diff --git a/service/pages.js b/service/pages.js
index 0e59930..5e2bab4 100644
--- a/service/pages.js
+++ b/service/pages.js
@@ -334,6 +334,60 @@ export function submit() {
       'Upload an app to Prometheus. We scan it, generate the manifest, you sign with your BNS key and the listing goes live.',
     here: '/submit',
     body: `
+<style>
+  /* Collapsible step cards for the submit wizard. The step indicator and
+     the step content are the same DOM — a step's "head" (number + title +
+     state chip) is always visible; the "body" (form, result, etc.) only
+     shows when the step is current. */
+  .wiz-step{
+    border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:14px;background:var(--panel);
+    margin:0 0 14px;overflow:hidden;transition:border-color .15s;
+  }
+  .wiz-step[data-state="current"]{border-color:rgba(214,255,61,.35)}
+  .wiz-step[data-state="pending"]{opacity:.55}
+  .wiz-head{
+    display:flex;align-items:center;gap:14px;padding:16px 20px;cursor:pointer;
+    user-select:none;background:transparent;border:0;color:inherit;
+    font:inherit;text-align:left;width:100%;
+  }
+  .wiz-step[data-state="pending"] .wiz-head{cursor:not-allowed}
+  .wiz-num{
+    width:28px;height:28px;border-radius:50%;
+    background:rgba(214,255,61,.14);color:var(--acid);
+    display:grid;place-items:center;font-weight:700;font-size:14px;flex-shrink:0;
+  }
+  .wiz-step[data-state="complete"] .wiz-num{
+    background:var(--acid);color:#0b0e14;
+  }
+  .wiz-title{font-size:15px;font-weight:600;color:var(--ink)}
+  .wiz-sub{color:var(--mut);font-size:13.5px;margin-left:4px}
+  .wiz-chip{
+    margin-left:auto;font-size:11.5px;padding:3px 10px;border-radius:999px;
+    text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.04em;
+  }
+  .wiz-state-complete{background:rgba(79,209,165,.14);color:var(--srv)}
+  .wiz-state-current{background:rgba(214,255,61,.14);color:var(--acid)}
+  .wiz-state-pending{background:rgba(139,152,169,.14);color:var(--mut)}
+  .wiz-body{padding:0 20px 22px;display:none}
+  .wiz-step[data-state="current"] .wiz-body{display:block}
+
+  /* Drag-and-drop upload zone */
+  .drop-zone{
+    display:block;padding:46px 24px;border:2px dashed var(--line);
+    border-radius:14px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;background:var(--panel2);
+    transition:border-color .18s ease, background .18s ease, transform .18s ease;
+  }
+  .drop-zone:hover,.drop-zone.dragover{
+    border-color:var(--acid);background:rgba(214,255,61,.05);
+  }
+  .drop-zone.dragover{transform:scale(1.01)}
+  .drop-zone .drop-icon{font-size:34px;line-height:1;margin-bottom:.6rem}
+  .drop-zone .drop-main{color:var(--ink);font-size:15px}
+  .drop-zone .drop-link{color:var(--acid);text-decoration:underline}
+  .drop-zone .drop-small{color:var(--dim);font-size:12.5px;margin-top:.5rem;display:block}
+  .drop-zone input[type=file]{display:none}
+</style>
+
 <header class="hero compact">
   <h1>Submit an app</h1>
   <p class="tag">Upload → fill manifest → sign with your wallet → publish.
@@ -342,50 +396,56 @@ export function submit() {
 
