Squidoo HTML Tricks

In modules where you have the option to provide a description you can include html tags. The tags are limited to the basic traditional tags:

<a>
<img>
<ul>
<ol>
<li>

If you know a little bit about html, you know you can do a lot with these tags. There are a couple of things that come in handy. If you are like me, you will cut and paste links. For some reason, when you do this, a space appears in the link and the end result does not show up. Take a close look at the link and you might see something like this ” http:// instead of “http://. That space between the “ and h is the problem.

One thing that you can do with html is put banner ads in the text module. And here I thought banner ads were a thing of the past. There are a couple of banner ad considerations. Make it something that is related to your lens and make it look good in your lens.

Once you have your banner upload it to another site. Then choose a text module. In the module put the link code. If you are familiar with html, you know that you can put in an anchor link using “a href”. You put a link to whatever site you want to have the banner direct you to. Then in the area that appears to the viewer, you put in the link to the banner.

It will look like this: <a href=”link to the website”><img src=”link to the banner”> </a> If you want the banner to fit inside the module, you might have to change the height and width. I prefer to resize the banner in the first place. Once you save the module, your banner will appear in the module.

This can make your lens pretty special. The other tags can bold your words, italicize them, make them clickable, and in general make your lens a very pleasant and informative site.

Basically html can make your lens stand out from the crowd. Of course, there is always the warning that moderation is good in all things. Don’t make your lens so crowded that it looks like a ransom note.

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