How to Create a Mobile Shortcut for POP
The Practice Online Portal (POP) works off a web-based platform that does not require any additional software installations to be run on mobile phones. POP by default does not come with a phone icon to access the bookmarked page, but it can be added after the fact through the browser of your choice. The following will show how mobile users can add a shortcut of POP on to their mobile phone's home screen.
Safari on iPhone and iPad
To add a Safari shortcut for POP:
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Tap on the Safari app icon, then navigate a web page to the Practice Online Portal website.
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Tap the Share icon
on the bottom of the screen, this will open a list of additional options on the bottom of the screen.
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Tap the Add to Home Screen button, this will bring up a request to name the shortcut which can simply be labeled "POP".
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Tap the Add button on the top of the screen to save the shortcut on to the home screen.
NOTE: Third party browsers running on iOS such as Chrome cannot create home screen icons.
Chrome on Android
To add a Chrome shortcut for POP:
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Tap on the Chrome app icon, then navigate a web page to the Practice Online Portal website.
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Tap the Menu icon
on the top right corner of the screen, this will open a list of additional options on the right side of the screen.
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Tap the Add to Home Screen from the list of options, this will bring up a request to name the shortcut which can simply be labeled "POP".
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Tap the Add button below the name typed in to save the shortcut on to the home screen.
NOTE: This process can also be repeated for the mobile version of Firefox.
Once the icon has been created, the icon can be dragged and dropped anywhere on the home screen for easy access on the mobile device.