 <div class="wrap">
 
-<!-- Progress indicator -->
-<section class="plain">
-  <ol class="steps" id="step-indicator" style="margin:0 0 2rem">
-    <li data-step="1"><b>Upload</b> <span id="s1-sub">the binary (up to 2 GiB — free below 100 MiB)</span></li>
-    <li data-step="2"><b>Describe</b> <span id="s2-sub">name, publisher name, category, description</span></li>
-    <li data-step="3"><b>Sign</b> <span id="s3-sub">with the BCH key for your publisher BNS name</span></li>
-    <li data-step="4"><b>Publish</b> <span id="s4-sub">POST to the directory</span></li>
-  </ol>
-</section>
-
 <!-- =============== STEP 1: upload =============== -->
-<section id="step1">
-  <h2>1 · Upload the binary</h2>
-  <p class="lede">The server scans with ClamAV + VirusTotal (where configured),
-    computes the SHA-256, and attaches a signed scan report to your listing.
-    Only clean uploads can proceed.</p>
+<article class="wiz-step" data-step="1" data-state="current" id="step1">
+  <button class="wiz-head" type="button" data-jump="1">
+    <span class="wiz-num">1</span>
+    <span class="wiz-title">Upload</span>
+    <span class="wiz-sub" id="s1-sub">the binary (up to 2 GiB — free below 100 MiB)</span>
+    <span class="wiz-chip wiz-state-current" id="s1-chip">current</span>
+  </button>
+  <div class="wiz-body">
+    <p class="lede">Drop a binary below, or pick a file. The server scans with
+      ClamAV + VirusTotal (where configured), computes the SHA-256, and
+      attaches a signed scan report to your listing. Only clean uploads can
+      proceed.</p>
 
-  <form id="upload-form" style="display:grid;gap:12px;max-width:560px;margin-top:1rem">
-    <input type="file" name="file" required
-      style="padding:12px;background:var(--panel);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:10px;color:var(--ink)">
-    <button class="btn acid" type="submit">Upload &amp; scan</button>
-    <div id="upload-status" style="color:var(--mut);font-size:14px;min-height:1.4em"></div>
-  </form>
+    <label class="drop-zone" id="drop-zone">
+      <input type="file" name="file" id="file-input">
+      <div class="drop-icon">📁</div>
+      <div class="drop-main"><b>Drop a file here</b>, or <span class="drop-link">pick one</span></div>
+      <small class="drop-small">Any format. 2 GiB cap. Free below 100 MiB, then $1 per 100 MiB.</small>
+    </label>
 
-  <div id="upload-result" class="card" style="display:none;margin-top:1.2rem">
-    <h3 style="margin:0 0 .4rem">Upload accepted</h3>
-    <p style="margin:0;color:var(--mut);font-size:13.5px">
-      <b style="color:var(--ink)" id="u-name"></b> ·
-      <span id="u-size"></span> ·
-      <code class="inline" id="u-hash"></code>
-    </p>
-    <p style="margin:.5rem 0 0" id="u-scan"></p>
-    <p style="margin:.5rem 0 0" id="u-price"></p>
-    <button class="btn acid" type="button" id="to-step2" style="margin-top:1rem">Continue → describe your listing</button>
+    <div id="upload-status" style="color:var(--mut);font-size:14px;min-height:1.4em;margin-top:1rem"></div>
+
+    <div id="upload-result" class="card" style="display:none;margin-top:1rem">
+      <h3 style="margin:0 0 .4rem">Upload accepted</h3>
+      <p style="margin:0;color:var(--mut);font-size:13.5px">
+        <b style="color:var(--ink)" id="u-name"></b> ·
+        <span id="u-size"></span> ·
+        <code class="inline" id="u-hash"></code>
+      </p>
+      <p style="margin:.5rem 0 0" id="u-scan"></p>
+      <p style="margin:.5rem 0 0" id="u-price"></p>
+      <button class="btn acid" type="button" id="to-step2" style="margin-top:1rem">Continue → describe your listing</button>
+    </div>
   </div>
-</section>
+</article>
 
 <!-- =============== STEP 2: describe =============== -->
-<section id="step2" style="display:none">
-  <h2>2 · Describe your listing</h2>
-  <p class="lede">Every field is signed in step 3, so take a minute — editing
-    the signed payload is a new signature, not a quick fix.</p>
+<article class="wiz-step" data-step="2" data-state="pending" id="step2">
+  <button class="wiz-head" type="button" data-jump="2">
+    <span class="wiz-num">2</span>
+    <span class="wiz-title">Describe</span>
+    <span class="wiz-sub" id="s2-sub">name, publisher name, category, description</span>
+    <span class="wiz-chip wiz-state-pending" id="s2-chip">pending</span>
+  </button>
+  <div class="wiz-body">
+    <p class="lede">Every field is signed in step 3, so take a minute — editing
+      the signed payload is a new signature, not a quick fix.</p>
 
