#Tumblr tricks

[boreal-sea]

If you add a tag to Tumblr's built-in filtering system, it will filter based on the ORIGINAL TAGS OP PUT ON THE POST.

I learned this awesome fact last week that I don't think many people know about. Instead of shaming you for not knowing, like I was shamed, I'm just gonna enthusiastically TELL you!

This is amazing. This means that if a TERF post tagged "terf safe" escapes containment and ends up on your dash, you'll know. Probably none of the reblogs are tagged with anything suspicious, but because the OP tagged it "terf safe", your filter will catch it.

This is also great for folks who need to make sure they avoid potential triggers - I know that when I reblog I'm often lazy and do not tag triggers. I'm a lot more careful when I'm the OP of the post, though, and I bet that applies to most folks.

[void-the-bear]

Quick tutorial for colored text

Gear icon on the right

Click it and scroll down to Text Editor

Change from Rich text to HTML

Make your colored text, I prefer this website because it allows you to do a cool fade. And then paste the code the site gives you into the post (note, it will look messy and sometimes say there's errors.)

I recommend to change back to Rich text to preview what it looks like before hitting post

Have fun now! Go off and color some text! I made this post because people asked how I did it.

keep in mind the HTML thing will count for your 'text block limit' thing APPARENTLY

[agentsecret24]

@tealmaskmybeloved

I have figured out the text gradient thingy!

Basically it's (ab)using tumblr's HTML formatting option, where each character in text is a slightly different color than the previous one in order to get a smooth gradation.

The code looks like this.

However there is a website(I love the internet) that handles all the tedium for you!

Here is the link to the site.

I think this is how that post did it because looking at the HTML of the post it's the same format.

It only lets you do a max of 3 colors however, you need to do the math for more colors(like I did in the example)

[luserat]

To everyone who follows me

People get custom theme for your tumblr blog, there are many freely available in tumblr marketplace, you need to use a desktop mode in chrome browser to set it up but after you set it up you get a free tumblr subdomain !!! And not only that, you can also turn of the default theme for mobile view which will enable your custom theme in mobile view when visited from the free tumblr subdomain !!!

On top of it, you can add the subdomain to google search console so that it will eventually be searchable from google as well !!! There is way to add it to bing too through bing webmasters. Happy blogging !!!!

[publicservicememes]

MOBILE APP FRIENDLY PAGE LINKS

Adding https://href.li/? to the start of your urls to pages will force the tumblr app to treat the link like an offsite url, which will open the page inside the mobile browser.

This is best paired with responsive themes and/or page coding, which utilises modern HTML and other coding languages to enable a page to adapt to various screen resolutions, making the pages easier to view on a wider range of devices.

For those not versed in web development: What this prefix does is hides the referrer, which tells websites where the link you clicked to access their site is located.

[yellowafterlife]

Fixing a very certain annoyance

Have you ever noticed that on web, Tumblr shows the number of unread posts in the tab title, but doesn't include Activity in that number?

I made a userscript to fix that. It also has an option to show only the unread notification count in the tab title, which might be useful if you always have unreads in Home anyway:

You can find it on Greasy Fork or GitHub. You'll need a userscript manager (like TamperMonkey) to install userscripts.

[blocksruinedme]

fun new fact

if someone sends you an ask, with their name visible, you answer is privately and only they see!

This is what you do:

This is what they see

[hithelleth]

Pssst.

You know what I accidentally found out during making the last post?

SHIFT + P changes colour pallete.

!!!!!!!

[airenyah]

oh my god i just discovered by accident that on desktop you can switch your tumblr colour palette by pressing shift + p

[just-a-zuki]

TUMBLR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

HEY

did you know about the keyboard shortcuts for browsing tumblr?

“J” and “K” advance/rewind your dashboard or the tumblr you’re reading to the next/previous post. Extremely convenient.

On your dash, alt+r automatically reblogs the post you are viewing. It’s completely frictionless if all you need is the reblog. alt+c brings up the new post interface.

When I search it up, here are some others listed: some, but not all, work for me. Would you reblog and share which ones work for you?

l = Like a post.

j or k = View next or previous post.

s = Share a post.

Enter = Open a post's blog.

n = View a post's notes.

/ = Search.

Alt + c = Compose a new post.

Alt + r = Reblog a post.

[ireallyneedaintrestinglife]

Friendly reminder to anyone on Tumblr

You can filter tags and content to keep from viewing things that might be triggering or even to prevent spoilers for something

If you are on mobile:

You are going to want to go to your account (it's that little person looking button at the bottom of the page)

Then you are going to click the settings button (the little cog shaped one at the top of the page)

You will then click on Account Settings

Scroll down until you see 'content you see' it should be under dashboard preferences

Once you click that you should see 'filtered tags and 'filtered post content'

Click the + new button and add whatever it is you no longer want to see (you can remove these at any time so don't feel concerned about putting something in that you'll want to view again later)

Restart Tumblr and you should see the changes implemented instantly

If you are on desktop:

You are going to click the cog shaped button that says settings

You will then click on the account button that should have appeared under the settings button

Scroll down till you see 'content you see' which should be under the birthday section you should see 'filtered tags and 'filtered post content'

Click on the little pencil icon then add whatever it is you no longer want to see (you can remove these at any time so don't feel concerned about putting something in that you'll want to view again later)

Refresh the page and you should instantly see the changes take effect

Filtered tags as the name implies filters out any content that has been appropriately tagged with what you are trying to not see.

