Help Test the Upload System Upgrade
Now with progress bars and timers!
Monday, April 2, 2007 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Ever since we launched Dream.WinCustomize.com earlier this year, we've been working on improvements to our upload system to handle large file sizes. In the past, users would just have clicked the submit button, waited and hoped it all worked. There was no display of upload progress, and for users with exceptionally large files to upload, often the browser would timeout. Well, we've made some steps to alleviate those problems. Now, there is an upload script in testing that shows a progress bar indicating how much of the file has been uploaded, the current transfer speed, as well as a time-left and time-elapsed counter. Improved error messages have also been added to help troubleshoot upload issues.
Net Dev is really close to signing off on the new upload script as "done" and have it be the main method people use to upload content, but before that happens, we need a week or two of heavy testing/usage to make sure we catch and iron out all the kinks. That's where you come in.
For the next few weeks, when you find yourself looking to upload something to the galleries, please use this link:
https://www.wincustomize.com/upload2.aspx
Also, post any feedback or issues you may encounter with it to the comments section below.
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Reply #2 Monday, April 2, 2007 4:27 PM
"Your skin has failed to upload. Error code: UploadDetails"
Update: Eventhough I got a message it failed to upload the skin appears 'In Moderation'
Reply #3 Monday, April 2, 2007 5:26 PM
The screenshot file you are attempting to upload is not valid.
The skin file you are attempting to upload is not valid.
When uploading a new skin, your Skin file must also be submitted.
It's all there..
Reply #4 Monday, April 2, 2007 5:37 PM
..it worked seamlessly for a screenshot 
Reply #5 Monday, April 2, 2007 7:12 PM
Reply #6 Monday, April 2, 2007 8:09 PM
Reply #7 Monday, April 2, 2007 8:26 PM
Reply #8 Monday, April 2, 2007 9:53 PM
Reply #9 Monday, April 2, 2007 10:04 PM
)Just tried the same process through the "submit to gallery" on the home page and was told the upload was successful and being processed, and now shows "in moderation".
Reply #10 Tuesday, April 3, 2007 8:41 AM
Maybe errors seem to appear more frequently in Firefox then in IE7
Reply #11 Tuesday, April 3, 2007 10:26 AM
)And in more upload2 look so fine good job!
Reply #12 Tuesday, April 3, 2007 10:51 AM
Just uploaded 3 SS's to my personal page...worked perfectly, the first took 1 min. that last took 3 seconds 
Using the newest FireFox...no errors
It's My Secret
Reply #13 Tuesday, April 3, 2007 2:39 PM
Thanks everyone for testing this. We gained some valuable information.
Life is a Game - We found an issue with the new build of FireFox that is conflicting with our upload code. We will be putting a some changes tomorrow that should take care of that issue.
PurrBall - I noticed that a few of the problems you had were due to the file type that you were trying to upload, but there was also a problem on our end. We fixed the problem on our end, and will be adding more error messages to let people know what went wrong on their end.
Frankief - I was not able to seen anywhere that you uploaded using the new upload page (https://www.wincustomize.com/upload2.aspx), I was only able to see that you uploaded using the old page (upload.aspx). Maybe try again tomorrow afternoon, as the changes we are doing today may take care of the issues that you had.
And thanks again everyone for your patience and your help. We will be publishing our changes tomorrow morning.
Dean
Reply #14 Tuesday, April 3, 2007 3:10 PM
Each time would stop. 6%, 7%, 9% x2, and 14%. I'm on satellite and my TCP Acceleration would drop to 0%. I would then have to reboot my satellite each time.
To see if it was my problem, I uploaded to (my) site and 3 other sites, with no problems.
Then tried here again, same problem. Dead satellite acceleration. It would start out fine and then go dead.
So, had to upload using the old address, which failed the first time, but it finally uploaded.
I uploaded a Master skin on the 1st, but was told that it uploaded as a free skin, even though everything was filled out correctly. The reason I mention this, is because if there is a problem with the regular upload address (accepting none free skins) and I have to use upload2 for my skins, then I have a major problem.
Reply #16 Tuesday, April 3, 2007 8:29 PM
Reply #17 Wednesday, April 4, 2007 7:14 AM
Using the latest Firefox!Reply #18 Wednesday, April 4, 2007 9:55 AM
so far without any problems - worked as advertised
just fine - will report back later with any new ones
Reply #19 Wednesday, April 4, 2007 10:36 AM
Thanks again for everyone's help. We uploaded a new build of the website this morning that should take care of most people's issues so far.
Please keep using this new upload page https://www.wincustomize.com/upload2.aspx so that we can get all of the kinks worked out.
Dean
Reply #20 Wednesday, April 4, 2007 5:21 PM
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Reply #1 Monday, April 2, 2007 4:24 PM
Tried uploading another one 3 times already. Keep getting the following message:
"Your skin has failed to upload. Error code: UploadDetails"
Will keep trying