-  <form id="manifest-form" style="display:grid;gap:14px;max-width:620px;margin-top:1rem">
+    <form id="manifest-form" style="display:grid;gap:14px;max-width:620px;margin-top:1rem">
     <label>Publisher BNS name
       <input name="publisher" required placeholder="example.x"
         pattern="^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{0,62}\\.[a-z0-9]{1,20}$"
@@ -452,62 +512,76 @@ export function submit() {
       <small style="color:var(--dim)">Shown at 80 px on the listing detail. Fallback: your category's icon.</small>
     </label>
 
-    <div style="display:flex;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-top:.6rem">
-      <button class="btn ghost" type="button" id="back-to-1">← Back to upload</button>
-      <button class="btn acid" type="submit">Continue → sign</button>
-    </div>
-  </form>
-</section>
+      <div style="display:flex;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-top:.6rem">
+        <button class="btn ghost" type="button" id="back-to-1">← Back to upload</button>
+        <button class="btn acid" type="submit">Continue → sign</button>
+      </div>
+    </form>
+  </div>
+</article>
 
 <!-- =============== STEP 3: sign =============== -->
-<section id="step3" style="display:none">
-  <h2>3 · Sign with your BNS key</h2>
-  <p class="lede">The message below carries every field from step 2 in canonical
-    form. Sign it with the BCH key for the address that owns
-    <b style="color:var(--ink)" id="sign-publisher">your name</b> on chipnet.
-    Any BIP-137 wallet works (Electron Cash, Deviant, Cashonize, Theseus's Aegis).</p>
+<article class="wiz-step" data-step="3" data-state="pending" id="step3">
+  <button class="wiz-head" type="button" data-jump="3">
+    <span class="wiz-num">3</span>
+    <span class="wiz-title">Sign</span>
+    <span class="wiz-sub" id="s3-sub">with the BCH key for your publisher BNS name</span>
+    <span class="wiz-chip wiz-state-pending" id="s3-chip">pending</span>
+  </button>
+  <div class="wiz-body">
+    <p class="lede">The message below carries every field from step 2 in canonical
+      form. Sign it with the BCH key for the address that owns
+      <b style="color:var(--ink)" id="sign-publisher">your name</b> on chipnet.
+      Any BIP-137 wallet works (Electron Cash, Deviant, Cashonize, Theseus's Aegis).</p>
 
-  <h3 style="margin-top:1.4rem">Message to sign</h3>
-  <pre id="sign-message" style="max-height:260px;overflow:auto;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-all;font-size:12px"></pre>
+    <h3 style="margin-top:1.4rem">Message to sign</h3>
+    <pre id="sign-message" style="max-height:260px;overflow:auto;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-all;font-size:12px"></pre>
 
