IPAD TIPS AND TRICKS – TIP #7

PUBLISHING & SHARING AN INSTAPAPER LIBRARY THROUGH

DROPBOX

May 17, 2011

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Contents Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 2

STEPS: .......................................................................................................................................................... 2

Sharing Your Library .................................................................................................................................... 3

Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................... 3

Overview

A simple way to have access to your (or, better yet, multiple) Instapaper libraries is to

export the account(s) contents to HTML and then store them in a Dropbox account

folder. Then, simply by sharing the link, you or anyone you send the link to can have

access to the library of materials.

Any web browser can be used for this process.

STEPS:

1. Access the Instapaper account through your web browser (not from the iPad).

2. Export the contents of the account to HTML (the option is provided down the page

on the left hand side.

a. Once exported, rename the default filename to something unique

“Instapaper: Export” to “TFI Instapaper Reference”.

3. Open the HTML file using Wordpad and complete the following:

a. Edit the Title to something

unique – this identifies the

Tab name when it is

opened in a browser. It

will appear as follows:

b. After the name is changed,

save the file.

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4. Then, open the file in Word and generate a Table of Contents. This will appear

as follows:

Save the HTML file, or upload, as appropriate into the appropriate Dropbox

account directory (_01Instapaper Ref Files).

Sharing Your Library To share the library from Dropbox, you need to generate a “Shareable Link” to the file in Dropbox. Once

this is done, the file is accessible to anyone who has that link. Once a user receives the link, simply save

it as a bookmark in your web browser and no further work is necessary.

Important Note – The file name and link cannot change or the link will break. This is critical, since

anyone accessing the file through that link will lose it if it breaks! So as the file is published in the future,

simply save it over the existing file and use the same name. The link will remain.

Conclusion Done! Thank you….