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New Max layout Coming…..

Captain Squid — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:49:38 +0000

I Sure hope this one was less controversial than the last one. The last time they changed the layout, a lot of lensmasters got really fired up about it… for about a week.

Change is good. It helps you keep perspective on things.

What i’m most excited about is finding out what the OTHER new feature HQ refers to in that post is… could be something very cool!

New Squidoo Page Layouts go Live

Captain Squid — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:51:26 +0000

The Squidoo HQ team has obviously been very hard at work behind the scenes the past few months and yesterday evening the new page layouts went live on the site.

The new layouts incorporate a lot of dark blue and other bold colors while keeping the main content area white and easy to read. There are also ‘author boxes’ for lack of a better word in the upper right hand corner of the screen that show some of the lensmaster’s accomplishments.

There are some nify ‘rollover’ effects as well that allow the page to hold more information without cluttering things up. A great example of this is the selection of which ‘view’ of the page you want to see

Following the Discussion about the new Layouts:

Please feel free to leave your thoughts, comments, and rants on the new Squidoo layout below. If you are looking for more information to digest there is a sizable forum thread as well as a lens on the new layout

The Captain’s Take:ï¿½

I like the new layouts. I think that you can access more information easily. I also really enjoy the ‘you may also like’ section on the bottom of the lens (Hint: I’m pretty sure it uses the Primary Tag in a big way when selecting these *nudge* *nudge*) . The ‘mini-column’ has a slightly annoying way of pushing down any pictures you have ‘above the fold’ in your module, but that’s not a deal breaker for me. Having the bio hidden means I need to re-think my bio strategy a bit, but again I think it looks good. I love the new badges and am super interested to see if I can sneak into that ‘Top 1%’ Designation whenever it’s released.

All in all I give the first run a solid 7.5/10. HQ’s commitment to changing and tweaking the layouts over time is what is really going to contribute to the sucess of these layouts and I look forward to seeing that happen.

What’s your Take?

Squid Badges are coming

Captain Squid — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:53:00 +0000

Along with the new layouts for Squidoo that will be rolled out shortly (more on this in another post), the concept of badges will be introduced and displayed promienently next to a lensmaster name in order to show authority, coolness, and general bad ass-ness.

The Full skinny on Squid badges can be found here.

Basically,ï¿½ you can now have a Glory Wall on every lens

What I want to know is :

How are they measuring the top 1% for that badge?

How the heck do you get Purple Stars and what do they do?