Hii! Just got back on tumblr and there were a few fics that I reblogged but when I go to my posts, it doesn't show. I think it's because the fic is rated as mature. Is this something new on tumblr..?
🌷Hi there! I thought I haven’t seen you lately, welcome back! 🥰
Ah yes, there were changes to tumblr. You can follow tumblr’s official account where they post updates to the platform. Bloggers can choose the label of their posts so these are tagged properly (mature, or violent themes, etc.). At the same time, you can choose the content you want to see. If you go to your settings you can make some changes too!
Below is just an example of the choices you can make. If you want tumblr to blur certain topics, then it won’t show full content. If you choose the hide option, then you won’t see some fics with such themes altogether.
Since I read fics, I just set some topics to “show” so I don’t miss some fics. I guess it’s up to you what you want to see on your feed =)
Your page is very beautiful and aesthetic can you tell me how you did it 😌.. I'm new user I don't know how to use Tumblr yet everything is so confusing here 😅😅 .
🌷 Hi there! Thank you for saying this because I actually enjoy customizing my tumblr and creating these banners even though I am not an artist or anything? Hahaha *shy* 😊. I actually don’t know how to describe or give instructions on tumblr customization. But you can try checking tumblr’s tutorial pages?
WIll try to help as much as I could but I am not an expert so please bear with my attempt to explain it below the cut
🌷 I think first step is to choose a theme?
It’s not required and honestly my main blog is just the classic tumblr theme. I just change the color schemes depending on the banner I’ve chosen. I also prefer the grid view so I can see around 4 columns of content since that is my main blog for posting fangirling content + ongoing fics + random stuff. For ggukkiereads, I really prefer if content is posted per column and I decided to choose from different theme creators!
My theme is from https://seyche.tumblr.com/ and I just customized the colors, the padding, the links, the icons. There are other theme sites though and you can actually search on tumblr for other sites (just type blog themes to find the others). Here are others you can browse:
https://xuethms.tumblr.com/
https://seyche.tumblr.com/
https://cactusthemes.tumblr.com/themes
https://amboise.tumblr.com/tagged/codes
https://sheathemes.tumblr.com/tagged/sheathemes
https://pirateskinned.tumblr.com/terms
https://sorrism.tumblr.com/tagged/theme
https://odeysseus.tumblr.com/tagged/*mine
https://nonspace.dev/tagged/nnspc%20codes
https://kosmique.tumblr.com/codes
https://mercurythms.tumblr.com/tagged/*codes
Important!!! Please check their terms and conditions before downloading theme codes
THERE ARE MORE SITES and I am not keeping tabs of every theme site. However, I remember following one blog that reblogs or features themes from different creators. I will find the blog site and edit this so you can also follow and get their recommendations =)
🌷 banners and profile pictures
For banner making, I just use Canva. My pfp is butter Joonie/sugakitty which I had commissioned and I can just change or use them in all banners as I wish. There’d be banners on twitter too for profile layouts that you can use for free but they are usually for twitter layouts. If you like some you can ask the artist if you can use the profile photo or banner for tumblr instead of twitter.
If you need to remove a background, there is a free bg remover online.
Note: important to give credit to the source. In my blogs, I usually document where I get the photos, etc.
🌷 color schemes
I just used Canva for the color codes (hex codes). Tumblr will also suggest a color palette when you’re choosing the blog colors. I guess just experiment and have fun with it? See what colors you like or speak to you.
🌷 mobile
Please note that sometimes your desktop theme will look different on mobile. And this gives me headaches and I am not prepared to give tips because it’s a “let’s wing it” process for me when setting my mobile theme. I guess try simple themes first? Then once you are confident with theme changing, you can start customizing more details of your blog for mobile (you have to use customize for mobile link which you can find on your dashboard settings)
🌷 hyperlinks on your BIO
This requires codes but if you are not comfortable to link sites yet, then not required to use this. But if you see on my blogs my bio has linked description, right?
These are codes you need to remember when organizing your Bio:
I hope it’s not confusing or that I’ve been a bit of a help? Feel free to DM me on my main if you wish to chat more about this =)
Tumblr notifications have been real wonky for me lately so don't be afraid to inform me of or ask me about anything you think I might not have seen. I dont consider that spamming unless it's excessive. Excessive is rapid succession and way more than necessary and very few people are like that. I'm usually flattered anyone is enthusiastic about writing with me and it's highly unlikely you're going to be unfollowed for that. Furthermore, I let people know if I need a break (nicely).
If you don't like seeing re-reblogs or reblogs of my original posts, a blacklist tag is "rebagel tag"
Also when I tag a trigger word I just use the word. No cw, no tw, no dashes. Just the word, so better chances any filter will catch it, regardless of whether it used cw, tw, dashes or no, it's just got the word right there. I can't be expected to know what every person prefers with that cw, tw, // or none, and where they put it. The word itself is all you need to blacklist it.
hey i know this doesn’t have anything to do with fics but how do you get the links to you masterlist, etc. on the mobile app? when i try to do on my account it they appear on my desktop blog but not on my mobile, and if they do appear on my mobile, when i click the links they don’t open in tumblr, they open on my browser (safari). can you help?
🌷 Hi! You can just edit your bio and put the links you want using a code =) . On desktop, you’ll see the palette icon 🎨 for Edit Appearance. Just click on this and you’ll see a panel on the left.
Sharing mine, where the highlighted in yellow is the linked word while the blue one is the url/link. So the code goes like this: <a href=“url here”>TEXT TO DISPLAY</a>
