better but it just has awsome
hopelilly
I think its great the changes you made, much more efficient. Thank you. Hopelilly.
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
sorry – just saw that you addressed the first one above – thanks!
RC deWinter
Love it, love it….thank you.
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
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
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
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
Sounds great! I just noticed the change when I uploaded a journal. Wow…I love it. :) Have an awesome day!
Peggy Berger
Outstanding!! Just used it today for the first time, terrific improvement!!! Have a great day, y’all!!
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
super job guys well done
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
I like it!
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
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
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
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
Reply to RB..I’ve put my setup in the support area as suggested. Thanks for keeping the old uploader online.
Philip W Messe...
Edit wilts uploading., definitely got to love that., thanks!
Rosalie Scanlon
I don’t have this flash thingy yet, however, I like the new changes.
Priscilla Rodr...
love the changes!
yolanda
Love the new uploader. Thanks RB :-))
dabnotu
ibid. works smoothly even on a slow(er) connection. cheers. salud. arigato.
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
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
Just brilliant…..keep up the great work!!! :D
blamo
Working like a rocket now …...................
Erika Gouws
I’m sure it will be great, but I still can’t get it to work … :(
ThinGlass
The new uploader is bang on – working at turbo speed. Nice work.
SandraRos
Love the progress bar it makes the waiting much more bearable, thank you the uploading process is much better now !
Ruth S Harris
I just used the new uploader and want to congratulate you on a great improvement! Thanks for all your work!
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
The changes are excellent and much appreciated, THANK YOU!
Jim Robertson
Fantastic update guys, well done.
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
Thanks, guys! It has made a big difference! I appreciate all your efforts!
Russell Greenwood
Note for all: We’ve now fixed up the filenames that were incorrectly displaying in your Edit screens.
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
Love the change and difference it makes uploading…much quicker. 2 thumbs up on my behalf and a major thanks.
nhungmanga
It’s wonderful ;D
mellis
changes have worked well – keep it up!
RockyWalley
love the changes…especially the speed when uploading work…very impressive…great job.
Terry Everson 21 days ago
Great work it is much better.