Update pw-change.html, register.html, submit.html

Some images are no longer used but they still exist here for the time
being. Text is used instead though based on some discussion text might
have to change.

Adjusted alt text of some images a bit.

A more thorough look at the way these updates look must still be done.

next/pw-change.html

@@ -448,25 +448,27 @@ given. Click “Login”.</p>
 you will be required to change your password. Assuming everything is fine, that
 would look something like:</p>
 <p><img src="../png/submit.first-login.png"
- alt="submit server password change required"
+ alt="submit server initial login requires your password to be changed"
  width=710 height=808></p>
 <p>As you can see, on your first login you <strong>MUST</strong> change your password. If you do
 not do this within 72 hours <strong>YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED</strong> and you’ll have to
-register again!</p>
-<p>Put in your login (UUID username), your old (initial) password and a new password.</p>
-<p>Click “Change Password”.</p>
-<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: If enter an improper new password, you will see an error message
-that looks similar to this:</p>
-<p><img src="../png/submit.invalid-passwd.png"
- alt="submit server password change error"
- width=710 height=808></p>
-<p>If that happens, choose a proper new password and try again.</p>
-<p>Once you’ve changed your password you will be able to log in again with your UUID
-username and new password. This is what it will look like when you change your
-password:</p>
-<p><img src="../png/submit.passwd-changed.png"
- alt="submit server password changed"
- width=710 height=344></p>
+register again! In that case, it will say something like this:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>ERROR: Sorry (tm Canada 🇨) you cannot login at this time.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>Assuming you did login in time, you should put in your login (UUID username),
+your old (initial) password and a new password and then click “Change Password”.</p>
+<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: if you have put in your old password, you’ll get the following error:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>ERROR: Password not changed<br>
+ERROR: invalid old password</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>Once you’ve changed your password successfully you will be able to log in again
+with your UUID username and new password. When you have done this it will
+report:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>• Password successfully changed.</p>
+</blockquote>
 <p>When the contest is <a href="../faq.html#open">open</a>, proceed with
 <a href="../quick-start.html#step_5">Step 5: Obtain and compile the latest mkiocccentry toolkit</a>.</p>
 <!--

next/pw-change.md

@@ -31,33 +31,28 @@ you will be required to change your password. Assuming everything is fine, that
 would look something like:
 
 <img src="../png/submit.first-login.png"
- alt="submit server password change required"
+ alt="submit server initial login requires your password to be changed"
  width=710 height=808>
 
 As you can see, on your first login you **MUST** change your password. If you do
 not do this within 72 hours **YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CLOSED** and you'll have to
-register again!
+register again! In that case, it will say something like this:
 
-Put in your login (UUID username), your old (initial) password and a new password.
+> ERROR: Sorry (tm Canada 🇨) you cannot login at this time.
 
-Click "Change Password".
+Assuming you did login in time, you should put in your login (UUID username),
+your old (initial) password and a new password and then click "Change Password".
 
-**NOTE**: If enter an improper new password, you will see an error message
-that looks similar to this:
+**NOTE**: if you have put in your old password, you'll get the following error:
 
-<img src="../png/submit.invalid-passwd.png"
- alt="submit server password change error"
- width=710 height=808>
+> ERROR: Password not changed<br>
+> ERROR: invalid old password
 
-If that happens, choose a proper new password and try again.
+Once you've changed your password successfully you will be able to log in again
+with your UUID username and new password. When you have done this it will
+report:
 
-Once you've changed your password you will be able to log in again with your UUID
-username and new password. This is what it will look like when you change your
-password:
-
-<img src="../png/submit.passwd-changed.png"
- alt="submit server password changed"
- width=710 height=344>
+> • Password successfully changed.
 
