How To Link Squidoo Modules

In both Firefox and Chrome, you should see [#link] and [Top] at the top of each module just above the "Edit" button when you enter "My Workshop" using the "Edit" button from your Squidoo Dashboard.

If you are not seeing this, then you are not using Firefox or Chrome with the Lens Workshop Addon installed.

Try re-installing it, and check it out again.

If you want to use Internet Explorer or Safari instead, not to worry, there is a way to do it.

If you are seeing [#link] and [Top] then just right click on [#link] for the module you want to link to. In Firefox, click on "Copy Link Location" of the context menu, with Chrome, click on "Copy link address."

You've now saved the link to your clipboard!

Go to the module where you want to make your link, and paste your link. Don't forget to add your own quotes, the copied link won't be encased in them, but you'll need them for the link to work properly.

Your link should look something like this:

If you copied it right, you should be able to recognize your published Lens address (don't worry of the Lens hasn't been published yet, it'll be right when you do publish), and you'll see "#module" followed by some numbers, this is how Squidoo identifies the module.

I like to make sure I have a title, so everyone can see that this is a link, and not just some bit of different colored text.

Which will give you the title bubble when you hoover your mouse pointer over it in the finished Lens:

You can create a kind of "Module Elevator" with these linking tips and Back to the Top links.

To do this with IE, Safari, or with a module on someone else's Lens, you just need to go to the published Lens and find either "Contents at a Glance" or a table of contents.

Just right-click on the link from the module you want to link to:

For Internet Explorer, click "Copy Shortcut" on the context menu.

With Safari, click on "Copy Link"

Once you've done that, just follow the linking instructions from before.

Of course this method can also be used with Firefox and Chrome, just do it the same way shown for copying links in the Workshop.

Don't forget to test your links after you publish, and recopy links if you remove or replace your modules.

I recently switched some Text Modules for Amazon Spotlight Modules, and had to re-do all those links. If I hadn't, it would have been extremely frustrating for my readers

Just a parting tip, I see many people (and I've done it, too) post links to their Lenses that look like:

http://www.squidoo.com/lensmaster/new_workshop/how-to-link-squidoo-modules

See the "new_workshop"?

That won't work for people who click on it, and it won't look right if you add it to a Plexo.

When you are in your Workshop, right-click on "View Lens"

Click on "Copy Link Location" of the context menu of Firefox, "Copy link address" with Chrome, "Copy Shortcut" in Internet Explorer, or "Copy Link" in Safari. That will save the correct address of the published page to your clipboard, and you can paste it where you need to use it.

Back to the Top!

(I added a "Title" to the link code, cause like I said, I like titles in my links.)

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How To Link Squidoo Modules
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