-  <div id="theseus-sign" style="display:none;margin-top:1.2rem;padding:14px 18px;background:var(--panel);border:1px solid var(--line);border-left:3px solid var(--acid);border-radius:10px">
-    <b style="color:var(--ink)">Theseus wallet detected.</b>
-    <p style="margin:.3rem 0;color:var(--mut);font-size:14px">Aegis is injected on this page. Sign without pasting.</p>
-    <button class="btn acid" type="button" id="theseus-sign-btn">Sign with Theseus wallet</button>
+    <div id="theseus-sign" style="display:none;margin-top:1.2rem;padding:14px 18px;background:var(--panel2);border:1px solid var(--line);border-left:3px solid var(--acid);border-radius:10px">
+      <b style="color:var(--ink)">Theseus wallet detected.</b>
+      <p style="margin:.3rem 0;color:var(--mut);font-size:14px">Aegis is injected on this page. Sign without pasting.</p>
+      <button class="btn acid" type="button" id="theseus-sign-btn">Sign with Theseus wallet</button>
+    </div>
+
+    <div style="margin-top:1.2rem">
+      <h3 style="margin:0 0 .3rem">Or paste a BIP-137 signature</h3>
+      <p style="color:var(--mut);font-size:13.5px;margin:0 0 .5rem">Base64, 88 characters. From any wallet's "sign message" dialog.</p>
+      <textarea id="sig-paste" rows="3"
+        style="width:100%;padding:10px;background:var(--panel2);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:8px;color:var(--ink);font-family:ui-monospace,monospace;font-size:12px;resize:vertical"
+        placeholder="H1234abcd…"></textarea>
+    </div>
+
+    <div id="sign-status" style="color:var(--mut);font-size:14px;min-height:1.4em;margin-top:.8rem"></div>
+
+    <div style="display:flex;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-top:1rem">
+      <button class="btn ghost" type="button" id="back-to-2">← Back to details</button>
+      <button class="btn acid" type="button" id="to-step4" disabled>Continue → publish</button>
+    </div>
   </div>
-
-  <div style="margin-top:1.2rem">
-    <h3 style="margin:0 0 .3rem">Or paste a BIP-137 signature</h3>
-    <p style="color:var(--mut);font-size:13.5px;margin:0 0 .5rem">Base64, 88 characters. From any wallet's "sign message" dialog.</p>
-    <textarea id="sig-paste" rows="3"
-      style="width:100%;padding:10px;background:var(--panel);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:8px;color:var(--ink);font-family:ui-monospace,monospace;font-size:12px;resize:vertical"
-      placeholder="H1234abcd…"></textarea>
-  </div>
-
-  <div id="sign-status" style="color:var(--mut);font-size:14px;min-height:1.4em;margin-top:.8rem"></div>
-
-  <div style="display:flex;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-top:1rem">
-    <button class="btn ghost" type="button" id="back-to-2">← Back to details</button>
-    <button class="btn acid" type="button" id="to-step4" disabled>Continue → publish</button>
-  </div>
-</section>
+</article>
 
 <!-- =============== STEP 4: publish =============== -->
-<section id="step4" style="display:none">
-  <h2>4 · Publish</h2>
-  <p class="lede">POSTs the signed listing to <code class="inline">/api/listing</code>.
-    The server re-verifies the signature against the on-chain owner of your BNS
-    name and stores the row. The listing is live on browse the moment the POST
-    returns 201.</p>
+<article class="wiz-step" data-step="4" data-state="pending" id="step4">
+  <button class="wiz-head" type="button" data-jump="4">
+    <span class="wiz-num">4</span>
+    <span class="wiz-title">Publish</span>
+    <span class="wiz-sub" id="s4-sub">POST to the directory</span>
+    <span class="wiz-chip wiz-state-pending" id="s4-chip">pending</span>
+  </button>
+  <div class="wiz-body">
+    <p class="lede">POSTs the signed listing to <code class="inline">/api/listing</code>.
+      The server re-verifies the signature against the on-chain owner of your BNS
+      name and stores the row. The listing is live on browse the moment the POST
+      returns 201.</p>
 
-  <div style="display:flex;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-top:1rem">
-    <button class="btn ghost" type="button" id="back-to-3">← Back to sign</button>
-    <button class="btn acid" type="button" id="publish-btn">Publish now</button>
+      <button class="btn ghost" type="button" id="back-to-3">← Back to sign</button>
+      <button class="btn acid" type="button" id="publish-btn">Publish now</button>
+    </div>
+
+    <div id="publish-status" style="color:var(--mut);font-size:14px;min-height:1.4em;margin-top:1rem"></div>
+    <div id="publish-result" style="margin-top:1rem"></div>
   </div>
-
-  <div id="publish-status" style="color:var(--mut);font-size:14px;min-height:1.4em;margin-top:1rem"></div>
-  <div id="publish-result" style="margin-top:1rem"></div>
-</section>
+</article>
 
