#Tumblr hacks

[itsallaboutbl]

Hi guys, i'm seeing many people struggling to have their last gifsets appear in the tags so i'm sharing a hack with you guys cause this happened to me a loooong time ago (glad I kept this saved till now).

Since tumblr can't fix anything that matters, let me explain to you. So basically this post has two gifs/images. Yes, one is our gorgeous Joker, and the other one is an invisible line. You just have to save the invisible line and then add it to your post!

Yes, it's that simple cause then the post magically appears right away in the tags with an invisible line 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ tumblr being tumblr, y'all know it.

Anwyay, I hope this helps 🙏🏽😘

[celestie0]

custom font colors tutorial

note: this is for my bb @tobaccosunbxrst but also just wanted to post it to public for anyone curious on how to do custom fonts w html on tumblr. i originally made this tutorial privately for my mutual @certainlysyko so apologies for the silly choice of example text that i used lol. anyways.

so as we know, tumblr only has the following default color options for text:

but what if we want some other cool colors like coral pink or cerulean blue or barf green?

to do custom fonts, it’s very simple, but it needs to be done on pc/laptop (cannot be done on app). we are going to start with a post:

then, you’re just gonna change whatever word that you want the custom color for into one of the tumblr defaults. you do this by just selecting the text with your cursor and then tumblr’s default colors pop up. you can change into any of them, this just establishes the code in the html and makes it easy to spot

then you're going to go to the little settings thingy at the top right of the post (the settings wheel) and click on this drop down, then click on "html" which will switch it to html

now it's in html. this looks very simple bc there is only one statement here. i’ll touch on how to deal with more lengthier blocks of html code later. but for now, note this section only:

<span class="npf_color_rachel">

this is ALL we need to work with in the code

we're going to change it from

<span class="npf_color_rachel">

to

<span style="color: #[hex code]">

so, for example, something like

<span style="color: #81b7ce">

note. you can also just copy paste the lines above so you don’t have to type it out

soooo all we did was delete the class=npf_color_rachel part and just replaced it with style=“color: #[hex code]

and here's the preview! all done :)

this is the website i use to find the hex codes. a hex code is basically those codes after the hashtag so like #81AACE (don't forget to input the hashtag)

now, for those lengthier posts i mentioned, you can use ctrl+f and search the word "color". it will show up any place on the post where you have a colored font (so do this after you’ve already changed all the places you want custom colors into default tumblr colors, like in the 1st step)

this way, you can easily find the places with <span blah blah> that you need to edit

here is an example of that in one of my posts:

and yeah! that’s basically it. disclaimer, i’m not a software engineer nor so i know much about tech haha, this is just for tumblr aesthetics

alright peace out! 🧚‍♀️✨ hope this is helpful

[holygroundsound]

do you miss twitter’s bookmarking system?

THERE ARE TWO GOOD OPTIONS TO BOOKMARK STUFF ON TUMBLR

one: just tag posts you want to save with the tag “bookmark”. when click on that tag, it should take you to a screen of all the stuff on your blog thats also been tagged with that

this might not be for everyone tho as it means all your bookmarks are public since anyone can also click on your tag and look through it

soooooo let me teach yall about the next best thing you can do on tumblr: side blogs!

side blogs are basically blogs without a new separate log in. they don’t have their own password, so you can only get to it through your normal account, but otherwise they work like a normal blog

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN MAKE A SIDEBLOG TO “BOOKMARK” IMPORTANT STUFF FOR LATER:

STEP ONE click the little person icon at the bottom of your homepage (aka dash)

STEP TWO you should see a page like this. click “create a new blog”, type in an available username, and hit enter

your screen should now have another blog listed below your main blog as you can see in the picture

STEP THREE go check out your new blog and customize it to your liking (you might want to make it obvious that this is just for bookmarks so people don’t want to follow)

STEP FOUR click the name of the blog in the top right corner. clicking on it will let you see all of your blogs so you can go back to your main one by clicking on its name

STEP FIVE congratulations you can now bookmark things! whenever you see a post you want to save for later, simply press and hold on the reblog button and select the icon for your SIDE BOOKMARK BLOG, not your main blog

this is what pressing and holding on the reblog button should look like now

YOU NOW HAVE A NICE SPOT TO STORE ALL YOUR BOOKMARKS WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!

you can also make your account almost COMPLETELY invisible by clicking the settings icon on your side blog (the tiny gear), going to visibility at the bottom of the options, and turning on both hide options (hide from search results & from people without an account)

look at you tumblr pro :)

[greater-than-the-sword]

How to Back up a Tumblr Blog

This will be a long post.

