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Now testing: Pages
You can now add static pages to your blog, with a few very useful options.
Sure wish I could Like this more than once … great addition to an already stellar platform.
I mentioned this on Twitter a couple weeks back, but it’s worth repeating here: I’m absolutely flattered to be listed with the sites above.
The new Dashboard. The crew at Tumblr never stop.
A New Skin
Unless you’ve only been following along here in the tumblr Dashboard or in a feed reader, you’ll have noticed that the design has been updated. I just wanted to say thanks to a couple of key contributors.
Theme: the tumblr theme I’m using is the recently launched Helvetica from the geniuses at MetaLab. I’ve tweaked it significantly, but it’s a great framework to start from.
Backgrounds: the lovely textured backgrounds are familiar — they are used on the Fusion home page. The talented Elliot Jay Stocks was gracious enough to allow them to be used here and I like the consistency between my personal site and my business home page.
Avatar: and I’ve got a nice new avatar for tumblr courtesy of Aaron Mahnke. So much better than looking at my face.
Icons: lastly, the gorgeous icons used here are the Social Media Icon Pack from Rogie King and Token by brsev.
Tumblr and Audio
When I mentioned yesterday that Flavors.me added a play count beside your audio posts from Tumblr, I was — not surprisingly — unaware that this is available in Tumblr itself. Matthew Buchanan kindly pointed me to the appropriate help file.
As most things are with Tumblr, it’s easy to add this bit of information to your theme. Here’s how my code looks before and after adding the desired {FormattedPlayCount} variable.
{Month} {DayOfMonth}{DayOfMonthSuffix}, {12Hour}:{Minutes}{AmPm} {block:NoteCount}{NoteCountWithLabel}{/block:NoteCount}
{Month} {DayOfMonth}{DayOfMonthSuffix}, {12Hour}:{Minutes}{AmPm} {block:NoteCount}{NoteCountWithLabel}{/block:NoteCount}
Plays: {FormattedPlayCount}
And the result looks as follows:
It’s just another example of how it’s easy to love this platform. Everything is so customizable, and easily so (if you spend a few minutes reading the manual).
there's no prize for second place
At Fusion, we pride ourselves on trying to have the best looking ads on the internet. And we were doing good for a while. But now Jacob and the Tumblr crew are promoting their shirts on the Tumblr Dashboard.
Shazaam!
Dang. We just can’t compete with that.
Now testing: Upload photos in Text posts
Take it for a spin! Let us know if you catch anything acting funny.
Wow. This is perfect. No more posting a “Photo” when you really want to post some “Text”.
Ditto for me — 75% of my posts are photos because I want a to include a photo. This is a good move and further proof that the kids at tumblr have the smarts.
