Please note:
Catskill On Line does not offer technical support for e-bay or similar services. We provide the following information as a guide only and suggest that you print and read all of the following information.

Before you can post images on e-bay:
You must ask to have the 2MB web space that came with your Basic Internet Access Account activated (there is a one-time $5. activation charge). Call the Business office Monday through Friday 9am through 5pm at 1-800-444-9338. Please have your USERNAME and PASSWORD ready.

About your Personal Web Space
With a Basic Internet Access Account ($19.95 per month) Catskill On Line provides you with 2MB of server space for web pages and images. Web Space is not provided with WebTV or our Internet Starter package. If you go over the 2MB limit, you will be sent an e-mail informing you that you have reach your allotted space, please delete any files that you do not need.

If you'd like to purchase additional space call the business office from 9:00am to 5:00pm at 800-444-9338. The cost for additional server space is $5.00 per month for an additional 5MB.

If you reach 4MB of files in your personal web space, you will be unable to upload any additional information or make changes to existing web pages. Once you have delete unneeded files so that you are below the 2MB level; you will again be able to upload files.

Specific instructions for e-bay are posted on the e-bay web site at:
http://pages.ebay.com/aw/phototut-index.html

About Images...
An image needs to be a .gif or .jpg file to be visible on a web site.

If you named your image mom.jpg then uploaded it to your web space, you can view it in your web browser by typing in the following address (in your web browser) and hitting the 'enter' or 'return' key (substitute your real user name for what is in red below):

http://www.catskill.net/yourusername/mom.jpg

If you wanted to ad this image to a listing on e-bay that is the address (URL) you would use. If you get a 404 not found or 403 forbidden error, it means that you have incorrectly typed the address, name of the image or have not uploaded the image to your web space. Remember that all files are case sensitive.
If you named your file/image using capital letters or lower case letters, be sure that you use the exact file name.

To prepare your own photographs for veiwing on a web site you will need to use software.
We have used and like Adobe Photodeluxe .
If you purchased a scanner in the past year, Photodeluxe or similar software probably came with it. (please note that Catskill On Line does not offer support for scanners or Adobe Photodeluxe)

A trial version of the software is available to download from the Adobe web site at: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/photodeluxe/main.html.
We also recommend the book Adobe Photodeluxe for Dummies.
It includes a trial version of the software on CD. You can purchase the book from Amazon.com by clicking here.

 

 

 

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