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10 Best Things You Can Do on Your Business Website
I'm a Freelance Web Designer and created this lens to help you make good decisions about what should go into your business website. Over the years I've come to see what my successful clients all have in common, especially when it comes to how they wa...
Advanced HTML for Squidoo

The techniques shown here aren't much more advanced then what's in the Basic HTML tutorial. The code being used isn't any more special. But the results and presentation can appear to be more sophisticated. Hence it being the Advanced HTML tutorial. F...

Basic HTML for Squidoo
Before you start reading all this, you may want to open Advanced HTML in a new tab, because you'll be wanting to check it out as soon as you've finished this!

You can use basic HTML in a few of the lens modules.

Mostly used to create hyperlinks (the...

Bulleted and Ordered Lists
You can easily make bulleted or numbered lists in the Text List module. Too easy!

But if you want more control and more of a say on how the information is presented you'll need to learn to use three HTML tags.

Lets say you want to display a list in...
Commission Junction Ebay RSS Feed Generator

Do you have bad dreams about using eBay's clunky interface for generating RSS feeds as an affiliate? I know I used to. The worst part was, you couldn't even insert an SID (Tracking) code into the feeds so you could tell what page your sales were comi...

Common Newbie Squidoo Mistakes
Making a Squidoo lens is easy. Making a good Squidoo lens, well, that's another story. A lot of Squidoo newbies ask veterans to critique their lenses, and most of these lenses are not nearly as good as they could be. (There are exceptions!)

Hopefull...
Commonly Misused Words in the English Language
Has anybody ever snapped at you for misusing a word? It's not nice to nitpick, but the truth is, you'll sound awfully funny if you use the wrong word. (I always want to giggle when I see "bare with me...")

If you're ever in doubt as to whether you'r...
CSS Codes: Easy Tutorial and Quick Reference Guide

SHORTCUTS! Jump to how-to section on:


Espresso Sea Salt Caramel Truffles - My Best Candy Ever.

Raving reviews of "Chef Keem's Espresso Sea Salt Caramel Truffles!" Here's why they are better than any other sea salt caramels on the market: I cook a rich and smooth "dulce de leche" caramel from scratch and flavor it with intense Mexican Vanilla i...

Fish Tanks and Funnels: Simple Squidoo Marketing for Your Website
Do you own a website? Do you market your site to try to reach targeted visitors? This lens is all about using Squidoo to market your website.

I'm a big fan of making things simple. Would you like a lens full of 350 different tips and links and affil...
Fonts Fonts Fonts
You may or may not know that there are thousands of fonts to choose from. How do you decide which is best? Well, as for web design, or making Squidoo lenses, you want to stick to the most common fonts across all platforms. For a flourish, you can dow...
Free Online Guitar Lessons For Beginners & Experts

Free Online Guitar Lessons for beginners and experts with step by step instructional videos, tabs, notes, tips, guitar hero tricks, & a helpful forum.

Freesounds : Digital Audio Tools, Sound Sample Collections, Open Music Resources
A guide to free sound solutions for Digital Audio Editing, Music Creation, and Podcasting. Providing links to free audio applications, sound samples and loops, legal music you can download, share, reuse and remix.

Easily find musical works, software...
Gifts for Puppy Lovers



Most individuals or families view their puppy dogs as a member of the family. When holidays approach, be it Christmas or any other holiday for that matter, a gift that celebrates their adorable puppy is sure to be a hit!

One of our favorite shops...
GreekGeek's Squidoo Tips: How to Get Your Lens Found

So, you want to learn how to build successful Squidoo lenses (or any sort of webpage), attract web traffic, and get your Squidoo lens found by Google! This three-part tutorial covers:


Greekgeek's Top Ten Squidoo Tips

Psst! Want some free Squidoo secrets?

At the risk of losing some footholds in the top ranks on Squidoo, here are my Top Ten Squidoo Tips!

I've already taught you How to Get Your Lens Found using proven techniques such as SEO.

I've given yo...