 <script>
 (() => {
@@ -518,18 +592,67 @@ export function submit() {
     manifest: null,  // from the form in step 2
     message: null,   // canonical message string in step 3
     signature: null, // base64 BIP-137
+    priceUsd: null,  // size-tiered fee computed in step 1
   };
 
   const $ = (id) => document.getElementById(id);
-  function show(step) {
-    for (const n of [1,2,3,4]) $('step'+n).style.display = n === step ? '' : 'none';
-    // Progress indicator highlights the current step.
-    document.querySelectorAll('#step-indicator li').forEach((li) => {
-      const s = Number(li.dataset.step);
-      li.style.opacity = s === step ? '1' : s < step ? '.5' : '.3';
-    });
-    window.scrollTo({top:0, behavior:'smooth'});
+  const SUBS = {
+    1: 'the binary (up to 2 GiB — free below 100 MiB)',
+    2: 'name, publisher name, category, description',
+    3: 'with the BCH key for your publisher BNS name',
+    4: 'POST to the directory',
+  };
+
+  // A step is reachable only if every earlier step is complete OR it's the
+  // current one — stops a publisher from clicking "Publish" before they have
+  // signed anything, and leaves "come back and edit step 2" available.
+  function canReach(n) {
+    for (let i = 1; i < n; i++) {
+      const el = $('step' + i);
+      if (el.dataset.state !== 'complete' && el.dataset.state !== 'current') return false;
+    }
+    return true;
   }
+
+  function setState(n, state) {
+    const el = $('step' + n);
+    el.dataset.state = state;
+    const chip = $('s' + n + '-chip');
+    chip.textContent = state;
+    chip.className = 'wiz-chip wiz-state-' + state;
+  }
+
+  function show(step) {
+    for (const n of [1,2,3,4]) {
+      const el = $('step' + n);
+      const s = el.dataset.state;
+      if (n === step) setState(n, 'current');
+      else if (s === 'current') setState(n, canReach(n) && hasStepData(n) ? 'complete' : 'pending');
+    }
+    // Scroll the active step card into view, not the top of the page.
+    $('step' + step).scrollIntoView({behavior:'smooth', block:'start'});
+  }
+
+  // "Does the state have what step N would have produced?" — used when
+  // leaving a step to decide if it should be marked complete or back to
+  // pending (e.g., clicking back to step 2 before editing is still complete).
+  function hasStepData(n) {
+    if (n === 1) return !!W.upload;
+    if (n === 2) return !!W.manifest;
+    if (n === 3) return !!W.signature;
+    if (n === 4) return false; // publish never "completes" in-session
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Clickable headers — jump to any reachable step.
+  document.querySelectorAll('[data-jump]').forEach((btn) => {
+    btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
+      const n = Number(btn.dataset.jump);
+      if (!canReach(n)) return;
+      show(n);
+    });
+  });
+
   show(1);
 
   function fmtBytes(n) {
@@ -549,14 +672,32 @@ export function submit() {
     return '{' + k.map((key) => JSON.stringify(key) + ':' + canonicalJson(v[key])).join(',') + '}';
   }
 