Big thank you to @afairmaiden for doing so much of the legwork on this topic. Some of these instructions are copied from her verbatim.

Now, we all know that tumblr has an export function that theoretially allows you to export the contents of your blog. However, this function has several problems including no progress bar (such that it appears to hang for 30+ hours) and when you do finally download the gargantuan file, the blog posts cannot be browsed in any way resembling the original blog structure, searched by tag, etc.

What we found is a tool built for website archiving/mirroring called httrack. Obviously this is a big project when considering a large tumblr blog, but there are some ways to help keep it manageable. Details under the cut.

How to download your blog with HTTrack:

Website here

You will need:

A reliable computer and a good internet connection.

Time and space. For around 40,000 posts, expect 48 hours and 40GB. 6000 posts ≈ 10 hours, 12GB. If possible, test this on a small blog before jumping into a major project. There is an option to stop and continue an interrupted download later, but this may or may not actually resume where it left off. Keep in mind that Tumblr is a highly dynamic website with things changing all the time (notes, icons, pages being updated with every post, etc).

A custom theme. It doesn't have to be pretty, but it does need to be functional. That said, there are a few things you may want to make sure are in your theme before starting to archive:

the drop down meatball menu on posts with the date they were posted

tags visible on your theme, visible from your blog's main page

no icon images on posts/notes (They may be small, but keep in mind there are thousands of them, so if nothing else, they'll take up time. Instructions on how to exclude them below.)

Limitations: This will not save your liked or private posts, or messages. Poll results also may not show up.

What to expect from HTTrack:

HTTrack will mirror your blog locally by creating a series of linked HTML files that you can browse with your browser even if tumblr were to entirely go down. The link structure mimics the site structure, so you should be able to browse your own blog as if you had typed in the url of your custom theme into the browser. Some elements may not appear or load, and much of the following instructions are dedicated to making sure that you download the right images without downloading too many unnecessary images.

There will be a fair bit of redundancy as it will save:

individual posts pages for all your tags, such as tagged/me etc (If you tend to write a lot in your tags, you may want to save time and space by skipping this option. Instructions below.)

the day folder (if you have the meatball menu)

regular blog pages (page/1 etc)

How it works: HTTrack will be going through your url and saving the contents of every sub directory. In your file explorer this will look like a series of nested folders.

How to Start

Download and run HTTrack.

In your file directory, create an overarching folder for the project in some drive with a lot of space.

Start a new project. Select this folder in HTTrack as the save location for your project. Name your project.

For the url, enter https://[blogname].tumblr.com. Without the https:// you'll get a robots.txt error and it won't save anything.

Settings:

Open settings. Under "scan rules":

Check the box for filetypes .gif etc. Make sure the box for .zip etc. is unchecked. Check the box for .mov etc.

Under "limits":

Change the max speed to between 100,000 - 250,000. The reason this needs to be limited is because you could accidentally DDOS the website you are downloading. Do not DDOS tumblr.

Change the link limit to maybe 200,000-300,000 for a cutoff on a large blog, according to @afairmaiden. This limit is to prevent you from accidentally having a project that goes on infinitely due to redundancy or due to getting misdirected and suddenly trying to download the entirety of wikipedia.

Go through the other tabs. Check the box that says "Get HTML first". Uncheck "find every link". Uncheck "get linked non-html files". If you don't want to download literally the entire internet. Check "save all items in cache as well as HTML". Check "disconnect when finished".

Go back to Scan Rules.

There will be a large text box. In this box we place a sort of blacklist and whitelist for filetypes.

Paste the following text into that box.

+*.mp4 +*.gifv -*x-callback-url* -*/sharer/* -*/amp -*tumblr.com/image* -*/photoset_iframe/*

Optional:

-*/tagged/* (if you don't want to save pages for all your tags.)

-*/post/* (if you don't want to save each post individually. not recommended if you have readmores that redirect to individual posts.)

-*/day/* (if you don't feel it's necessary to search by date)

Optional but recommended:

-*/s64x64u*.jpg -*tumblr_*_64.jpg -*avatar_*_64.jpg -*/s16x16u*.jpg -*tumblr_*_16*.jpg -*avatar_*_16.jpg -*/s64x64u*.gif -*tumblr_*_64.gif -*avatar_*_64.gif -*/s16x16u*.gif -*tumblr_*_16.gif -*avatar_*_16.gif

This will prevent the downloading of icons/avatars, which tend to be extremely redundant as each image downloads a separate time for each appearance.

Many icons are in .pnj format and therefore won't download unless you add the extension (+*.pnj), so you may be able to whitelist the URLs for your and your friends' icons. (Honestly, editing your theme to remove icons from your notes may be the simpler solution here.)

