Mobile Squids - How To Create Squidoo Lenses With Your Smartphone/PDA

Because mobile technology has limitations, there are some issues of interest that you will need to keep in mind when you create and edit lenses from your mobile phone:

You man need to adjust the Java settings on your phone to upload images. If such is the case, Opera Mini will tell you that you do and offer help instructions. You may have to perform an online search for setting instructions for your particular device - I did. However, for the added capabilities, it was worth it. Also, on my particular phone, even after I adjusted the settings, Opera Mini would sometimes give me the message that recommend I adjust my settings in order to upload an image. I simply click "OK", and it takes me to the next screen with no problem.

Most smartphones do not have click and drag capabilities. This means that you will have to either add modules one by one in the order that you wish, or simply reorder the modules later when you get to a computer.

If you experience any bugs in modules with uploaded images, try adding the image first before the text. I'm not sure if this is device specific or something with Opera Mini, but, as in all things technological, you may experience a bug with the text/write module when you upload an image after you have already saved the text. If you happen to experience that, try uploading and saving the image first and then adding text afterward.

Floating mouse-over menus do not work on most mobile devices. So, you will have to remember a couple special URLs for direct access to certain pages within your Squidoo account:

To Edit a Lens: http://www.squidoo.com/lensmaster/workshop/YOUR-LENS

To View Lens Stats: http://www.squidoo.com/stats/rankings/YOUR-LENS

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