[subwaysystem]

Theme Making Masterpost

!!!!UPDATED 7/1/25!!!!!

Backgrounds

here

here

here

here

here

here

Pixels

here

here

here

here

here

here

Fonts

here

here

here

here

here

here

Base Codes

here

here

here

here

Image Editors

Waifu2x

OIE

Pixlr (Multiple)

Code Hosting Sites

Pastebin

Paste.ee

Cryptbin

p.ip.fi

Hastebin

Zerobin

Update Tabs

Aligning Your Layout

Cheat Sheet

Infinite Scrolling

Tooltips + Troubleshooting

How to Add Favicons

Compress Your Theme Code (helps prevent tampering and stealing)

Make Your Theme Accessible To Disabled People

How To Make Your Sidebar Image Change On Refresh

Pixel Text Bubble Maker

Add Falling Snowflakes (to view the demo change “.org” to “.tumblr.com”)

Custom Scrollbar

How To Use Image Mapping and an Image Mapping Website

Multi-Column Theme Tutorials (Masonry,Wookmark,Isotope,& Freetile)

Icon Generator (as far as i can tell this site is dead, but this is a snapshot of how it looked. if anyone knows of a working version please let me know as i’d like to find it again)

HTML Color Picker + Pick Colors From An Image

A Ton of Free HTML Effects (more here)

Text to ASCII Art Generator

It’s very unlikely that this post will be updated again, but all links here are available on the Wayback Machine and there are a few alternatives to many of the tools which can’t be saved through WM which can be found on Google.

[subwaysystem]

!!!!UPDATED 7/1/25!!!!! Please visit the OP to reblog (or re-reblog if you reblogged previously) and avoid spreading any of the broken links as at least two of them are now phishing links. Thank you.

[subwaysystem]

How to make your theme disability accessible

I was going to sandwich this into my other masterpost but it’s too specific so here we go!

Epilepsy

freezeframe.js - turns off animated gifs and give multiple options like play on hover or start/stop when clicked

Dyslexia

this font - free + open source

font masterpost here - the longest and most helpful I’ve found

Colorblindness

How to make posts grayscale - ignore the first part for color on hover

this explanation - talks about colorblindness and how it can effect website design, a good reference overall

Display Energy Levels

HP bar + tutorial - variation here

the original spoon meter

an old spoon meter post and it’s updated version

spoon meter that has easily customizable images - great if you want to change out your meter style frequently

battery code - variations here, here (dead link at the bottom of the last post is saved here)

battery code that doesn’t use images or javascript

another cute battery code with faces based off of Scribblenauts

Misc

remove capital letters or have every sentence be capitalized + more

Disable autoplay - this is used for web browsers but you can also incorporate it into a theme or a page (tumblr specific)

An extention to remove and block autoplay music on blogs you visit

Pop up warning/welcome message - can be used to tell people about the content of the blog or make a byf or blacklist that they can’t ignore, use sparingly 

UPDATED : 7/1/25. This likely won’t be updated again. Every link (including those I updated or fixed) has been uploaded to the Wayback Machine, so if they break in the future please insert them there to access whatever it is you’re looking for.

[subwaysystem]

UPDATED : 7/1/25. Please visit the OP to reblog (or re-reblog if you reblogged previously) and avoid spreading any of the broken links as at least two of them are now phishing links. Thank you.

[subwaysystem]

It's my 10 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

[sidlolly-deactivated20170521]

[gotitforcheap-deactivated201611]

[weirdnessisgood]

[niteowlworkshop]

[moonemojii]

when you’re on ur computer and someone’s standing behind u

[minxe-deactivated20160121]

having responsibility when you’re already an anxious mess

[tastefullyoffensive]

[morefunthanb4]

[subwaysystem]

sorry if this has been asked before but i'm having trouble using freezeframe.js, and i was wondering if you had any tips on it?? it was suggested in your disability masterpost. :0c thank you either way and have a good day!!

hi! the creator-given tutorial can be found here: https://github.com/ctrl-freaks/freezeframe.js/blob/master/README.md

if you don’t understand how to implement certain parts of javascript into your code you can learn how to here: http://www.w3schools.com/js/

i’ll try to put up a simple, easy read tutorial sometime this month but until then google is probably your best friend :>

(if you want to ask me about anything specific in the codes feel free to pm me!)

[officialunitedstates]

How old are you

do you think pelicans have any kind of culture or lore.  are there any traditions that are passed down each generation, or does their language exist solely to convey needs, wants, warnings, and orders in the present.  are they capable of understanding the life-death cycle and helping future generations to survive by sharing the knowledge they have acquired over their lifetimes

[just-shower-thoughts]

There are probably epic space battles happening right now somewhere.

[subwaysystem]

How to make your theme disability accessible

I was going to sandwich this into my other masterpost but it’s too specific so here we go!

Epilepsy

freezeframe.js - turns off animated gifs and give multiple options like play on hover or start/stop when clicked

Dyslexia

this font - free + open source

font masterpost here - the longest and most helpful I've found

Colorblindness

How to make posts grayscale - ignore the first part for color on hover

this explanation - talks about colorblindness and how it can effect website design, a good reference overall

Display Energy Levels

HP bar + tutorial - variation here

the original spoon meter

an old spoon meter post and it’s updated version

spoon meter that has easily customizable images - great if you want to change out your meter style frequently

battery code - variations here, here (dead link at the bottom of the last post is saved here)

battery code that doesn't use images or javascript

another cute battery code with faces based off of Scribblenauts

Misc

remove capital letters or have every sentence be capitalized + more

Disable autoplay - this is used for web browsers but you can also incorporate it into a theme or a page (tumblr specific)

An extention to remove and block autoplay music on blogs you visit

Pop up warning/welcome message - can be used to tell people about the content of the blog or make a byf or blacklist that they can’t ignore, use sparingly 

UPDATED : 7/1/25. This likely won't be updated again. Every link (including those I updated or fixed) has been uploaded to the Wayback Machine, so if they break in the future please insert them there to access whatever it is you're looking for.

[subwaysystem]

hi, I saw your post about making themes, and I was wondering how to align the top of my icon with the bottom of my background? I'm sorry if you listed it on there, but I'd there a way to do that on mobile?

Hello, I am going to need some more information about what you are trying to do! 

Do you want to align the top of your tumblr icon with your theme background or with your mobile blog header?

( If you dont want to communicate over asks i’m up for messaging too @httpvoid )

[subwaysystem]

Season 3 Opening Leak!