Filtered post content however filters out any content that simply has the mention of the word you chose to no longer see.

Have fun and stay safe y'all

[ymfingsteadilyon]

There's a special character (from a Caucasian language IIRC) that looks like a comma; remind me to copypaste it in when I'm on my computer.

I love how you can put literally anything in the tags except for commas. You can have whole-ass ideas and thoughts and messages in there... Just not structured and coherent ones.

[ghcstcd]

Sockeye salmon, if he was just a little buddy

[warrenwoodhouse]

How to Import your Tumblr Blogs from your other accounts on Tumblr (Tutorials) (How Tos) (Guides) (Codes)

Guide by @warrenwoodhouse #warrenwoodhouse

You can import your Tumblr blogs from your other accounts on Tumblr, though it was a feature in 2012 and discontinued a decade later. Currently, the only way to import your content from your other blogs on your other accounts is to use the backup feature found in the Blog Settings area. You’ll need to use a computer as the exporting feature saves your blogs in ZIP Archives. You can then import them on another account.

You can learn more about this by CLICKING HERE to see the article on Tumblr Support.

[thewatcher727]

Writing Description Notes:

Updated 9th September 2024 More writing tips, review tips & writing description notes

Facial Expressions

Masking Emotions

Smiles/Smirks/Grins

Eye Contact/Eye Movements

Blushing

Voice/Tone

Body Language/Idle Movement

Thoughts/Thinking/Focusing/Distracted

Silence

Memories

Happy/Content/Comforted

Love/Romance

Sadness/Crying/Hurt

Confidence/Determination/Hopeful

Surprised/Shocked

Guilt/Regret

Disgusted/Jealous

Uncertain/Doubtful/Worried

Anger/Rage

Laughter

Confused

Speechless/Tongue Tied

Fear/Terrified

Mental Pain

Physical Pain

Tired/Drowsy/Exhausted

Eating

Drinking

Warm/Hot

[callmeblake]

search is a fickle beast for sure

how to find literally any post on a blog in seconds (on desktop)

there are so many posts about ~tumblr is so broken, you can’t find any post on your own blog, it’s impossible, bluhrblub~

I am here to tell you otherwise! it is in fact INCREDIBLY easy to find a post on a blog if you’re on desktop/browser and you know what you’re doing:

url.tumblr.com/tagged/croissant will bring up EVERY post on the blog tagged with the specific and exact phrase #croissant. every single post, every single time. in chronological order starting with the most recent post. note: it will not find #croissants or that time you made the typo #croidnssants. for a tag with multiple words, it’s just /tagged/my-croissant and it will show you everything with the exact phrase #my croissant

url.tumblr.com/tagged/croissant/chrono will bring up EVERY post on the blog tagged with the exact phrase #croissant, but it will show them in reverse order with the oldest first 

url.tumblr.com/search/croissant isn’t as perfect at finding everything, but it’s generally loads better than the search on mobile. it will find a good array of posts that have the word croissant in them somewhere. could be in the body of the post (op captioned it “look at my croissant”) or in the tags (#man I want a croissant). it won’t necessarily find EVERYTHING like /tagged/ does, but I find it’s still more reliable than search on mobile. you can sometimes even find posts by a specific user by searching their url. also, unlike whatever random assortment tumblr mobile pulls up, it will still show them in a more logically chronological order

url.tumblr.com/day/2020/11/05 will show you every post on the blog from november 5th, 2020, in case you’re taking a break from croissants to look for destiel election memes 

url.tumblr.com/archive/ is search paradise. easily go to a particular month and see all posts as thumbnails! search by post type! search by tags but as thumbnails now

url.tumblr.com/archive/filter-by/audio will show you every audio post on your blog (you can also filter by other post types). sometimes a little imperfect if you’re looking for a video when the op embedded the video in a text post instead of posting as a video post, etc

url.tumblr.com/archive/tagged/croissant will show you EVERY post on the blog tagged with the specific and exact phrase #croissant, but it will show you them in the archive thumbnail view divided by months. very useful if you’re looking for a specific picture of a croissant that was reblogged 6 months ago and want to be able to scan for it quickly 

url.tumblr.com/archive/filter-by/audio/tagged/croissant will show you every audio post tagged with the specific phrase #croissant (you can also filter by photo or text instead, because I don’t know why you have audio posts tagged croissant) 

the tag system on desktop tumblr is GENUINELY amazing for searching within a specific blog! 

caveat: this assumes a person HAS a desktop theme (or “custom theme”) enabled. a “custom theme” is url.tumblr.com, as opposed to tumblr.com/url. I’ve heard you have to opt-into the former now, when it used to be the default, so not everyone HAS a custom theme where you can use all those neat url tricks. 

if the person doesn’t have a “custom theme” enabled, you’re beholden to the search bar. still, I’ve found the search bar on tumblr.com/url is WAY more reliable than search on mobile. for starters, it tends to bring posts up in a sensible order, instead of dredging up random posts from 2013 before anything else

if you’re on mobile, I’m sorry. godspeed and good luck finding anything. (my one tip is that if you’re able to click ON a tag rather than go through the search bar, you’ll have better luck. if your mutual has recently reblogged a post tagged #croissant, you can click #croissant and it’ll bring up everything tagged #croissant just like /tagged/croissant. but if there’s no readily available tag to click on, you have to rely on the mobile search bar and its weird bizarre whims)