Modules make Squidoo...Squidoo!
What makes Squidoo different than other help-you-build-it websites?
One feature is modules.
Modules are sections of a lens that you add depending on what kind of content you want to add. Want to create a list of links? Add a link module. Want to write a story? Add the write module. Want to sell something from Amazon? Add the Amazon module. And so on.
Here you can learn more information about adding modules and using them. You can also get personal help from from ME, gia, aka Ener-G, a Citizen Squid and your Modules Mentor.
To find your answer, look through the links below. If you still can't find the answer, leave a message at the guestbook below. (Be sure to log in so I can answer your question directly!)
Contents at a Glance
The Basics
The Introduction Module
The Introduction Module is the first thing visitors see so it is important to spend some time on it. It has two optional features:
The Table of Contents is self explanatory.
The Discovery Tool allows exploration of similar lenses.
Find out more...
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The Introduction Module in Squidoo
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The introduction module in squidoo has an inbuilt table of content. Do use it! And do upload a picture as an intro image - not having one will stop people from featuring your lens on theirs. And no - just using HTML to put a picture in there does NO...
How to Add Modules
Megan from HQ explains all about the new module dashboard. It's smokin' hot!
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The New Module Showcase
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February 20, 2009 The old module picker has been overhauled, tested by dozens of Giant Squids, and is now packed with some cool tools for newbies and pros alike. Our goal was to make it easier for you to find and add modules to your lenses. After al...
The Text / Write module for Anything!
The Text/Write module is one of the most flexible modules. Margaret_Schaut created this helpful lens showing you how to get the most out of the text write module.
She shows you how to add more than one picture, include a block quote, and much more!
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The Text/Write Module for Anything!
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I love the Write module. It's really one of my very favorites... you can do anything with it. It is one of the easiest ways to make your lens stand out. It is the primary carrier of your best content, originally written information or stories, and it...
Money Making Modules
Amazon Modules
The most successful money making module is the Amazon module. There are four different types of Amazon modules:
Original Amazon Module: You can add a description, links and even pictures in the description field using simple html.
Amazon Spotlight: Lets you highlight, and recommend, a single product. Also allows html in the description.
Amazon Plexo: Lets your visitors add and vote on products. The Plexo can also be used on another one of your lenses.
Amazon Recommends: Enter the ASIN number of a book (or other product) and this module creates a Plexo module and automatically includes recommendations from Amazon.
Amazon MP3: Pick out your favorite music and feature it in this great widget.
Don't forget, Amazon has a lot of products other than books such as DVDs, cameras, computers, etc
Find out more
Find out more about the Amazon modules at these fine lenses.-
The Amazon MP3 #1
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Coming to you from Fargo, North Dakota in the United States of America. Welcome! When you purchase single songs, you can download them directly via your web browser. When purchasing an album, Amazon requires the help of the use of the Amazon MP3 Down...
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Amazon Money Making Modules
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Assuming that you already know what Squidoo (a network of user-generated lenses) is all about, then you'll also know that Squidoo provides it's members with a plethora of money-making modules that can be added to a lens which in return can enables th...
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Amazon Module Basics
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Squidoo's Amazon module can be used in a lot of ways. It can, obviously, feature books, toys, games, etc. You can also modify the look with html, hyperlinks, and graphics. Read on to see what features are available with examples.&nb...
Amazon Spotlight
I Am Legend (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition with Digital Copy)
Amazon Price: $16.99 (as of 07/03/2009)![]()
Will Smith plays Robert Neville, a military scientist searching for a cure for a virus that turns people into crazy, flesh-eating zombies! He finds himself alone in Manhattan...
The Cafepress Module
The Cafepress Module is also very popular. This lens by ThomasC shows you how to use the CafePress module AND how to set up your own Cafepress store.
If you have more questions about the CafePress module be sure and ask them below.
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How to Maximize the Cafepress Module
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Most squidoo users add a money making module to each lens. Some lensmasters like to add several modules to make money. You may like the eBay module, or the Amazon module, but my favorite module to use is the cafepress module! Why? Because I also have...
Squid Stuff on CafePress
The eBay Module
The eBay Module let's you pull in auction items by search term or by store. You can promote your own store or someone else's.
Here are two lenses that have more details...
