diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/harvester/testfile.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/harvester/testfile.ftl
index b093b8ef..b91e7dc4 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/harvester/testfile.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/harvester/testfile.ftl
@@ -50,6 +50,33 @@
 		toggleCollapsibleDiv("csvHelp-collapsible");
 	}
 
+	function fileResponse()
+	{
+		var response = frames["uploadTarget"].document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].innerHTML;
+		var json = eval("(" + response + ")");
+		
+		var fileListing = document.getElementById("fileListing")
+		var newLi = document.createElement("li");
+		
+		if(json.success)
+			newLi.innerHTML = json.fileName + " <span style=\"color:green\">" + json.errorMessage + "</span>";
+		else
+			newLi.innerHTML = json.fileName + " <span style=\"color:red\">" + json.errorMessage + "</span>";
+		fileListing.appendChild(newLi);
+		
+		//document.getElementById("responseArea").innerHTML = response;
+	}
+
+
+	function init()
+	{
+		document.getElementById("fileUploadForm").onsubmit = function()
+		{
+			document.getElementById("fileUploadForm").target = "uploadTarget";
+			document.getElementById("uploadTarget").onload = fileResponse;
+		}
+	}
+	window.onload = init;
 </script>
 
 
@@ -75,6 +102,10 @@
 </style>
 
 
+<div id="responseArea">
+	<ul id="fileListing">
+	</ul>
+</div>
 
 <div id="step1" class="testfile-step">
 	<h3 class="testfile-step-header">Step 1</h3>
@@ -105,8 +136,11 @@
 	<div id="step3-inner" class="testfile-step-body">
 		<h4 class="testfile-step-subheader">Upload file(s)</h4>
 		<p>Upload your filled-in template(s).</p>
-		<input type="file" />
-		<input type="button" value="Upload" />
+		<form id="fileUploadForm" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="/vivo/harvester/testfile">
+			<input type="file" name="csvFile" />
+			<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Upload" />
+			<iframe id="uploadTarget" name="uploadTarget" src="" style="width:0;height:0;border:0px solid #fff;">${testvalue!}</iframe>
+		</form>
 		<h5>Uploaded files</h5>
 		<ul>
 			<li>file1.csv <span style="color:green">success</span></li>
@@ -408,3 +442,4 @@ echo $HARVESTER_TASK ' completed successfully'
 	<div class="clearBothDiv" />
 </div>
 
+
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/harvester/TestFileController.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/harvester/TestFileController.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c3838f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/harvester/TestFileController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.harvester; 
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.fileupload.FileItem;
+import org.apache.commons.fileupload.servlet.ServletFileUpload;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModelSpec;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.ModelFactory;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.ModelMaker;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.shared.JenaException;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.shared.Lock;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.beans.LoginStatusBean;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Portal;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.Controllers;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.FreemarkerHttpServlet;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.TemplateProcessingHelper.TemplateProcessingException;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.ExceptionResponseValues;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.ResponseValues;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.TemplateResponseValues;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactory;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena.JenaModelUtils;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena.event.EditEvent;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.filestorage.uploadrequest.FileUploadServletRequest;
+import freemarker.template.Configuration;
+
+public class TestFileController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(TestFileController.class);
+    private static final String TEMPLATE_DEFAULT = "testfile.ftl";
+
+    @Override
+    protected ResponseValues processRequest(VitroRequest vreq) {
+        try {
+            Map<String, Object> body = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+            //body.put("uploadPostback", "false");
+            body.put("processRequestTest", "hi.");
+            return new TemplateResponseValues(TEMPLATE_DEFAULT, body);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            log.error(e, e);
+            return new ExceptionResponseValues(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getTitle(String siteName, VitroRequest vreq) {
+        return "VIVO Harvester Test";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+            throws IOException, ServletException {
+
+        if(1 == 1)
+        {
+            //Map<String, Object> body = new HashMap<String, Object>();
+            //body.put("uploadPostback", "true");
+            //body.put("testvalue", "hello!");
+            //ResponseValues responseValues = new TemplateResponseValues(TEMPLATE_DEFAULT, body);
+            //ResponseValues responseValues = new Re
+
+            //response.getWriter().write("hello!");
+
+            //try {doResponse(new VitroRequest(request), response, responseValues);} catch(Exception e) {log.error(e, e);}
+            //return;
+        }
+
+        int maxFileSize = 1024 * 1024;
+
+        FileUploadServletRequest req = FileUploadServletRequest.parseRequest(request, maxFileSize);
+        if(req.hasFileUploadException()) {
+            //todo: complete
+        }
+
+        Map<String, List<FileItem>> fileStreams = req.getFiles();
+
+        VitroRequest vreq = new VitroRequest(req);       
+        //if (!checkLoginStatus(request,response) ){
+            //todo: complete
+        //}
+
+        //LoginStatusBean loginBean = LoginStatusBean.getBean(vreq);
+
+        //try {
+        //    super.doGet(vreq,response);
+        //} catch (Exception e) {
+            //todo: complete
+        //}
+
+        JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
+
+        String path = "/home/mbarbieri/tempfileupload/"; //todo: complete
+        if(fileStreams.get("csvFile") != null && fileStreams.get("csvFile").size() > 0) {
+            FileItem csvStream = fileStreams.get("csvFile").get(0);
+            String name = csvStream.getName();
+            File file = new File(path + name);
+            //FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file);
+            try {
+                /*
+                InputStream inputStream = csvStream.getInputStream();
+
+                for(int nextByte = inputStream.read(); nextByte != -1; nextByte = inputStream.read())
+                {
+                    writer.write(nextByte);
+                }
+                */
+                csvStream.write(file);
+            } catch (Exception e) {                               
+                //todo: handle
+            } finally {           
+                csvStream.delete();
+            }
+
+            String errorMessage = validateCsvFile(file);
+            boolean success;
+            if(errorMessage != null) {
+                success = false;
+                //todo: handle
+            } else {
+                success = true;
+                errorMessage = "success";
+            }
+
+
+            try {
+                //todo: complete
+                json.put("success", success);
+                json.put("fileName", name);
+                json.put("errorMessage", errorMessage);
+            }
+            catch(JSONException e) {
+                //todo: handle
+            }
+
+        } else {
+            try {
+                json.put("success", false);
+                json.put("errorMessage", "No file uploaded");
+            } catch(JSONException e) {
+                //todo: handle
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        response.getWriter().write(json.toString());
+
+        /*
+         * Ajax request: filename, data
+         * Process: validate
+         * Ajax response: success or error message
+         * 
+         */
+    }
+
+    private String validateCsvFile(File file)
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}