#206 The Highwayman

#206 The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
http://www.squidoo.com/the-highwayman

This is another summer school lens. The challenge was to make a lens about something using only 5 modules. Pretty shortly afterwards this was relaxed to possibly not include the intro and Guestbook, but I went with the more restrictive version.

It proved tricky as it wasn't possible to add everything I wanted. For example, the musical versions are absent and I focused entirely on the poem. Usually I avoid extensive CSS on Lenses because they can be very unpredictable (Squidoo's code filter plus browser differences occassionally equals a right mess!) but with this one it was the only way to assemble it.

If you are on Squidoo why not try the challenge yourself? Even if you aren't in the summer school, it's well worth it just for the practice.

A new challenge!

The Squid Team Challenge doesn't end until the 15th, and my team is lagging, so I might be turning out a few more lenses before then. And I won't know if I got Top 100 until June 30th. So rather than be bored or nervous, I am taking on a new challenge!

Squidoo have now started a summer school - the challenge? To make eight lenses in eight weeks on preset topics.

More here: Squid Summer School

I don't get on as well when I can't pick my own topic, so this should be a bit harder!