Squidoo Modules: Writing

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Writing, HTML and Dramatic Text

This lens is part of my Squidoo Modules Tour. Click links to view demos of each Squidoo module.

Big Arrow Link
Link List
Poll Module
StickyNote
Talk Bubble
Text List Voting (Plexo)
Text with BIG Picture
Twitter Storm

BlackBox
Links Voting (Plexo)
RSS: Add your blog
Table of Contents
Text List
Text module
The Most Important Thing
 


Find these Squidoo modules by clicking "Browse all modules" in the sidebar, then "Categories" and "Writing."

Many writing modules let you add text and basic HTML and CSS to dress up your text, which means you can add images and align them with HTML.

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Table of Contents Module 

(optional subtitle)

Index ⇑Summary:Generates linked list of modules on your lens.Options:Hide/show any link in list.Notes:Updates if you add modules.
Table of Contents tab in Introduction module produces smaller, more compact ToC.
HTML: Description field only. Special chars (♥): Yes
Search Engines: Links NoFollow; content is indexed.

Text Module 

(optional subtitle)

I sit on earth among the dismembered building blocks of an ancient hostel at Epidauros, where the sick and their families stayed under the auspices of Asklepios. Through the trees I see a line of marble columns, a place defined by solid uprights and empty spaces, that is all that is left of the Abaton. There the sick once slept and dreamed their cures. Beside the Abaton, scaffolding conceals a round building with a labrynth beneath its floor, perhaps the tomb of the healer god, and perhaps where his snakes of rebirth were housed. Yesterday was Freud's 149th birthday.

Index ⇑Summary:All-purpose module for text, HTML, CSS.Options:Upload graphic.Limits:10,000 characters, 250px wide graphic. (Shrunk to fit)Notes:HTML, special chars (♥): Yes
Search Engines: Links Follow; content is indexed.

Text with BIG Picture Module 

(optional subtitle)

Today I listen to the singing of wind through the pines, a faint rushing sound like the waves in the distant bay or the hiss of hidden snakes. Red poppies and white camomile, herbs used in folk medicine, mingle with scattered square-hewn stones.

Index ⇑Summary:Text module with picture the width of a column.Options:Upload graphic.Limits:10,000 characters, 590px wide graphic. (Shrunk to fit if larger)Notes:HTML, special chars (♥): Yes
Search Engines: Links NoFollow; content is indexed.

Text List Module 

(optional subtitle)

Index ⇑Summary:A list (duh) or anything arranged in rows.Options:Numbered list / Bulleted list / No numbers or bulletsLimits:NoneNotes:HTML, special chars (♥): Yes
Search Engines: Links Follow; content is indexed.

  • Example item in list. This could be many paragraphs long. ♥
  • Example list item two.

Link List Module 

Index ⇑Summary:Annotated list of links.Notes:HTML, special chars (♥): Yes
Search Engines: Links Follow; content is indexed.

Blackle Search
This Google search screen on dark background saves minute amount of energy. With thousands or millions of people setting this as browser homepage, it adds up to real energy savings.
My Squidbits Blog
Squidoo blog with tips on SEO, Squidoo theory and strategy, and how to make the most out of Squidoo.

Fancy Text Modules 

(Big Arrow, BlackBox, StickyNote, Talk Bubble, The Most Important Thing)

Index ⇑Summary:Decorate short chunk of text with visual effects.
Limits:The Most Important Thing, BlackBox: 500 characters.
StickyNote: 300 characters.
Talk Bubble: 100 characters.Notes:Can't change words "Here's My Favorite Link" in Big Arrow module.
Can't remove enclosing quotes in Talk Bubble.
HTML, special chars (♥): Yes (except Big Arrow)
Search Engines: Links are DoFollow except in Talk Bubble, StickyNote. All content indexed.

BlackBox Module

Has a selection of different colors: blue, green, red, orange, gray.

500 character limit, automatically centered.

You may want to use CSS to add padding or to color the links yellow or some other high-contrast color.

I've also seen nifty use of background images.

StickyNote Module

Write a quick note to your readers as an aside that gets noticed.

Limit: 300 characters.

Links are Nofollow.

"The Talk Bubble Module
lets you say profound Thinky Thoughts in 100 Characters or Less."

The Most Important Thing Module

Large block of text, italic by default.

A great way to sum up a section of your lens.

Character limit: 500 characters

I sometimes use CSS to change the font size, for example:

<b style="font-size: 70%> makes smaller text </b>

Use <i style="font-style: normal;">[...]</i> to disable the italics.

Poll Module 

(subtitle optional)

Index ⇑Summary:Invite readers to vote in anonymous survey.
Options:Upload a graphic (up to width of column, 590px)
Notes:HTML, special chars (♥): Yes
Search Engines: Links NoFollow, poll question indexed but not responses.

Loading poll. Please Wait...

Text List Voting (Plexo) Module 

(optional subtitle)

Index ⇑Summary:Invite visitors to submit and/or vote on comments, suggestions, any textual input.Options:Let people add items?
Screened or "Right Away"?
Email you on submissions?
Share Plexo?Number of items to show?
Descriptions: 1-line preview/none/full?
Downvoting allowed?Limits:500 character limit for descriptions.Notes:HTML, Special chars (♥): No.
Search Engines: Links Follow (description field only), content is indexed.

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Vote Up
Vote Down

Item title goes here

Here you can add a description or commentary. This description field may be turned off under "Display".0 points

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Vote Up
Vote Down

Another random item

HTML doesn't work here. <b>See?</b>0 points

RSS Blog Feed Module 

Index ⇑Summary:Draw content/post previews from ANY syndicated RSS feed, including most blogs.Options:Feed's URL. (must be in RSS format --often indicated by icon)
Notes:HTML, Special chars (♥): Optional, but don't always show up.
Search Engines: Links in description field DoFollow; Feed content NOT indexed.Example:My Squidbits Blog.

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