Squidoo Dashboard Firefox Extension

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Squidoo Dashboard Extension

The dashboard shows a basic set of information to the Squidoo user, but is this enough?

The Squidoo DE will enhance Firefox to show even more information on the dashboard. Also check out the global squidoo statistics on lensmaster levels and amount of lenses.

Features

Squidoo DE is a fully customizable extension to the Squidoo Dashboard.

It has several features, however, by default only 3 are enabled.
Total & Averages

You can add a total & averages row, displaying totals for pending $ or average rating.

Advanced stats

If you enable the advanced stats in the preferences (see below) you can add several columns.
1. Update the rating column to include the amount of ratings.
2. Add a 'count' column, displaying the number of your lens (1 to the total of lenses you have) in the first column.
3. Add several royalty stats, displaying the total, last or previous months royalties for a lens.
4. Add live statistics, these compare with data from 5 to 48 hours ago
5. Add notes to each lens, click notes to edit them, lenses with notes are marked red

Layout adjustments

The third feature of Squidoo DE involves the layout of the dashboard page. You can compact any column to be able to display more data.

Screenshot (click for bigger):



Advanced statistics are cached to improve speed. The first time you get these statistics might be slow, depending on your internet connection and Squidoo site speed.

Preferences

Click on the status bar (where it says "Squidoo DE") to open a preferences window.



1. General stats
- Show totals: Enable/Disable the totals row
- Show averages: Enable/Disable the averages row
2. Advanced stats
- Get advanced stats: Enable/Disable ALL advanced stats
- Display lens nr: Numbers your lenses from 1 to the total of lenses
- Get rating #: Adds the number of ratings for each lens in the rating column
- Get previous lens royalty: Shows royalty payed last month for each lens
- Get last lens royalty: Shows royalty payed this month for each lens
- Get total lens royalty: Shows total royalty payed for each lens
3. Enhance layout
- Compact column: Will compact any of the 6 existing columns to provide more space.
- Remove rating stars: Will change the graphical stars to a number (saving space)

Advanced stats cache and updates

advanced stats screenshot


If you have advanced stats enabled, all data will be cached. The bar on the left will indicate if the displayed data is up-to-date or not.

When a green bar is shown, data is less than 5 hours old.
When a red bar is shown, data is older and will be update. When an update occurs, the displayed information will auto update and the bar will change color.

New squidoo dashboard

Not all features have been restored to the new Squidoo dashboard.

Available now
Lens count, totals, averages
Rating count, royalty stats
Color coding
Live statistics

Never to be seen again:
Labeling (this is supported by Squidoo now)

Download and install

You can download the extension here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5645.
Check the site if the latest version is already public, it can take weeks for a new version to be approved on this site!!!

If you are having problems reaching the Mozilla download, you can try here:
http://www.hawkfield.be/squidoo/extensions/.
Always has the latest version.

Installation is easy, click the "Install now" button and Firefox will do the rest.
now go to the Squidoo dashboard, you will see the extra features.

After installation, you can enable the advanced stats by clicking on "Squidoo DE" in the status bar. A preferences window will open.

Donations

If you would like to donate to this project (this is in no way needed to use it!!!) you can do so via PayPal

Versions

0.3.0
Released: 2011-04-18
- Compatibility with FF 4.0

0.2.8
Released: 2010-02-19
- Compatibility with FF 3.6

0.2.7
Released: 2009-09-16
- Compatibility with FF 3.5

0.2.6
Released: 2009-01-01
- Skipped by accident

0.2.5
Released: 2008-10-17
- Fixes for the new health link

0.2.4
Released: 2008-10-06
- Major speed increase in the initial load of the addon

0.2.3
Released: 2008-09-17
- Added live statistics, allowing you to compare visitor count with data from 5-48 hours ago
- Added TODO notes for each lens

0.2.2
Released: 2008-06-16
- Fixed the rating counter
- Added color coding to lenses

0.2.1
Released: 2008-06-04
Features:
- Added rating count
- Added royalty stats
- Added layout enhancement options

0.2.0
Released: 2008-05-30
Features:
- This version restores compatibility with the new Squidoo dashboard, this update is required if you want to keep using Squidoo DE

0.0.18
Released: 2008-02-28
Features:
- Added a search box on the dashboard
- Minor speed improvements

0.0.17
Released: 2007-12-24
Features:
- Filter comma for total traffic stats (more than 1000 visitors)

0.0.16
Released: 2007-12-23
Pending review to be public @ Mozilla site.
Features:
- New version to accommodate changes to the Squidoo site

0.0.15
Released: 2007-12-08
Pending review to be public @ Mozilla site.
Features:
- Fix for the latest Squidoo site update

0.0.14
Released: 2007-11-15
Pending review to be public @ Mozilla site.
Features:
- Statistics added for the new ever.com lenses
- New option to show only cash or total for all royalty statistics

0.0.13
Released: 2007-11-05
First public version @ the Mozilla site.
Features:
- Better looking display of hidden action links
- Live stats on each visit to the dashboard (visits & royalty)
- Refresh link added to refresh stats for 1 lens

0.0.12
Released: 2007-10-02
Features:
- Added color coding for lenses
- Increased speed by not fetching the lens
- Subtotals when only viewing labeled lenses

0.0.11
Released: 2007-09-28
Features:
- Added posibility to label lenses
- Show only lenses with a certain label

0.0.10
Released: 2007-09-21
Features:
- Bugfix for linux & mac user (file permission on caching XML)
- $ values are fixed to 2 decimal positions

0.0.9
Released: 2007-09-19
Features:
- Bugfix when disabling advanced stats but enabling totals & averages

0.0.8
Released: 2007-09-18
Features:
- Added the royalty statistics columns (total, last, previous)
- Adjust layout for the dashboard (hide 'view' link or hide all links)
- Make the width of the dashboard adjustable

0.0.7
Released: 2007-09-11
Features:
- Added an advanced stats settings to enable an extra column showing lens number
- Added an "update available" check

0.0.6
Released: 2007-09-10
Features:
- Advanced stats are cached for 1 to 11 hours for improved speed

0.0.5
Released: 2007-09-06
Features:
- Made toolbar clickable to show preferences
- Adjusted some layout issues

0.0.4
Released: 2007-09-05
Features:
- Removed Topic Rank due to it not being needed
- Fixed rounding error on total revenue for large amount of lenses

0.0.3
Released: 2007-09-05
Features:
- # of votes added to rating col
- Rank for topic added to rank col

0.0.2
Released: 2007-09-04
Features:
- Shows an extra average row in the dashboard

0.0.1
Released: 2007-09-04
Features:
- Shows an extra total row in the dashboard

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