Embedding a Clock on the Today Page
You can embed a live clock into an Update on the Today Page. This is a fun way to display the time, a countdown, or even a themed animated clock right on your LENS board.
Finding a Clock
The hardest part of this process is choosing a clock you like. You can find many free options by searching online for “iframe embed clock” or by browsing the ClockLink Gallery.
Adding the Clock in LENS
Navigate to the Today Page
Create a new Update
Select the three-dot menu of the text editor
Click the
<>"Code View" icon
Note: You will know you are in code view when the <> icon is blue
Paste in your embed iframe code here
Click the
<>icon again to exit code view
Note: You have to click the <> icon again in order to save your embed code!
See the preview
Click Save if you like what you see
Example Clocks
Clock House
Copy and paste this code into the text field:
<iframe src='https://www.embed.com/app/clock/cuckoo.html' style='width: 500px; height: 500px;' scrolling='no' frameBorder='0'></iframe>
Cat Clock
Copy and paste this code into the text field:
<iframe src='https://www.embed.com/app/clock/cat.html' style='width: 500px; height: 500px;' scrolling='no' frameBorder='0'></iframe>
Date & Time
Copy and paste this code into the text field:
<iframe scrolling="no" frameborder="no" clocktype="html5" style="overflow:hidden;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;width:450px;height:210px;"src="https://www.clocklink.com/html5embed.php?clock=048&timezone=GMT-0400&color=blue&size=450&Title=&Message=&Target=&From=2020,1,1,0,0,0&Color=blue"></iframe>
Week in View
Copy and paste this code into the text field:
<iframe scrolling="no" frameborder="no" clocktype="html5" style="overflow:hidden;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;width:256px;height:174px;"src="https://www.clocklink.com/html5embed.php?clock=046&timezone=GMT-0400&color=blue&size=256&Title=&Message=&Target=&From=2020,1,1,0,0,0&Color=blue"></iframe>
Countdown Timer
Copy and paste this code into the text field:
<iframe scrolling="no" frameborder="no" clocktype="html5" style="overflow:hidden;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;width:400px;height:80px;"src="https://www.clocklink.com/html5embed.php?clock=045&timezone=GMT-0400&color=black&size=400&Title=&Message=&Target=2021,04,20,0,0,0&From=2020,1,1,0,0,0&Color=black"></iframe>
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