1) Dial in to ICON as you normally would.

2) Open your FTP program.

3) Opening this program, you will be in the "Site Manager". We are going to want to "Add A Site", that is, set up the instructions that let you access the server and upload your files. You will only need to Add A Site once. After this, every time you need to FTP to your site you will click on the link that you are creating now. a) "Site Label" is for your use. Fill it in so that you will know what to select the next time you want to update your site. Call it whatever you like, but we suggest naming it something simple, such as 'my eBay photos'. b) "Host Address" is "elvis.icontech.com" (without the quotes). c) For "username" and "password", use the ones that we issued with your account. They are the same ones that you use to log on and to check your mail and can be found on the settings sheet that came with your account. d) [optional] It is recommended that you create a new directory on your hard drive for the files that you will work on for your site. When you are in Step #3, you can fill in the path to the new directory under "Initial Local Directory". After that, every time you connect you will automatically be dropped right into that directory. e) Under "Initial Remote Directory", leave it blank. f) Click the button marked "OK".

4) You are now back in the site manager, and there should be a link that contains the words you typed for your site label. Highlight that label, and press the button marked "Connect".

5) You are now connected to our server. One panel of the screen is the directory of the hard drive on your computer, and the other is the directory of the hard drive on our server. To tell which is which, examine them both. The panel that shows your hard drive should have a list of drives and folders similar to what you would see in Windows Explorer. The 'server' panel' contains folders such as 'bin', 'mail' and 'usr' (NEVER touch these folders). To move around in either, use the arrow or folder that should be at the top of the file list to go up one directory level, and double click on a directory to open it.

6) If this is your first time doing this (and we assume it is), the first thing you must do is create a new directory on the server side where your web files will reside. At the top of the screen, under "Commands", select "Make New Dir" (you may also be able to access this by right clicking your mouse), and call that directory "public_html" (without the quotes).

7) In the 'server' panel, double-click the new directory that you just created, called public_html. This is where you will put all files related to your website.

8) In the 'hard drive' panel, move to the directory on your local hard drive where you have stored the files that you wish to upload to your site. Highlight the particular file you wish to upload with the left mouse button, and while holding the button down, drag it to the other side. This file is now uploading to the server. Do this for each file that you wish to upload.

9) You've now uploaded your files. Now, lets look at the naming scheme, so you can give out the address for people to see your files. Let's make some assumptions here: lets assume your username (the first part of your email address) is 'betty314'. And lets also assume that you've uploaded one picture, called 'lamp.jpg'.

10) The address for that picture would be 'http://www.icontech.com/~betty314/lamp.jpg' Let's break it down: http://www.icontech.com/~betty314/lamp.jpg http://www.icontech.com is the address of our server that you uploaded to. /~betty314 We need the slash, because that's how the Internet separates different parts of an address. The tilde (~) means that this is a user area on the server (free with your account, as opposed to a business account). And 'betty314' is your user name. Obviously, your real user name is different, so you should substitute for 'betty314'. /lamp.jpg Again, we need the slash to separate different parts of the address. And we use 'lamp.jpg' because that is the file name of your photo. When you upload, you'll use the real name of your real photo, but hopefully you get the idea by now. So now, you can have your friends and family share your photos. And for you eBay'ers, this should help your auctions take off. Good luck.