how to do mobile replies
Mobile replying, is honestly, quite the worst. And it is hard to make a reply that looks pretty. So under the cut is a tutorial of how I do my mobile replies(which I find gives the prettiest results).
First, you’ll want to open a browser app. This is important, as it won’t work on the Tumblr app. Once you are logged in, what I do is find the reply I want to do and save it in my drafts. I just find it easier, as if you are not sure about what the formatting looks, you can just save it and see how it looks so far. In any case, once you open the edit reblog, it will look like this:
Next, what you’ll want to do is copy your partner’s reply in the blank box. To do so, you’ll first need to highlight their reply and press copy. After that, you only need to paste it into the blank box.
It will then look like this. As you can see, the gif didn’t paste, that’s because you need to add it manually with the correct tag.
To add the gif, you’ll need to long press on your partner’s gif and select copy. You then have to type in this, before or after the reply depending on where it originally was: <.a href=“gif url”> (without the dot) So it should look like this once you’re done:
Once this has been done, you can type in your own reply after the tag for your partner’s gif.
Now to add your own gif, you will use the same tag as for your partner’s gif. But this time, you’ll use a different gif. Usually, I have a gif hunt opened in another tab so it’s easier to find an appropriate gif.
The next thing to do is to do the formatting. I personally only make the text small, but you may use any other formatting tag you wish. You’ll also want to try and keep the same formatting your partner had. So if they had something bolded, you can bold it using the <.bold> / <./bold> tags(without the dots).
You’ll also want to put your partner’s reply in a blockquote. Just put the <.blockquote> tag(without the dot) before the beginning of their reply, and the <./blockquote> tag(without the dot) after the tag for their gif.
And you will also want to add a link back to their blog at the beginning of the reply. For that, you need to use this tag <.a href=“partner’s url”>(without the dot) and place it before the blockquote. *note I accidentally put herf in the screenshot, but it really is href.
Now, you have the whole reply set in html, so you can click on the red ‘x’ at the top of the reblog to delete it, and post it! If you want to make sure it looks good, you can also save it in your drafts to see the formatting and make sure you haven’t messed up anything, and then post it.
And you’re done! I hope this was clear enough!
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