Iowatelecom.net

Here are the steps to get started using your Personal Webspace:

1. Create a "Starting page" for your website using any HTML editor. When you save the file, make sure you name it "index.html" or "index.htm".
2. To upload your web page to the Iowa Telecom web server, you will need an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program such as WS_FTP (Windows) or Fetch (Macintosh). Many HTML editors have FTP built in (sometimes referred to as the "Publish" function - refer to your HTML editor's documentation for more information on how to set this up).
3. Once you have selected which FTP program you wish to use, open it and use the following information to set up your Iowa Telecom web server connection:
   1. Connect to (remote host): ftp.iowatelecom.net
   2. The username (or login name) is the same as your dial-up username (the part of your e-mail address before the "@")
4. The password is the same as your e-mail password
5. Once you have typed in this information in, click Connect. Your FTP program will show the contents of your "Home" directory.
6. Select the "index.html" file on your PC and then click the "Upload" button.
7. You should now see "index.html" listed in the "Web" directory.
8. Now, open your web browser and put in the following URL: http://www.iowatelecom.net/~/ ( is the same username you used to login in step 3 above. i.e.: If your username is "its", your URL would be http://www.iowatelecom.net/~its/
9. Click the Enter key and your web page (index.html) will appear!
10. Edit and upload as many web pages as you would like using the same steps. When you are happy with the way your page looks (hit "reload" or "refresh" on your web browser to see your changes after you upload them), you can send your Personal Webspace address (http://www.iowatelecom.net/~/) to your friends, family and colleagues. Congratulations! You've got a website of your own!

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