June 15, 2009

Switch Between Lens Themes With Toolbar

Now that the new themes are live on Squidoo, many Lensmasters are busily updating their lenses to take advantage of them. Figuring out which of the 9 themes works best of a particular lens can be tricky.

Recently, the Squidoo Toolbar has been updated to allow quick switching between themes! *

Under the ‘Lens Workshop’ menu on the toolbar is a new sub-menu titled ‘Switch Theme’. Navigate to any lens, and select one of these themes from the sub-menu, and voilà! Instant and magical transformation of the lens to use the theme of your choice. You can keep doing this as much as you like, until you’ve found a theme you like.

However, when you choose a theme this way it will not stick. To make it permanent, you still have to edit the lens, pick the theme and apply it. This is still a great way to test out different themes if you can’t decide which one you like the best.

Note: Some types of lenses, such as Ever.com, SquidZipper, TwttrList, etc, cannot be changed to permanently use a different theme, as the styles of these lenses are fixed. The same is true for lenses that are in The Answer Deck.

* This new functionality should automatically appear on your toolbar - there’s no need to reinstall it.