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Getting the Best Results in the Squidoo Ebay Module
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With so much information online, it is often surprising how many people do not utilize advanced search commands to help pick through the results, bringing all the good ones to the top, and keep the rest off the list. With eBay, and especially with af...
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How To Make Money With Squidoo and eBay
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How can you use eBay and Squidoo together? And why would you want to? You may already know that both eBay and Squidoo are great ways to make money working from home, but did you know you can use them together to create even more potential sales? Her...
Interact with Your Visitors
Guestbook Module
Another name for comments
The guestbook module lets visitors leave you some praise and encouragement. It's also a way for Squid Angels to tell you when they've visited. In return you can get to know your visitors and keep the conversations going.
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Guestbooks and You
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Guestbooks are great tools for your lens. They let you get great feedback from readers, ask questions, run conversations, ask for help, collect links, and any other fun thing you'd like them to do. If you're looking for some help managing the settin...
Prediction and Duel Modules
A slightly different version of a Guestbook
The Prediction and Duel Modules invite your visitors to answer a question or two that you've dangled in front of them. Who's going to win? What's the outcome going to be? They work well in the middle of a lens.
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The prediction module
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It's way better than a crystal ball. And a deck of Tarot cards. And all signs always point to yes. (Well, that's up to you). Oh, but dogs can't look up. It's our Prediction Module.
Plexo Modules
What Are Your Favorite Modules?
Plexo Modules allow your readers to vote on and add their "favorites." You can have visitors vote on their favorite Youtube videos, their favorite Flickr photos, their favorite books, etc. There is a different Plexo module for each one of these.
Here you can vote on your favorite module. You can also add your own.
The Poll Module
Check out these lenses about the poll module, a fun interactive module that can be used in lots of ways. And they are irrisitible!
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48 Ways to Use the Poll Module
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People love interaction, especially here on Squidoo. Readers want to respond to what they're feeling with their own thoughts, and the poll module can be a great way for them to communicate with just the click of a mouse. Make interaction simple for t...
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How (and why) To Add a Poll To Your Lens
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Adding a poll to your lens will take you about 30 seconds. There is a module specially made for it. Here are some reasons why you'd want to use a poll, and how to add one to your lens. Enjoy, and start polling your visitors! - Lewis :-) ...
Want More Modules?
You got 'em!
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More Module Mentoring
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What makes Squidoo so fun are all the different modules. You could try out a new one every day of the year and still not get through all of them (unless you lump all those NBA widgets together as one). Whether you are creating new lenses or looking...
Many More Modules
The Tip of the Iceberg
There are many, many, more modules available on Squidoo. These additional modules let you add Youtube videos, pictures, RSS feeds, etc.
Check out these lenses to see more details.
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My Squidoo Modules Sandbox
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My Squidoo Modules Sandbox as a Lab My Squidoo Modules Sandbox is where I examine and experiment with modules before putting them to work in lenses. My Squidoo Modules Sandbox as a Referent Lens I'll refer back to this lens for the visual & written...
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Squidoo Modules List
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Modules are the building blocks of Squidoo, like widgets in blogs. Each module has certain settings you can change and customize to fit your lens (web page). For example, there's modules for photo galleries, displaying a Youtube video, polls, lists...
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Cute modules to spice up your lens
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Cute modules that will help your lens stand out. Go beyond the text-module and the link-list module and use some color. These modules are built into squidoo and really make your lens look good. Some are hard to find, so I added descriptions on where...
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IT'S A MODULE MODULE WORLD
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Here's a treasure trove of fun, widgety modules. 8 easy ways to make your lenses stand out from the crowd. The Talk Bubble Module The Sticky Note (post-it) Module The Blackbox Module The Polaroid module (This one is gorgeous) The BIG Arrow L...
Did you know you can add
- Basic HTML for Squidoo
- By lensmaster N376
- Advanced HTML for Squidoo
- By lensmaster N376
- Simple HTML Tricks
- By lensmaster Magicality
- My Favorite CSS Tricks for Lenses
- By lensmaster thefluffanutta
- Linking Tips
- By lensmaster thefluffanutta
- Super Advanced HTML Tips and Tricks
- By lensmasters Randell
A Mini FAQ
- Got QAs?
- Check here first.