 When the contest is [open](../faq.html#open), proceed with
 [Step 5: Obtain and compile the latest mkiocccentry toolkit](../quick-start.html#step_5).

next/register.html

@@ -442,11 +442,11 @@ in order to register for the IOCCC.</p>
 </ul>
 <p><strong>NOTE</strong>: For submissions with multiple authors, only one author needs to subscribe.</p>
 <p><img src="../png/register.0_531x445-signup.png"
- alt="signup for a mailing list"
+ alt="signup for a mailing list screenshot"
  width=531 height=445></p>
 <p>After clicking <strong>((Next &gt;&gt;))</strong>, you will be notified that you will receive an email:</p>
 <p><img src="../png/register.1_633x163-verify.png"
- alt="verify your email notification"
+ alt="verify your email notification screenshot"
  width=633 height=163></p>
 <div id="step_c">
 <h2 id="step-c-open-the-subscription-consent-email-message">Step C: Open the Subscription consent email message</h2>
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ you have tried a few times, <a href="../contact.html">Contact the IOCCC</a> to a
 <code>https://www.freelists.org/v/ioccc28-reg/SOME-RANDOM-STUFF</code>.</p>
 <p>Click on that link. The email might look the below:</p>
 <p><img src="../png/register.2_590x253-verify-email.png"
- alt="Subscription consent email"
+ alt="Subscription consent email screenshot"
  width=590 height=253></p>
 <p><strong>NOTE</strong>: If you prefer to <strong>NOT</strong> click links in email, simply copy that
 URL from your “Subscription consent email” and paste it into your browser.</p>
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ URL from your “Subscription consent email” and paste it into your browser.</
 </div>
 <p>In your browser, for the link referenced in <a href="#step_c">Step C</a>, click the <strong>((Next &gt;&gt;))</strong> button.</p>
 <p><img src="../png/register.3_428x205-confirm.png"
- alt="confirm your email"
+ alt="confirm your email screenshot"
  width=428 height=205></p>
 <div id="step_e">
 <h2 id="step-e-verify-you-have-read-the-mailing-list-polices-and-that-you-consent-to-receiving-emails">Step E: Verify you have read the mailing list polices and that you consent to receiving emails</h2>
@@ -493,11 +493,11 @@ URL from your “Subscription consent email” and paste it into your browser.</
 <p>Once you have done this by clicking the 3 checkboxes, click the <strong>((Next &gt;&gt;))</strong>
 button:</p>
 <p><img src="../png/register.4_657x446-subscribe.png"
- alt="complete subscription"
+ alt="complete subscription screenshot"
  width=657 height=446></p>
 <p>After clicking <strong>((Next &gt;&gt;))</strong>, you will be notified that you will receive an email:</p>
 <p><img src="../png/register.5_487x154-done.png"
- alt="registration is complete"
+ alt="registration is complete screenshot"
  width=487 height=154></p>
 <div id="step_f">
 <h2 id="step-f-read-the-welcome-email">Step F: Read the Welcome email</h2>
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ button:</p>
 <pre><code>    Welcome to &#39;ioccc28-reg&#39;</code></pre>
 <p>Read the “Welcome” email.</p>
 <p><img src="../png/register.6_413x657-welcome.png"
- alt="Welcome email"
+ alt="Welcome email screenshot"
  width=414 height=657></p>
 <p><strong>NOTE</strong>: The “Welcome” email is usually sent by the FreeLists
 List Manager within a minute after clicking the <strong>((Next &gt;&gt;))</strong> button.

next/register.md

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ For details see the "[how the contest status impacts registration](#status_impac
 **NOTE**: For submissions with multiple authors, only one author needs to subscribe.
 
 <img src="../png/register.0_531x445-signup.png"
- alt="signup for a mailing list"
+ alt="signup for a mailing list screenshot"
  width=531 height=445>
 
 After clicking **((Next >>))**, you will be notified that you will receive an email:
 
 <img src="../png/register.1_633x163-verify.png"
- alt="verify your email notification"
+ alt="verify your email notification screenshot"
  width=633 height=163>
 
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Click on that link. The email might look the below:
 
 
 <img src="../png/register.2_590x253-verify-email.png"
- alt="Subscription consent email"
+ alt="Subscription consent email screenshot"
  width=590 height=253>
 
 **NOTE**: If you prefer to **NOT** click links in email, simply copy that
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ URL from your "Subscription consent email" and paste it into your browser.
 In your browser, for the link referenced in [Step C](#step_c), click the **((Next >>))** button.
 
