thefluffanutta wrote:

Chadrew wrote:

By the way thefluffanutta, it seems SquidUtils gives me an empty feed when I use this tool: http://squidutils.com/cb-feed.php

Yes, I noticed that too. I'm looking into to it now...

Edit: Okay, fixed it now

Thanks


I plan to add at least one Amazon widget to every lens since that sidebar space is usually unused. I do wonder if that won't make my lenses look heavy on the ads however.

Are there any plans for a HTML/Text widget?

Chadrew wrote:

Are there any plans for a HTML/Text widget?

You can vote for it in this poll

Edit: Gargh! Christene beat me too it! 

Last edited by thefluffanutta (03/19/2010 9:37 am)

joshuabrown wrote:

Hi guys,

The lack of intro text isn't a bug, other than we simply haven't removed the intro text area from the workshop editor. We feel these widgets should be lean and mean. Blake has already gotten rid of that field on our staging server, so that should be rolled out later.

As for the number of widgets we're allowing -- that could very easily change in the future.

Glad you guys like them!

Josh

LOVE THEM .........love them ........... love them.....

Ladymermaid

Bev wrote:

Okay, I've had a chance to add a few. I love them. However, There's still an awful lot of empty space down the right-hand side so why are we limited to only three modules? Any chance we can have, oooh.. six?

Bev,

I wasn't sure if you meant we were only allowed 3 links in the module itself.

I needed six for this particular lens, so added two modules, with 3 in each

http://www.squidoo.com/i-love-avocado

Is that what you meant?  Does that help?

Last edited by awelldressedbullet (03/19/2010 12:30 pm)

awelldressedbullet wrote:

Bev wrote:

Okay, I've had a chance to add a few. I love them. However, There's still an awful lot of empty space down the right-hand side so why are we limited to only three modules? Any chance we can have, oooh.. six?

Bev,

I wasn't sure if you meant we were only allowed 3 links in the module itself.

I needed six for this particular lens, so added two modules, with 3 in each

http://www.squidoo.com/i-love-avocado

Is that what you meant?  Does that help?

Hello,

No... we can only use three actual modules, i.e. two Amazon Spotlights and one Featured Lenses for example. I've got several long lenses which would benefit from having the Amazon Spotlights moved from the body of the lens to the sidebar so it would be nice to have more available.

But thanks anyway

Bev

PS One of the lenses I added the Spotlights to has already had a sale this evening... so they do work beautifully.

can we have the amazon star ratings included please.  I've experimented with them on and off and I think it helps if they're on

blackjava wrote:

Does any one know when this will be available to the general public? I understand only Giant Squids have them at the moment.

No idea, but if they prove to be successful, HQ might release it to all soon...

The only thing I don't like is that they appear at the TOP of the Table of Contents, although I suppose that may be because I added them first on my newest lens.  I'll have to keep playing with them.  I don't necessarily want to further "Amazonize" my lenses but I love the idea of featuring more lenses and filling in some of that dead sidebar space.

It just occurred to me what I would really love to have as a widget - our Twitter Follow.  It takes up a lot of space on the lens and is easy for the eye to skip over as it scans down to more colorful or important information, but as a little widget on the side it could either easily be ignored OR some little comment might catch someone eye and they'll follow...

We'll be releasing Sidebar Widgets to all lensmasters later today. Thanks to the Giant Squids for the help testing and debugging.

I'm going to move this thread to the Official Announcements section shortly so that it can be the central source for community talk about Widgets as more people start using them.

Just wanted to check in after a week plus of using the sidebar Widgets. 

Does anyone have any small success stories to share? An uptick in Amazon sales from the Spotlight Widget? More visits to lenses you put in the Featured Lenses Widget? Just curious if there are case studies worth knowing. Our ability to track clicks internally is pretty good, but real anecdotes are sometimes just as helpful.

Thanks!

Love, love, LOVE the widgets.  I've been having fun trying out different configurations, and like theraggededge, shortening some of my longer lenses .   No monetary success yet. 

And I just discovered the Facebook Fan Box widget.  I've been trying to add fan boxes to my lens, and not quite successfully.   
It seems to be a little buggy, tho?  Can't wait to add it to a lens. 

SoyCandleLover-Maker wrote:

And I just discovered the Facebook Fan Box widget.  I've been trying to add fan boxes to my lens, and not quite successfully.   
It seems to be a little buggy, tho?  Can't wait to add it to a lens. 

No, it doesn't seem to be working yet.