Heal Insomnia with Simple Remedies | Take Care of Sensory Overwhelm and Sleep Better
Sleep is a time when your body heals, refreshes itself and gets information from your subconscious and other dimensions. It's invaluable to your mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health.

Generally, as you get older you need less sleep, but y...
How do I add symbols and special character to my lenses?


Do you ever want to include odd characters in your lenses but don't know how? Or want to show HTML markups in a tutorial lens? This lens shows you how to do that and includes lists of the most useful characters.

How to Compliment Someone Effectively
Getting people to like you can be its own reward, but it also goes a long way to getting you what you want. Think about it. How much more likely is someone to respond positively to a request, if they are your friend? As human beings, it's natural we...
How To Create A Quality Lens
The word "quality" has come up a lot lately on Squidoo, particularly when it comes to the Giant Squid Program. In order to be accepted you need 50 quality lenses, but what constitutes a "quality" lens? Here's what I think defines quality and how you...
How to create symbols on your blog, Web site, or Squidoo lens with HTML numeric codes

Ever wanted some HTML code to create special symbols on your site—like a heart symbol, euro or copyright character? "What you see is what you get" (WYSIWYG, pronounced "wizzywig") interfaces like Squidoo's are great, but som...

How to Make Red Espresso Tea: A Rooibos Tea Revolution

Red espresso tea or rooibos espresso is a tantalizing tea sensation that is making it's way around the world. Rooibos tea originated in South Africa and has been used for some time in making red tea espressos and red tea lattes. Recently a company ha...

How-(Not)-to-write-a-sales-page
How I Made 8 Million Dollars In 6 Days Without Even Trying!!

We've all seen them, the ubiquitous sales pages littered all over the internet like fungus. Affiliate marketers are everywhere and everything is for sale. In this 'How Not to Write a Sales...
HTML And CSS Mentor

Many of you start writing your lenses without any HTML and CSS, but as you start understanding Squidoo, you want to learn how to spice your lenses up. HTML and CSS is just the ticket that you may be looking for.

Here, on this lens, you will learn fr...

HTML Borders Backgrounds

Have you seen sharp looking lenses formatted with HTML borders and backgrounds and wished you could do the same? There are already plenty of EXCELLENT how-to-HTML lenses available, so I thought I'd do something a little different.

There are two main...

HTML Tab Menu

Many websites have tabbed menus to make browsing easier on site visitors. An HTML tab is really an image that's hyperlinked to another part of your web page or site. They might look like file tabs at the top of the page or bars along the side.

Each...

HTML Tips for Color
Color can be applied via HTML tags to fonts, borders and backgrounds.

squidoo.com/basichtml and squidoo.com/advancedhtml show how to implement these colors.

This lens however isn't going to show how the code is applied, but is a repository for the...
Immigration to Canada
I've been helping people with the process of applying and moving to Canada as new immigrants for the last three years. I've also shared experiences and tips with them. People contact me because the friend of a friend told them that I know a lot and l...
Indigo Spirit


Indigo Child is a concept seeping into mainstream culture as it pops up in network television programs, on the news, and elsewhere. But what is it, really? The term Indigo is used to describe people with that shared colour in their auras. It is beli...

Lapbooking

Lapbooking can be done by any learner-- from preschoolers to adults. With this educational method, you make mini-books covering details that you've studied. After making a variety of mini-books about a larger topic, all the books are put together in...

Lens Critiques: Giving and Receiving Critiques on the SquidU Forum
Asking for critiques at the SquidU forum is a useful way to find out just how good your lenses are. Other lensmasters can share their experience and tips that will really make your lens shine.

However, it could also be a demoralizing experience depe...
Limoncello di Capri
Limoncello is an Italian lemon liqueur that originated in Southern Italy. The liqueur derives its flavor from the peels, rather than the juice of the fruit, resulting in a pleasant, sweet, lemony taste.

Limoncello gained popularity more than a centu...
Love This Lens Widget

One of the (many) secrets of getting a good Lensrank is the star ratings that other Lensmasters can give to your lens. Getting them to actually visit your lens is hard enough, yet sometimes they leave without clicking on the stars at the top.