 <img src="../png/register.3_428x205-confirm.png"
- alt="confirm your email"
+ alt="confirm your email screenshot"
  width=428 height=205>
 
 
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ Once you have done this by clicking the 3 checkboxes, click the **((Next >>))**
 button:
 
 <img src="../png/register.4_657x446-subscribe.png"
- alt="complete subscription"
+ alt="complete subscription screenshot"
  width=657 height=446>
 
 After clicking **((Next >>))**, you will be notified that you will receive an email:
 
 <img src="../png/register.5_487x154-done.png"
- alt="registration is complete"
+ alt="registration is complete screenshot"
  width=487 height=154>
 
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ You should receive an automated Welcome message from the FreeLists List Manager
 Read the "Welcome" email.
 
 <img src="../png/register.6_413x657-welcome.png"
- alt="Welcome email"
+ alt="Welcome email screenshot"
  width=414 height=657>
 
 **NOTE**: The "Welcome" email is usually sent by the FreeLists

next/submit.html

@@ -436,12 +436,16 @@ might be offline and unreachable as a website.</p>
 in your browser. Fill in your login credentials and click “Login”.
 It might look something like:</p>
 <p><img src="../png/submit.login.png"
- alt="submit server login page"
+ alt="submit server login page screenshot"
  width=710 height=344></p>
-<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: if the contest is NOT open you will see something like this instead:
-<img src="../png/submit.contest-closed.png"
- alt="submit server contest closed"
- width=710 height=806></p>
+<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: if the contest is NOT open you will see something like this instead:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>The contest is NOT yet open for submissions.<br>
+Sorry (tm Canada 🇨), the IOCCC is not yet open.<br>
+The IOCCC is scheduled to open at 2025-03-05 23:19:17.131107 UTC.<br></p>
+<p>Message(s):<br>
+The IOCCC is not yet open for submissions.</p>
+</blockquote>
 <p>Assuming it is open, and if you’ve not logged in before, you’ll have to change
 your password first. See the file <a href="pw-change.html">pw-change.html</a> for more
 details. After that you will have to log back in.</p>
@@ -450,44 +454,75 @@ submission so if you update a submission, make sure you choose the right one so
 you do not replace the wrong one!</p>
 <p>Here is what it looks like without any uploads and no slot selected:</p>
 <p><img src="../png/submit.slots.png"
- alt="submit server slots"
- width=710 height=806></p>
+ alt="submit server submission slots list to select from with no slot selected
+ screenshot" width=710 height=806></p>
 <p>Select a slot and then select a file by clicking the button “Choose File”. After
 doing this, it should look something like:</p>
 <p><img src="../png/submit.slot-file.png"
- alt="submit server slot and file selected"
+ alt="submit server submission slot selected with a file chosen to be uploaded screenshot"
  width=717 height=865></p>
 <p>If you need to change the file to upload, you can mouseover the file and click
-it. If you wait a moment it’ll show the current filename. It will look something
-like this:</p>
-<p><img src="../png/submit.change-file.png"
- alt="submit server change file"
- width=717 height=865></p>
+it. If you wait a moment it’ll show the current filename.</p>
 <p>Once you’re certain you have selected the correct file, click “Submit”, below
 the file selection step.</p>
-<p>When it’s uploaded it should look something like this:</p>
-<p><img src="../png/submit.submission-uploaded.png"
- alt="submit server submission uploaded"
- width=717 height=525></p>
-<p>Here you see the details, in particular:</p>
+<p>When it’s uploaded it should say something like:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>• Uploaded file: submit.9971ada4-b6ae-427d-a7ec-e67a30362cdb-0.1740838915.txz</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>And in the slot it will give you important details like:</p>
 <ul>
-<li>the status of the submission</li>
+<li>the status of the submission (on upload it will say: <code>"uploaded file into slot"</code>).</li>
