Advanced HTML For Borders & Backgrounds On Squidoo

Quick Tips To Make Custom Borders & Backgrounds Fit The Pictures In Your Modules

While looking at various Lenses, I noticed many Lensmasters were having the same problems I have getting the custom borders they make match up with their Lens photos.

This is most noticeable when there aren't enough words in an Intro or Text module to fill the same amount of vertical space the image uses. An added problem is that they often look good in the Workshop, but not after they are published.

Many people love to jazz up their Lenses to make them stand out, but haven't figured out how to go the extra step to manipulate that custom border or background into just the right size to match their Lens photos.

The solution is a bit more advanced than simply copying code from one place to another. There are different spacing elements that can be adjusted, and just because you've figured it out for one module, or Lens, doesn't mean that the exact same solution will work in all your modules on all of your Lenses.

Even more frustrating is that just adding more content to a Lens may change your custom spacing, and maybe even make it unnecessary. Every change you make needs to be tested after you publish, what may look good in one browser could quite possibly look horrible in another!

Step-by-step instructions: Advanced HTML For Borders & Backgrounds On Squidoo