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author: samuel-lbryian
title: 'UI & Publishing Tools Upgrade with Reflector'
date: '2016-08-25 00:06:18'
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Content publishers can now use a new feature called Reflector to upload files to LBRY, providing an easier, friendlier, and more permanent publishing experience. This coincides with a beautiful update to our user-interface – a big upgrade to the look and functionality of LBRY’s front-end:

**<p style="text-align: center;">LBRY’s New UI</p>**
![UI Screenshot](/img/news/lbryuiupgrade.png)

LBRY [publishing tools came online](https://lbry.io/news/publish-tools-live-earn-1000-dollars) in the first week of August, but we found a significant number of people still had trouble publishing. Reflector fixes these problems with a more robust form of publishing.

**<p style="text-align: center;">Reflector Publishing Tools</p>**
![Reflector screenshot](/img/news/reflector.png)

Basically, Reflector ensures content is copied by other hosts before the data is ever requested by a user. Since this initial data is not paid for by the recipients, we want to be clear – *Reflector is non-mandatory.* 

This feature is intended as a workaround for network and firewall issues.

If you have further questions, [please join LBRY’s public chat](http://chat.lbry.io/).