Okay, now we should all be on the same page... a very boring page, actually. Your first lens is REALLY drab. We should dress it up a bit.
Screencap of where we are now:
Get familiar with this page ... you're going to be seeing it A LOT. This is where the magic begins—you're building a lens all about you.
First, let's add a little to the Introduction. This shows up in a lot of places, so we'll keep it brief and full of relevant keywords for this lens.
Each module has a header with an Edit button and a X to delete it. Once you have more than one module you can move, there will also be up and down arrows for changing the order of your modules. To get started, click Edit on the Introduction module.
The first thing you can input is a Lens Intro Title. Each module has a title that appears at the top of the module in the final viewing mode as a subhead. These are optional, but great at dividing your page into useful sections. We already used "About Me" so how about, My Bio.
Now for the Lens Description. Remember to keep this brief in the intro. A few sentences is all you need. Geek alert—if you're not a geek, skip to the next paragraph now. (If you are comfortable with basic HTML coding, you can add bold, italic and hyperlinks. The only thing wonky I've noticed is page breaks don't automatically format—sometimes—use the line break code BR to double-space if needed.)
Okay, back to the Squidiot version of the manual. Don't click Save just yet. I don't know why it is above the final step instead of below it. The last step IS optional, though. If you have a photo that you want to use for this page, under Lens Photo click "Browse" and select it from your computer. Then click Upload Photo. (You can skip the photo by going straight to Save, but for your "real" lenses, you'll want one for a thumbnail for search results.)
Whether you go right to Save or if you find a suitable image and click Upload Photo, your results will be the same ... you've created your first module.
(Next: Adding Modules)
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