The Co-Brands are nice, but what if you could go the extra mile and use some custom text sizes, colors, lines and more? Yesterday, Fluffanutta (web, twit, FB) released� lens on CSS Tricks for Squidoo. Focusing on ways to easily create columns and float different elements around your modules, it’s definitely a must read for those of you using affiliate programs or linking pictures in modules.

Fluffanuttta’s sweet new lens should not be confused with Glen’s monstrous Advanced HTML tricks for Squidoo. While Glen’s is great for anything and everything to do with text formatting, Fluffanutta’s is great for learning how to move blocks of pictures and text around in your text/write modules.

Fluffanutta’s Lens receives a hearty Arrrrr from Captain Squid and is now enshrined in the Captain’s Picks.

If you have a lens that you would like to have the Captain review for a chance to make Captain’s Picks, leave the URL in the comments. Be warned though, if your lens isn’t up to snuff, I might make ye walk the plank…

Other times you’ll notice how people will have ordered lists, numbered lists, block quotes, bold, italic, and more scattered through all of their modules (not just the introduction or the text/write module). This usually garners a big 5 stars from me, as it is done so rarely.

Why is text rarely dressed up well?

People don’t know HTML. They don’t really want to learn it. You want to make lenses, market them and make money. You may also not be technically oriented and want to do things but it’s just not where your talents lie. That’s fine. Staring at HTML code will make anyone cross-eyed. There’s got to be a better solution…. oh wait, there is.

The Solution?

Download Scribefire. This Firefox Plugin (See? I told you that you’d need Firefox….)

This nifty little plugin provides a way for you to create text with all the formatting and none of the hassle. A tiny orange icon will be on the bottom bar of your browser after you install it. Click this orange square and a box will pop up with the ability to type text in and edit it using easy buttons (like Word) to get what you need.

One click toggles you over to the code that you need to copy into any description box in Squidoo. Ta-Daaaaa! No more typing HTML code again.

Captain’s Secret: If you have your own website or blog, set up the FTP settings for scribefire and you can begin uploading and incorporating pictures in seconds.