Sparkly's theming adventures

19yo | she/her | brazilian | design major

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A Quick(ish) Introduction

Hello! My name is Sparkly (she/her), I'm a 20 year old design student from Brazil ✨

My first introduction to web design was making character layouts for Toyhou.se back in july of 2020: I was stuck at home (as we all were) and picked it up as an add-on to my other main things — art and writing.

I've been branching out a little over the past few years, with a (admittedly barebones and a constant WIP) website and now Tumblr themes!

🌌 ROUGH TOS 🌌

Do not redistribute/reupload.

Do not remove credit(s).

Frankensteining is okay, as long as the other creator allows it. Credit both creators.

Free to use as reference, credit in this case isn't required but appreciated!

— Main: @sparklylightus (keep theming-related questions to this blog though!)

Part of the Theme Directory Network!

[sparklycodes]

I'm not sure if you're still active at all on tumblr, but I really like your theme Overture, however I'm having a hard time getting the second side bar to actual show up, like I can't even see the second one, even though I can see the orientation shift when I toggle the second sidebar option. I've gone into the HTML, thinking maybe I needed to enter info first, but nothing changed. This might be a long show since you haven't been on your blog since May, but I wanted to at least try!

Hello hello! This may be a silly question, but have you tried to turn the options on and off again? I haven't looked into why, but some of the settings of the theme start out with the toggle visually on the other side of the spectrum (on when supposed to be off/vice versa) so that might be worth taking a look orz

[sparklycodes]

hi!! im looking at your theme "overture" and i am in loveeee with the sidebar and whole layout! I currently have a theme that is a grid, and i would like to kind of combine the sidebars with my current theme, or just use the overture theme but add another column. is this possible?

I haven't tried multiple columns for tumblr yet, but it should be possible with some fiddling yes! Hopefully this tutorial helps out?

[sparklycodes]

o1. Overture

[TEMP. PREVIEW] / [CODE] / [CREDITS]

My first tumblr theme! Made mostly to cater to one of my sideblog's needs... but, since I've covered quite a few bases, might as well publish it, right? Let me know if there's anything I've missed, this is literally my first contact with tumblr theme editing 💙

FEATURES

— Optional header with 3 image options (displays one randomly every time you refresh the page) — One column of posts, two sidebars (one can be toggled) — Customizable post width, sidebar widths and position — Up to 5 custom links with custom icons from Cappuccicons (can also be toggled to be the links you check 'show a link to this page' on page settings) — 3 degrees of edge 'rounded-ness' for all boxes — Optional projects, about and sideblog sections — See all variables under the cut!

NOTES

— This theme is not mobile responsive. It'll display a non-intrusive warning if your screen is smaller than the content (sidebars + post column) width. — You'll need to edit the HTML directly for the projects, about and sideblog sections. They are marked with a ✨ emoji in the code.

All the variables are down below!

[sparklycodes]

o1. Overture

[TEMP. PREVIEW] / [CODE] / [CREDITS]

My first tumblr theme! Made mostly to cater to one of my sideblog's needs... but, since I've covered quite a few bases, might as well publish it, right? Let me know if there's anything I've missed, this is literally my first contact with tumblr theme editing 💙

FEATURES

— Optional header with 3 image options (displays one randomly every time you refresh the page) — One column of posts, two sidebars (one can be toggled) — Customizable post width, sidebar widths and position — Up to 5 custom links with custom icons from Cappuccicons (can also be toggled to be the links you check 'show a link to this page' on page settings) — 3 degrees of edge 'rounded-ness' for all boxes — Optional projects, about and sideblog sections — See all variables under the cut!

NOTES

— This theme is not mobile responsive. It'll display a non-intrusive warning if your screen is smaller than the content (sidebars + post column) width. — You'll need to edit the HTML directly for the projects, about and sideblog sections. They are marked with a ✨ emoji in the code.

All the variables are down below!