Squidoo Show and Tell Modules - How To Guide for Presenting Info and Links

I'm starting off with a text module

b-b-b-but!

I know, I'll get to the cool stuff in a minute, but first I wanted to go over how to find modules in the first place, and impart some tips.

If you're already comfortable with this stuff, skip ahead a bit.

Otherwise, to add any module to your lens, you will have to click the Add Module button at the top.

When you create a new lens, you'll start with a few modules already, but you may not want those.

To delete modules, I just go to Add Modules. Why? You can delete them faster from the list there, and then add new ones you want, all in one place. Saved you some time there.

There are tabs in the Add Module window to add what you want, and there is also an A-Z tab and a module search. Familiarize yourself with what modules there are, because I'm just showing the tip of the iceberg.

Note: When looking at modules A to Z, some start with The, such as The Most Important Thing. This means it will be under T for The and not M for Most.

Once you've added the modules you want, click the preview lens layout button at the bottom to see the module order from top to bottom. Move them around to your liking. There is no right or wrong order, just what you want, but you should look for a good flow. Click the save button to go back to the edit page. Don't worry, you can add/delete/reorder again later.

Note: I added a little picture to the text module. You can do this by browsing for an image in edit mode on My Computer, selecting it and clicking save.

ADD ALL TEXT FIRST, then save. THEN come back and add the picture. If you have not saved your text, when you save a picture it will not save the text. It's a two step process, folks.

(I believe this is no longer the case with the new workshop - Thanks, Squidoo!)

If you know HTML well, you can do a lot more to a simple Text/Write Module. Here's a link to a cool lens that shows you how to do more with your text module.

In the meantime, what else can we do with content, links and pictures?

We can take advantage of the other text modules: Text with BIG Picture and Text List.

From Giant Squid ICJackson:

Set it and Forget it with Squidoo Harvest

Bonus: If you want a talking head below your talk bubble, you can add a text module below your talk bubble, and insert an image, aligning the image to the left.



I got this cool info on aligning pictures from How To Align Picture on Webpages - Graphics Layout By Greekgeek.

With a little CSS styling, you can do a quote using blockquote, like this:

"I love the Text Module! I can use it instead of a chat bubble for quotes, highlights, anything! And with a blockquote, I get this neat indented effect."

You can accomplish this with <"p style="margin-left: 20px"> (Remove the first ")

or you can get a little fancier with typed letters:

"I love the Text Module! I can use it instead of a chat bubble for quotes, highlights, anything! And with orange typed letters, it really stands out."

You can accomplish this with <"p style="color: #F87A16; font: 150%/1em 'courier new'; padding: 10px;"> (Remove the first ")

These CSS styles and more can be found at Squidoo CSS.

If you're looking for cool backgrounds for text modules or to use for banners, check out BeckyF's Free Collage Sheets which you can use with what you learn from the Squidoo CSS lens, just put the pictures you save from her lens (free for you to use) in place of background colors.

By Squidoo user Squidoo_Queen

This program gets results for your lenses - Squidoo Queen

Note that the section heading above is a blackbox (actually light blue). I like to add them to break up sections of content. Use them as a header, and then add content below them using Text or other modules.