 <li>the filename, which will be in the correct format, assuming you used
 <code>mkiocccentry(1)</code> which is <strong>HIGHLY</strong> recommended so that you do not break <a href="rules.html#rule17">Rule
 17</a>!</li>
 <li>the file length, which <code>txzchk(1)</code> will also verify (the file itself and the
-tarball listing)</li>
-<li>the upload date</li>
-<li>the SHA256 hash of the file</li>
+tarball listing).</li>
+<li>the upload date.</li>
+<li>the SHA256 hash of the file.</li>
 </ul>
 <p>Now if you’re done, log out.</p>
+<p>If, on the other hand,, you upload a file that is too big you will see something
+like:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>The file size of N exceeds the maximum size of 3999971.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>And if you try uploading an empty file you’ll instead see:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>The must not be empty.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>And if you see something like:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>Filename for slot: 0 must match this regular expression: <code>^submit.dd3d30c2-d8d0-4506-adcd-d4e029147f39-0\.[1-9][0-9] {9,}\.txz$</code></p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>where <code>0</code> is the slot and <code>dd3d30c2-d8d0-4506-adcd-d4e029147f39-01</code> is the UUID
+then you <strong>MUST</strong> upload a properly named XZ compressed tarball, <strong>MAKING SURE</strong> you
+package it with <code>mkiocccentry</code>!</p>
+<p>If later on you log in and see something like:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>Status: server slot error code: 1! Use mkiocccentry to rebuild and resubmit to
+this slot.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>or:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>Status: submit file failed the txzchk test! Use mkiocccentry to rebuild and resubmit to this slot.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>… or <strong>ANY</strong> other error then you <strong>MUST FIX</strong> your submission, repackage your
+tarball with <code>mkiocccentry</code> and upload to the same slot again! If you do not fix
+this your submission <strong>WILL</strong> be rejected for violating <a href="rules.html#rule17">Rule
+17</a>!</p>
 <p>After the submission deadline is reached, you can log in to check the status of
-your submissions. Here is what it will look like when the judges have verified
+your submissions. This is what it will say when the judges have verified
 that your tarball / submission has been validated (NOT judged), by <code>txzchk(1)</code>
 and <code>chkentry(1)</code>:</p>
-<p><img src="../png/submit.status-updated.png"
- alt="submit server status updated"
- width=717 height=217></p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>Status: the format of this submission has been validated.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p><strong>IMPORTANT</strong>: this does <strong>NOT</strong> mean that your submission does not violate the
+rules or that everything is OK once the tarball is extracted; it simply means
+the tests performed by the tools passed. If you find a flaw in the tool and
+abuse it and the tests pass then you stand a significant chance of having your
+submission rejected for violating <a href="rules.html#rule17">Rule 17</a>, even if the
+tests passed.</p>
 <p>For details on <code>txzchk</code>, see the
 FAQ on “<a href="../faq.html#txzchk">txzchk</a>”.</p>
 <p>For details on <code>chkentry</code>, see the

next/submit.md

@@ -14,13 +14,17 @@ in your browser. Fill in your login credentials and click "Login".
 It might look something like:
 
 <img src="../png/submit.login.png"
- alt="submit server login page"
+ alt="submit server login page screenshot"
  width=710 height=344>
 
 **NOTE**: if the contest is NOT open you will see something like this instead:
-<img src="../png/submit.contest-closed.png"
- alt="submit server contest closed"
- width=710 height=806>
+
+> The contest is NOT yet open for submissions.<br>
+> Sorry (tm Canada 🇨), the IOCCC is not yet open.<br>
+> The IOCCC is scheduled to open at 2025-03-05 23:19:17.131107 UTC.<br>
+>
+> Message(s):<br>
+> The IOCCC is not yet open for submissions.
 
