How To Add Audio Articles To Your Lens Using Dropbox

There's no complicated interface to learn. Dropbox works seamlessly with your operating system and automatically makes sure your files are up-to-date.

Now select the account you want to start with. If you are a new user then go with the free account. You'll get 2 GB free space to start with, and later upgrade anytime you want.

After you are done with the signup process, "My Dropbox" folder will appear on your computer. Its location should be at C:\Users\Computer Name\Documents\My Dropbox.

During the setup, you could change the default location of that folder too. Check the second box next to "I want to choose where to put my Dropbox folder". Change the location of Dropbox folder and click on "Finish" button. ( You could also later cut paste the folder to a different location, so no big deal here)

Now go to the "My Dropbox" folder through the shortcut on the desktop. You can also visit it by clicking on the Dropbox icon given on the system tray and selecting "Open Dropbox folder".

There is a "Getting started" PDF document too which consists of instructions on how to use this tool.

You can drop any file inside this folder. Now drop your MP3 Audio's, that you want to use for your Squidoo lens, and put them into the public folder (the folder on your computer), this will sync them with your Dropbox website account.

One thing you have to take care of is that when you drag and drop something in this folder then it is moved permanently from that location.

Hence, if you intend to copy the data then you should apply "Ctrl+C" and "Ctrl+V" keyboard shortcuts to do it.

Also, you can always make a new folder according to your choice. Suppose you want to add videos to your Dropbox account then make a new folder inside it and give it the name "Video". Similarly you can create other such folders.

You'll see all the files you put on your computer's My Dropbox folder present on the web interface.

You can take actions like sharing, downloading, renaming folders and much more, by clicking on the dropdown next to each folder.

Whenever you move a file to this folder, it will automatically be available to everyone. You can right click on the file and select Dropbox ->Copy Public Link.

This is the link needed once you have "dropped" you MP3 audio files into your Dropbox Public file folder on your computer, and it has been synced. Now we need to place this link into our Squidoo lens.

Here's my Dropbox Public Link as an example: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8071925/Writing%20A%20Traffic%20Pulling%
20Article.mp3

Use a normal Link List module to your lens, and add links to your MP3 files from Dropbox. Alternatively, you can use regular HTML links in any module.

It will appear at the bottom of the lens when visitors click on any of your MP3 links. This will let your visitors listen to the track, without them being able to download it.

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It means all the devices should have a My Dropbox folder inside it. And whenever you'll move or copy any file inside the My Dropbox folder of that device, it will automatically appear in the same corresponding location on all the other devices instantly. This is what Dropbox can do. Instant file backup and sync across multiple devices.

Also, whenever you drop a file in the given folder, it automatically gets backed up on the Dropbox server. So if you lose your device, you don't have to worry about the Dropbox data.

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