#read more help

[thelaundrybitch]

How To - Tumblr Blogger Edition

Hey Friends!

I have put a little something together that I hope will help new (and maybe even some experienced - no judging here 💕) bloggers (writers, artists, etc.) with the ins and outs of how to blog.

This post will help you with things like:

Creating a Post (what should I include?)

Pinned Posts

Creating a Master List with Links

Read More Option

Tagging

Reblogs, only Please!

How to - Tumblr blogger edition

Pinned post

Create Post

Click Post Now

Go to the ellipses (three dots) at the top right corner of the newly posted work, and click on it.

Click on Pin

Congratulations! You’ve just pinned your post!

Creating a Master List with links

Create Post

Click Post Now

Go to the ellipses (three dots) at the top right corner of the newly posted work, and click on it.

Click copy link

Once it’s been clicked, it will say Link Copied! and turn green.

Go to your pinned post.

Scroll down to the bottom and click the little pencil 🖉 to edit the post

Create a name (Usually the title of your work) and highlight the name.

Automatically, a little “bar of options” will pop up to let you fix or change the font of your text.

The second to last bubble in this “bar of options” is to create the link🔗. It says *Inline Link*

Click the button, and another bar will pop up.

Paste your copied link from earlier into this line and click Done.

Scroll back to the Bottom of your pinned post and click Save.

Congratulations! You’ve created a link to your work!

*Always click on your link to make sure it works and brings you to the piece you want to be linked*

Read More Option & Creating an Original Post

This is used for both courtesy and intrigue.

*This option allows the creator to hide NSFW work or lure the viewers in without giving too much away above the cut line. It’s also good if your post is super long, so it doesn’t clutter other’s dashboards - this is a highly desirable trait used by most Tumblr writers and artists.

Create Post

Title

Description of what is posted

Warnings/ Triggers

Pics or gifs, if desired

Credit to other contributing parties (if/when necessary)

You may want to add something to remind others that they should only Reblog your work.

Hit enter for a new line, and a row of little icons will pop up, including:

Camera, video, GIF, Audio, Link, and ellipses (three dots)

Click on the ellipses (three dots). This is the “read more” option

Insert the rest of your post below the cut line. Include:

Your work

People you want to tag - example: @thelaundrybitch

A link to your Master List! - People want to read and see more of your work! (create this the same way you created links for your Master List, just do it backward - Copy the link from your Master List and insert the link on your work)

TAG TAG TAG - example: #Thanks for the tag

If you aren’t sure how to tag your work, check out work similar to yours and see how this creator tagged their work.

Or ask! We are all willing to help 💕

Enjoying my work? Find my Master list HERE

If you aren’t on this list, please let me know if you want me to tag you in my other work or if you prefer me to not tag you 😘

[pawnshopsouls]

OOC: Quick note on Read More!s

//Because of whatever issues lie between the Tumblr browser and mobile app, the first paragraph of Read Mores are not hidden under the ReadMore. To help with this, I recommend adding —Read More— as the first paragraph with whatever you want hidden underneath it.

//For example:

—Read More—

//You’ll probably see the —Read More— as posted above but you won’t see this until you actually click on Read More. This is something I’ve noticed, so I hope this is helpful to everyone struggling with ReadMores on Mobile!

[theywillallfall]

Does anyone know how to bring back or use the old read more feature?

Cause the new one f-ing sucks. It won't allow two read mores from two different blogs on the same post. The top one always gets removed and when you're doing NSFW roleplays that's something you don't want happening. This new one is messing up all of my roleplays. I want it to stop now.

[theywillallfall]

(Can someone help me figure out how to add in the old read more feature?)

[lydiamahrtn-blog]

You do a read more by pressing the read more button or if you're on the app you can do it in html. I can get you the html version for it if you like or I can tell you what the button is if you're not sure...?

I figured out where the button was the other day, but everytime I did it nothing would show up, I don't even know what I was doing. I finally figured it out though so YAY/ But thanks for offering to help, you're the best.