Over the last few days, I was fiddling around with using the RSS Module in Squidoo in conjunction with del.icio.us. I think I have finally got the hang of it all. In my previous post on this topic, I described how this was done. In essence, you may use the bookmarks you saved and tagged in del.icio.us as content in your module. This content is dynamic because as you save more links and tagged them appropriately in del.icio.us, these will appear in your module via RSS. How is this done? Easy, just work through the following steps:
Step #1: Decide what kind of content you want for the module. This obviously has to tie in with the subject of your Squidoo lens.
Step #2: Select an appropriate combination of tags that reflect the content of your module.
Step #3: Begin to bookmark and tag the links that you want in del.icio.us.
Step #4: Using your tags in del.icio.us, click and select the sequence of tags that you decided on in Step #2. This would look something like tag1+tag2+tag3 ..... near the top of the page.
Step #5: Look for the RSS chicklet at the bottom right of the page. Copy that link.
Step #6: Go back to your RSS module in your Squidoo lens and set up that module using the link you copied in Step #5.
Step #7: Publish your lens.
Step #8: You are now ready for some dynamic content !
Step #9: Going forward, as you encounter materials that you want as part of your content, bookmark them using del.icio.us, tag them appropriately and ....... wella ! They appear in your RSS module as your dynamic content !
Isn't that cool? Using this technique, your Squidoo lens will be as fresh as today's eggs ! Give it a try and tell me how it goes. Cheers.
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