More Mentoring Lenses
Each one of these lenses is maintained by a Citizen Squid. Check them out if you have any questions related to Groups, promoting your lenses, or becoming a Giant Squid.
We are all available to answer questions. So go ahead and ask your toughest.
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HTML And CSS Mentor
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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...
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Image and Video Mentor
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Welcome! I'm Linda Martin, your Image and Video Mentor here at Squidoo. I love working with images and know you will too once you have the right software and a few simple instructions. This lens lists sites where you can find free images on the web....
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Groups Mentor
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What makes Squidoo different than other help-you-build-it websites? One feature is groups. Groups are, well, groups of lenses that have something in common. Want to get all the computer lenses together? Or the football lenses? Or the lenses about v...
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"Making your First Lens" Mentor
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EVERYBODY can Squidoo! You can too! It might take you an afternoon to 'get the hang of it', but that afternoon can be LOTS of fun. You don't need to be an expert in anything 'internet-y' to be able to build a beautiful, useful and successful Squido...
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Giant Squid Mentor
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It's true. Squidoo is a great place to create web pages for free. But did you know that part of the magic of Squidoo also comes from the membership? Since Squidoo started in the fall of 2006, our lensmasters have continued to create great lenses and...
Still can't find the answer?
Just leave your question here, along with your email address, and I'll get back to you! (Be sure to leave your email, or I can't answer your question. Thanks!)
AppalachianCountry wrote...
We're still fairly new to squidoo but have made 19 lenses. We are having trouble adding modules to my completed lenses. The add button is dark, not orange. Am I doing something wrong? By the way, this is a valuable lens. We've learned much from looking for info related to our issue. We'll be back to utilize this info as soon as we can update our lenses. Thx much.
4797 wrote...
Im new at this I am using the Prostores Module and I get the following even though my website is up and running, that the Prostores module is not configured or the url is wrong any ideas
email gene@kmgllc.us
NatureMaven wrote...
in reply to Ener-G Thanks Ener-G. I actually went to my bio page today before writing to you and selected contact/ yes but it hasn't taken it for some reason. My personal email is scroggs@comcast.net, (please don't publish my email) I am Chris Scroggins. I can't modify the content of the lens I referred to because it doesn't belong to me!
NatureMaven wrote...
Hello,
Last year, before I was building any of my own lenses, I hired a Squidoo lensmaster to build a lens for me. I am a Cafepress shopkeeper, and as many of you probably know, recently many CP shopkeepers have opted out of the CP marketplace. What does this have to do with squidoo? Well, since I have opted out of the marketplace, now none of the links work in this particular lens. The lens doesn't belong to me, but it is a lens built to promote my products. It looks really bad to have all those dead links in the CP modules. I have contacted the lensmaster and I haven't gotten a response. Do you have any advice? Thanks so much for your help. Nature Maven
Ener-G wrote...
in reply to smileygirl22 You didn't leave your email address or have your contact button activated so must leave a reply here. Yes, there's a way to change the modules while you are building your lens. It's a little different, in the different lens builders, but one has you select the modules you want and another let's you choose whether you are focusing on making money, get the word out or just do your own thing. Choose the latter and the lens will come up "blank." When you become a Giant Squid (hint, hint) you can make templates with your own choice of modules and use those over and over.
The Table of Contents Module
This module lets you list the other modules on your lens. If a lens is long, such as this one, I like to put a Table of Contents at the top and at the bottom of the lens.
If you have any questions be sure and ask them above in the Guestbook Module
- The Basics
- How to Add Modules
- Money Making Modules
- Amazon Modules
- Amazon Spotlight
- The Cafepress Module
- Squid Stuff on CafePress
- The eBay Module
- Interact with Your Visitors
- Guestbook Module
- Prediction and Duel Modules
- Plexo Modules
- The Poll Module
- Want More Modules?
- Many More Modules
- Did you know you can add
- A Mini FAQ
- More Mentoring Lenses
- Still can't find the answer?
- Get Over-the-Top Creative with Your Table of Contents Module
Get Over-the-Top Creative with Your Table of Contents Module
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Make a Fancy Table of Contents
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A clickable Table of Contents helps visitors navigate webpages. A table of contents also shows what's on a single webpage, which helps visitors decide whether your page is worth reading! A great table of contents within the first screen is a powerful...
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