TumblrTricks

Little things that make using Tumblr easier. Please submit your own tips! If you have any questions, just ask and I'll try my best to answer.

[tricks-for-blog]

Help! i accidentally blocked an anon, and I'm not sure what to do. it was a friendly guy, i'd feel bad if it was one of my mutuals :(

I’m sorry, but as far as I know there is no way to unblock anons... Tumblr definitely needs to work on that!

You can try to check if there is a new blog on your list of blocked users (click the account icon on your dash > click the name of your tumblr > scroll all the way down for the list of blocked tumblrs) but I doubt it would show up there, since you blocked an IP address, not a URL.

[sheepmommy-deactivated20161205]

YO REALLY BIG ANNOUNCEMENT AND WARNING TO YALL

Staff did a really stupid and stealthy hotfix to the messaging system, where the new IM noises are incredibly loud, annoying screaming, laughing, ‘creepy’ noises in “””Halloween Spirit”””

if you don’t want to be harassed by these god-awful panic inducing noises then just go to your Settings >

Dashboard tab > 

and make sure that your messaging sounds are turned OFF, to the LEFT

y’all should probably spread this post to avoid causing anyone panic attacks from random, loud BWAHAHAHAs.

[official-erwachsen]

passend zu Halloween will tumblr einen mal wieder umbringen

[ilikesallydonovan]

Also, even if you’re sure you switched the sounds off, please go and check anyway. I know that I have switched sounds off several times, but it switched itself back on (again).

[staff]

We're getting into affiliate links

In a couple weeks we’re going to start adding something called “affiliate codes” to links on Tumblr that don’t already have one. Questions are healthy and natural, so let’s go through some:

What are affiliate codes? Basically, they tell a merchant that a customer came from Tumblr. And if there’s a sale, Tumblr may get a commission for the referral.

What’s going to change? Not much, really. Links will look and function exactly as they do now. Even personal affiliate codes, if you use them, will keep working normally.

Why are you doing this? One might argue that affiliate links can help slow or even reduce the cost of goods and services to zero as required for a truly post-capitalist economy.

Can I opt out? Of course. We wrote that right into our TOS. There’s a switch in settings that keeps Tumblr’s affiliate code off of links you post.

I have more questions. That’s why we wrote this FAQ.

[support]

Maintenance notice

We’re performing server maintenance starting 3 a.m. EST on August 16. It won’t take longer than a day, but during that time you may experience increased latency and intermittent problems with posting.

Sorry about the inconvenience, Tumblr. We appreciate your patience.

[staff]

Coming soon: Money from your Tumblr

On Thursday, we’re going to introduce ads on Tumblrs, so that later this year people can start making money from their blogs.

Tumblr is a place where brilliant, creative, funny, impossible people shape culture. Some of you have even turned your passions into jobs: book deals, music careers, paid gigs with the Creatrs program. Now, (soon!) that opportunity will be available to any eligible Tumblr—poet, musician, fan artist, and misfit weirdo memelord alike.

Some things you’re probably wondering:

Do you have to? Good question. No, you can turn off on-blog advertising in settings if you’re not comfortable with it.

When? Who? How? How much? Also good questions! We’re still working out the details of the partner program but as soon as we have details to share, we’ll make announcements right here on trusty Staff. Just so you know: You won’t be able to make money until you register for the program—which is coming soon.

Okay, cool. Ta ta for now!

[tricks-for-blog]

This is also widely believed to be the reason for messed-up blog themes this week.

[staff]

Another reason to turn on replies: Starting today, you can delete any unwanted ones from your post notes. Just tap the note you don’t want to see, select the relevant option, and away it’ll go. (If it’s not on your own original post, tapping the note lets you report it to our support team.)

You can also hide inappropriate reblog comments using the same technique.

Just a little tweak to give you more control over your notescape. Enjoy.

[staff]

People of Tumblr, behold: The GIF post!

It’s yellow. The most exciting color to be.

Tap it to see your GIF-ables—videos, bursts, Live Photos—or shoot a new GIF on the spot. Isn’t it incredible what science can do?

And now: Write on your GIFs

Like, right on your GIFs. In three different fonts, infinite font sizes, and in every color you could reasonably expect. Try these fun tricks:

Cover a beautiful face with a more-beautiful emoji face. 

Spin your text upside-down. People love that. 

Shrink your text into unreadable dots. Now you have freckles! 

Tap Aa while editing text to change fonts. But you’d have figured that out on your own.

Tap Aa while not editing text to start a fresh block of text. Do it again. Do it again forever. 

Skim the rainbow to change the color, obviously. Drag your finger way off to the side and some weirder stuff happens. 

Don’t forget rare Unicode characters. This mushroom ⍾ for example. Or this pensive snowman ☃. Or a triple integral symbol ∭. Or this expressionless square █.

iOS is coming out now, Android will be right behind.

[staff]

We recently learned that a third party had obtained access to a set of Tumblr user email addresses with salted and hashed passwords from early 2013, prior to the acquisition of Tumblr by Yahoo. As soon as we became aware of this, our security team thoroughly investigated the matter. Our analysis gives us no reason to believe that this information was used to access Tumblr accounts. As a precaution, however, we will be requiring affected Tumblr users to set a new password.

For additional information on keeping your accounts secure, please visit our Account Security page.