-  // ===== STEP 1: upload =====
-  $('upload-form').addEventListener('submit', async (ev) => {
+  // ===== STEP 1: upload (drag-drop zone + file picker) =====
+  const dz = $('drop-zone');
+  const fi = $('file-input');
+  dz.addEventListener('click', (ev) => {
+    // Clicking the hidden <input> directly works; stop click bubbling from
+    // the inner link span so we don't open the picker twice.
+    if (ev.target === fi) return;
+    fi.click();
+  });
+  ['dragover','dragenter'].forEach((e) => dz.addEventListener(e, (ev) => {
+    ev.preventDefault(); dz.classList.add('dragover');
+  }));
+  ['dragleave','drop'].forEach((e) => dz.addEventListener(e, () => dz.classList.remove('dragover')));
+  dz.addEventListener('drop', (ev) => {
     ev.preventDefault();
-    const file = ev.target.file.files[0];
-    if (!file) return;
+    const file = ev.dataTransfer.files[0];
+    if (file) startUpload(file);
+  });
+  fi.addEventListener('change', () => fi.files[0] && startUpload(fi.files[0]));
+
+  async function startUpload(file) {
     W.file = file;
     const status = $('upload-status');
+    $('upload-result').style.display = 'none';
     status.textContent = \`Uploading \${file.name} (\${fmtBytes(file.size)}) and scanning…\`;
+
     const body = new FormData();
     body.append('file', file);
     const started = performance.now();
@@ -596,17 +737,14 @@ export function submit() {
       : '<span class="pill p-upcoming">listing fee: $' + priceUsd + ' USD (settled in BCH at the step-4 oracle rate)</span>';
     $('upload-result').style.display = 'block';
     status.textContent = '';
-  });
+    // Mark step 1 complete + update the sub-text in its collapsed form so a
+    // publisher who scrolls back sees the actual filename not the hint.
+    $('s1-sub').textContent = json.upload.name + ' · ' + fmtBytes(json.upload.size) +
+      (priceUsd === 0 ? ' · free tier' : ' · $' + priceUsd + ' listing fee');
+  }
 
   // ===== STEP 1 → 2 =====
-  $('to-step2').addEventListener('click', () => {
-    // Prefill name + download_url + hash preview.
-    const f = $('manifest-form');
-    if (W.upload) {
-      // leave the fields the user needs to fill blank; show the hash we'll use
-    }
-    show(2);
-  });
+  $('to-step2').addEventListener('click', () => show(2));
 
   // ===== STEP 2: describe =====
   $('back-to-1').addEventListener('click', () => show(1));
@@ -654,6 +792,9 @@ export function submit() {
     $('sig-paste').value = '';
     $('sign-status').textContent = '';
     $('to-step4').disabled = true;
+    // Collapsed-step summary for step 2.
+    $('s2-sub').textContent = W.manifest.name + ' by ' + W.manifest.publisher +
+      ' · ' + W.manifest.category + ' · v' + W.manifest.version;
     show(3);
   });
 
@@ -673,10 +814,7 @@ export function submit() {
       // Different wallets return different shapes; normalise to base64 string.
       const base64 = typeof sig === 'string' ? sig : sig?.signature || sig?.sig || '';
       if (!base64) throw new Error('wallet returned no signature');
-      W.signature = base64;
-      $('sig-paste').value = base64;
-      status.innerHTML = '✓ Signed. <b>' + base64.length + ' chars.</b> Continue to publish.';
-      $('to-step4').disabled = false;
+      acceptSignature(base64, 'Theseus wallet');
     } catch (err) {
       status.innerHTML = '⚠️ Theseus-wallet sign failed — ' + String(err?.message || err) +
         '. Paste a signature from another wallet below.';
@@ -686,9 +824,7 @@ export function submit() {
   $('sig-paste').addEventListener('input', (ev) => {
     const v = ev.target.value.trim();
     if (v.length === 88 || v.length === 86 || v.length === 87) {
-      W.signature = v;
-      $('sign-status').innerHTML = '✓ ' + v.length + '-char signature captured. Continue to publish.';
-      $('to-step4').disabled = false;
+      acceptSignature(v, 'paste');
     } else {
       W.signature = null;
       $('to-step4').disabled = true;
@@ -696,6 +832,14 @@ export function submit() {
     }
   });
 
+  function acceptSignature(base64, how) {
+    W.signature = base64;
+    $('sig-paste').value = base64;
+    $('sign-status').innerHTML = '✓ Signed via ' + how + ' (' + base64.length + ' chars). Continue to publish.';
+    $('to-step4').disabled = false;
+    $('s3-sub').textContent = 'signed · ' + base64.slice(0, 10) + '…';
+  }
+
   $('to-step4').addEventListener('click', () => show(4));
 
   // ===== STEP 4: publish =====