This w...

Michelangelo's David

The stature and prominence, the importance and influence of Michelangelo's David statue may surprise you!

The David statue tells a story, yes, and that story is here.  But the statue has his OWN story to tell, one that not many people know.

Here i...

Monarch Butterflies: A Friendship

This story is more about a friendship then it is about Monarch Butterflies.

People say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I am hoping that these pictures of "my" Monarchs help tell my story.

My Favourite CSS Tricks on Squidoo

The basic tools provided by Squidoo will do pretty much everything you need to get your content out to your audience. But sometimes you want to format it a little differently, and this is where inline CSS comes into play. Here I show some of the tric...

Positive Thinking Practices
Manifest an abundance of joy, well being, and wealth when you intentionally set your focal point on gratitude. Your mind has the ability to create through your thoughts, so choose with great intention!

This lens focuses on different strategies for f...
Rating on Squidoo

Remember the feeling when your Lens recieved a rating lower than five stars; and you thought the Lens was the next best thing since sliced bread! I do - but then I thought 'What is the rating system supposed to be used for?"

The rating system on Squ...

Simple HTML tricks to use with Squidoo

Squidoo has a nice editor for your lenses, but things can be improved. This lens will show you some simple tricks to include more than possible with simply using the editor.

These tricks should be used in modules like the link list, or the write modu...

Squidoo Guide: Linking Tips
There are many ways that you can add links to your Lens, improving the experience of your readers. How you add those links often depends on what those links are for. This Lens explains the different types of links, and the techniques available to you...
Squidoo Orange Guy Visits Canada
When I first found the Adventures of Squid Contest I knew I just had to take the little Squidoo Orange Guy out for a spin, and show him what Canada is all about.

I had to make sure to get written permission from his adopted parents, Seth and Megan,...
Squidoo Tips And Tutorials
This lens presents my archive of Squidoo resources: tips for beginners, how-to lenses, articles about Squidoo.com, Squidoo books, Squidoo tricks, insights, trials and errors to learn from, Squidoo tools, Squidoo help, outstanding lenses by top Squido...
Squidoo Tips For Writers
It's no secret that I Love Squidoo! One of the reasons that I love squidoo is because it offers so many resources and opportunities for writers.

I Love to Write! Ever since I was a tiny tot, I've wanted to be a writer. I remember making picture book...
Squidoo Tips: How To Get Your Lens #1 On Google
Every lensmaster dreams of the day that they get listed highly in Google, the traffic just flows in and best of all its targeted, people are coming to your website because they are interested in what you have to offer. But getting there is a long and...
Tahiti and French Polynesia
This lens is about my own experience in French Polynesia. I want to share the beauty I have seen, felt with all of my six senses. There is also some information that is different from what is written in the books. I hope this will be helpful to someo...
The Guide to Colors On HTML

My HTML and CSS lens has managed to get a bit big so I decided that I need to split it up a bit. This is what this lens is all about. What I am basically going to cover is the different colors that you can use in your own lenses. I know they all work...

The YouTube Module
YouTube; the giant of online videos.

YouTube has seen many videos in it's time online and here is the lens that will show you how to put those videos on your lens.

You can utilise the power of YouTube by using videos relevant to your topic, using v...
Top 5 Qualities to be Successful on Squidoo
To be Successful on Squidoo, one needs to have certain qualities. One fine day when I was day dreaming as usual about Squidoo, my mind wandered off to thinking about the basic qualities required to be successful on Squidoo. I went and did a blog post...
Watch Free Simpsons Episodes Online

Let's watch free simpsons episodes online! Marge and Homer Simpson, and their two amazing children Lisa and Bart Simpson, are one of Americas favorite families!  Whether you like to watch free Simpsons episodes online, want a copy of The Sim...

Website Content Writing Tips for Squidoo, Your Website or Blog
This lens focuses on writing web content that will entertain site visitors, do well in search engine queries, and provide helpful answers to those who seek your information.

If you want your pages to be noticed and to be used as reference pages peop...


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