[tricks-for-blog]

Hello! I was wondering if anyone knows of any scripts or anything that allow for you to make many posts private at once (like an add on to the mass editor)? I'm cleaning up many old posts my blog from years ago and would still like to have all the old posts for memories. Thank you for your time!

Thanks for your question! Unfortunately, I don’t know of anything like that... I just checked New XKit again, and their mass editor doesn’t have that feature. However, you could try contacting the XKit devs and request this feature - or maybe they know of a script for that. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help.

If anyone else knows something, please let me know!

[theasexualityblog-deactivated20]

Tumblr April Fool’s Joke

This is what your dash looks like if you fall for the Tumblr April Fool’s Joke.

I know some of my followers might have vision sensitivities, and as this background is a rather bright color, I wanted to warn everyone.

If you don’t want your dash to look like this, do NOT click on the “This Is Decision 2016″ voting link. It will take you to a page where you vote for a lizard, and once you do, it changes your dash to look like the above.

If you’ve already fallen for it, there is a way to revert to the default dash. Underneath the spinning “Decision 2016″ graphic on the sidebar, there is a link to opt out.

Stay safe and have fun, lovelies!

[phoenixgirlarsonist]

It looks like this. 

[theasexualityblog-deactivated20]

Reblogging for the image to opt out.

[acesovertwenty]

REBLOGGING TO SAVE A DASH

[taimatrolls]

Ok so, replies are back and:

It seem like not everyone has the update yet.

You can reply multiple times to same post.

You can reply to your own post (but it won’t show up in your notes)

You can only reply to the original posts - not reblogs.

If you have xKit’s One Click Reply-extension and Classic Notification-extension you’ll be able to reply to replies by clicking as it shows up on your dash (if no Classic Notification, you can reach it by going to your notes-widget).

Since your replies to yourself won’t show up in notes you can’t reply to your self-replies this way.

You got 3 choices as for who can reply to your posts:

Everyone

Ppl you follow + ppl who’s been following you for 1 week+

Ppl you follow

You can’t turn off replies completely

Reblogs with comments and replies alike show up in little speech bubbles in notes if you click on a post’s notes. (The notes got a new look in general too it seem.)

You can only reply to ppl who already got the update.

Replies can’t be deleted.

Holding in Shift while you click Enter/Return will let you make line breaks while replying to a post, clicking Enter/Return without Shift on the other hand sends your Reply.

Letter count seem to be 475.

[staff]

Holy moly, replies are back

Your familiar friend for talking about posts is rolling out over the next few days, and it’s learned a ton since it’s been away. Now replies let you:

Reply multiple times to a post.

Reply to your own posts. 

See all of a post’s replies in one place.

Decide who can and can’t reply to you. (It’s in your blog settings.)

All that adds up to being able to talk about a post, right inside of a post, even as it travels from Tumblr to Tumblr. So, starting with posts created today, you’ll see a new notes view to help you follow that conversation. Looook:

If you’ve been waiting for this, thanks for your patience. If you’re new to replies, come discover their unique flavor. Spicier than a like, sweeter than a reblog, served on a big family-style platter. All part of a balanced diet. Have fun replying, Tumblr.

Want more details? You can get the nitty-gritty on replies and notes over in our help docs.

[tricks-for-blog]

I only have one blog. I'm on android and i did update my app before my very first question to you. Haha. I find it odd too. I never noticed it before not until now that i want to use it. Lol.

Do you know if you got the private post option when you’re posting from a regular computer / the Tumblr website? I wonder if that is somehow linked...

[tricks-for-blog]

I already tapped that but all I have is the Post now, Save as draft, Queue, and Scheduled?

That is odd… For me, the option is between “save as draft” and “publish on…”. I have no idea why it would be different for you, sorry. Just out of curiosity, if you have more than one blog, does it not work for all of them? Also, do you use Tumblr on Android or iOS? And do you have the latest version of the app?

[tricks-for-blog]

Hi! Is the 'post privately' thing also applicable for the mobile app? If so, how to? Thank you. :)

You mean can you make a private post with the mobile app? The answer to that is yes.

When making a new post, simply tap the little gearwheel symbol on the top right (see picture below), and in the following menu, select “post privatly” from the list. I hope this helps!

[staff]

Send a post to a someone that’ll love it.

Messaging news! Three things are happening! All of them are good:

There’s a new button on every post. It’s a paper airplane.

That paper airplane lets you send any post as a message.

And messaging is out to everyone. We flipped the switch.

So now 100% of you can talk to a Tumblr using posts instead of words. Or in addition to. Whichever. Have fun!

The paper plane is on iOS and the web right now, and it’ll be flung out to Android users over the next 24 hours.

[staff]

You asked for it. Here it comes. Messaging. Real, threaded, instant messaging. It’s in the latest Android and iOS apps, and on the web.

Yep: Now you can talk to a Tumblr.

This is a big launch, and it’s going to take a few weeks to get it out to everyone (we need to make sure our servers can handle the weight of your discourse). If you don’t have it now, you’ll have it soon.

Q: So, how can I tell if I have messaging?

A: Great question. If you see this smiley balloon hanging out on your screen…

…you’ve got messaging. If you message someone, they’ll get messaging. Eventually, messaging will cover the earth.

Q: What if I have other Q’s? What if I have A’s, even?

A: Well dang, we’d love to hear any feedback or questions you have about this thing. What works well? What kind of doesn’t? What kind of features do you want to see? Those are some of the Q’s that could use your A’s. Our support team is listening (and they’ve already put together an FAQ).