 Assuming it is open, and if you've not logged in before, you'll have to change
 your password first. See the file [pw-change.html](pw-change.html) for more
@@ -33,54 +37,85 @@ you do not replace the wrong one!
 Here is what it looks like without any uploads and no slot selected:
 
 <img src="../png/submit.slots.png"
- alt="submit server slots"
- width=710 height=806>
+ alt="submit server submission slots list to select from with no slot selected
+ screenshot" width=710 height=806>
 
 Select a slot and then select a file by clicking the button "Choose File". After
 doing this, it should look something like:
 
 <img src="../png/submit.slot-file.png"
- alt="submit server slot and file selected"
+ alt="submit server submission slot selected with a file chosen to be uploaded screenshot"
  width=717 height=865>
 
 If you need to change the file to upload, you can mouseover the file and click
-it. If you wait a moment it'll show the current filename. It will look something
-like this:
-
-<img src="../png/submit.change-file.png"
- alt="submit server change file"
- width=717 height=865>
+it. If you wait a moment it'll show the current filename.
 
 Once you're certain you have selected the correct file, click "Submit", below
 the file selection step.
 
-When it's uploaded it should look something like this:
+When it's uploaded it should say something like:
 
-<img src="../png/submit.submission-uploaded.png"
- alt="submit server submission uploaded"
- width=717 height=525>
+> • Uploaded file: submit.9971ada4-b6ae-427d-a7ec-e67a30362cdb-0.1740838915.txz
 
-Here you see the details, in particular:
+And in the slot it will give you important details like:
 
-- the status of the submission
+- the status of the submission (on upload it will say: `"uploaded file into
+slot"`).
 - the filename, which will be in the correct format, assuming you used
 `mkiocccentry(1)` which is **HIGHLY** recommended so that you do not break [Rule
 17](rules.html#rule17)!
 - the file length, which `txzchk(1)` will also verify (the file itself and the
-tarball listing)
-- the upload date
-- the SHA256 hash of the file
+tarball listing).
+- the upload date.
+- the SHA256 hash of the file.
 
 Now if you're done, log out.
 
+If, on the other hand,, you upload a file that is too big you will see something
+like:
+
+> The file size of N exceeds the maximum size of 3999971.
+
+And if you try uploading an empty file you'll instead see:
+
+> The must not be empty.
+
+And if you see something like:
+
+> Filename for slot: 0 must match this regular expression: `^submit.dd3d30c2-d8d0-4506-adcd-d4e029147f39-0\.[1-9][0-9]
+{9,}\.txz$`
+
+where `0` is the slot and `dd3d30c2-d8d0-4506-adcd-d4e029147f39-01` is the UUID
+then you **MUST** upload a properly named XZ compressed tarball, **MAKING SURE** you
+package it with `mkiocccentry`!
+
+If later on you log in and see something like:
+
+> Status: server slot error code: 1! Use mkiocccentry to rebuild and resubmit to
+this slot.
+
+or:
+
+> Status: submit file failed the txzchk test! Use mkiocccentry to rebuild and resubmit to this slot.
+
+... or **ANY** other error then you **MUST FIX** your submission, repackage your
+tarball with `mkiocccentry` and upload to the same slot again! If you do not fix
+this your submission **WILL** be rejected for violating [Rule
+17](rules.html#rule17)!
+
 After the submission deadline is reached, you can log in to check the status of
-your submissions. Here is what it will look like when the judges have verified
+your submissions. This is what it will say when the judges have verified
 that your tarball / submission has been validated (NOT judged), by `txzchk(1)`
 and `chkentry(1)`:
 
-<img src="../png/submit.status-updated.png"
- alt="submit server status updated"
- width=717 height=217>
+> Status: the format of this submission has been validated.
+
+**IMPORTANT**: this does **NOT** mean that your submission does not violate the
+rules or that everything is OK once the tarball is extracted; it simply means
+the tests performed by the tools passed. If you find a flaw in the tool and
+abuse it and the tests pass then you stand a significant chance of having your
+submission rejected for violating [Rule 17](rules.html#rule17), even if the
+tests passed.
 
 For details on `txzchk`, see the
 FAQ on "[txzchk](../faq.html#txzchk)".