You should now be ready to start.

Make sure your computer doesn't overheat during the extremely long download process.

Pages tend to be among the last things to save. If you have infinite scroll on, your first page (index.html) may not have a link to page 2, but your pages will be in the folder.

Shortly after your pages are done, you may see the link progress start over. This may be to check that everything is complete. At this point, it should be safe to click cancel if you want to stop, but you run the risk of more stuff being missing. You will need to wait a few minutes for pending transfers to be competed.

Once you're done, you'll want to check for: Files without an extension.

Start with your pages folder, sort items by file type, and look for ones that are simply listed as "file" rather than HTML. Add the appropriate extension (in this case, .html) and check to see if it works. (This may cause links to this page to appear broken.)

Next, sort by file size and check for 0B files. HTMLs will appear as a blank page. Delete these. Empty folders. View files as large icons to find these quickly.

If possible, make a backup copy of your project file and folder, especially if you have a fairly complete download and you want to update it.

Finally, turn off your computer and let it rest.

[lightasthesun]

(Un)official tumblr rules

If you reblog an ask game from someone send them an ask in return!! (no matter if you know them or not!!) it's like saying thank you for showing me this ask game.

Same the other way around—If somebody reblogs an ask game from you send them an ask! Be the first to make them happy!

Don't reblog personal posts! Like ever. Unless you asked for permission. Or it's specified in the post ie. #ok to reblog

Don't reblog someone's answer to an ask game/answered ask. (there may be exceptions ie. if it's a fandom related ask game or prompts but generally don't reblog personal answers to ask games unless you ask)

Don't steal any kind of content creation (gifs, fics, art etc.) Don't repost! Not here. Not on Pinterest. Not on twitter or tiktok or anywhere.

your kink is not my kink. ship let ship. fandom/ship wars belong on twitter.

if you don't like someone's posts just unfollow or even block them if you never want to see their stuff again (you can also block tags). Don't go in their inbox and harass them about their taste in things.

don't use tags for posts that are entirely unrelated to each other just to get a bigger audience i.e. using the #anakin skywalker tag on a picture of the mountains.

cultivate your own tumblr experience and let others cultivate theirs.

most importantly: R E B L O G. This site is a blogging website. We have blogs. We blog. So re-blog.

There are no influencers on this app. Even the few celebrities that are on here do shit posts. Nobody owes you anything and certainly not their free time so be kind and respectful.

[justahumblememefarmer]

I know that most people seem to use the infinite scroll on their tumblr dashboard, and I believe that's the only option on mobile, however, I like to use page view, which gives me one dumb quirk that I like to exploit

Page view's url gives me this, and the post id correlates to a time stamp. When I go to the next page, the number goes down, and it shows me the next 10 or so posts.

Click on the 3 dots and you can see the time stamp of when it was reblogged/posted

However, if I change the numbers in the url

I can go back in time

And the lower the number, the farther I go

Even back to the dark ages

[henrysglock]

hey ok life hack: tumblr doesn’t have a mute button but if you put someone’s handle into your filtered content list (NOT filtered tags) it’ll essentially function as a mute button by condensing every single post from them into a little grey box

[iwritebigbellies-blog]

Uuuhm is there a way to "block" accounts so that I don't see them, but which still allows them to follow/engage with my content? I just don't want it in the feed....

[silvermoon424]

Hi! Do you know any website to download audio from tumblr? (into mp4)

This was surprisingly hard to find! I downloaded some extension ages ago that lets me just right-click audio on my dash and save it. But I did find this website! Idk if you meant mp3 instead of mp4 because mp4 files are video files, not audio. But this website will allow you to download both mp3/audio and mp4/video files from Tumblr.

[ajthebumblebee]

Hey. So.

I didn't make this account. It's full of Turkish text talking about gambling. If anyone knows why this happened, let me know.

[puraiuddo]

wait can you no longer save gifs from your dashboard????

what the fuck???

if you try to right click + save a gif it's only showing up as WebP Image or it just takes you to a separate webpage where you still can't download it????

[shinekocreator]

You can boop the cat 🙀

Just tap the paw that appears on your screen after you boop an account

[ashes-onthewind]

easy hack for if you feel lonely with getting no notes:

follow a post you find interesting

[gnomie-afterdark]

Does anyone else still use XKit?

[grieving-angel-hopeful-demon]

Best advice I have ever gotten about the Tumblr app is to just not update it

[xxhisselfxx]

I'm just going to start tagging every post I make with 196 tags and adding a stupid picture so that my posts get more notes. My self worth is based entirely on if people on the internet think I'm funny.