Step One - Creating Your Lens

After clicking to claim my lens url, I will see a screen that will walk me thru a very simple lens set up process.

First thing... tell Squidoo what your lens is about. This will be the title of your lens. This is a very important part of a lens, but it CAN be changed afterwards. Don't obsess over this, just get a starting title in there and click "go to step 2".

Step Two - Goal of Your Lens

In step 2, Squidoo is going to offer to pre-populate your lens with modules you can fill in. My best suggestion is to choose "I just want to do my own thing". This way, you get what you want and will have less deleting to do (trust me on this...lol)

The other options are good and I recommend trying them each sometime in your future lens-making endevors, but for a simple get-started option, just do your own thing.

Step 3 - Create a Title and Url

In step 3 your title and url are already filled in because you already chose them. All you need to do here is select which topic your lens should be listed under from the drop down menu and then the rating of your lens. My lenses are all "G Rated" - meaning suitable for all viewers - but be sure YOUR lens goes into the appropriate rating or else you could have issues. (note: both can be changed later). Click to go to step 4.

Step 4 Tagging Your Lens

In step 4 you are given the opportunity to add tags to your lens. Tags are words and phrases that describe your lens or your lens topic that help others find your page. Tagging is important, but we are not going to do that here and now. You will see that the Step 4 screen already has your lens title as a tag/keyword. Just keep that as is. We will be adding tags later and can change them or add to them at any time.

Enter the captcha code and click "done" because... you're done!