I am an online blogger for a while, and it started when we were asked by our poetry professor to make one. Surfing and social networking were not quite a fad during those days, and so all of the information that I have were from our old friend Google. So, when I Google’d about blogging, it immediately gave me wordpress and I used wordpress for a few years after that.
But things started to become different when I got bored with the same layout that my blog had, and when I checked my mates’ blogs they all have improved themes and layouts. Jealous, I asked them how they did it. But the do this and do that instructions were just confusing, and with the all failed efforts I decided to stick to my boring page.
How Tumblr themes can improve blogging?
When I improved my internet knowledge, I learned about social networking and a more likeable blogging platform in Tumblr.
All are crazed about social media nowadays, and Tumblr has a lot of features to offer for a blogger and a social networking fanatic. Tumblr is mainly popular with micro blogging, a blog style that is relatively smaller in content and in size to the traditional blog posts. But the thing that really attracted me to move from wordpress to Tumblr is the tumblr themes that are not only nice and decent, but more importantly are easy to apply and install.
The themes are available in the website’s theme garden, where you could choose from a list of themes. But keep in mind that some of the themes are not entirely for free. Premium themes are sold for $49 or lesser, but you will have a theme that can make your blog more attractive. Premium themes are the top of the class among themes, so expect to get more than your background, font, and layout changes as some premium themes will have 3rd part apps integration. To name some, it can help you connect to other social networking sites, get access to 3rd party app stores, and some will have a direct link to iTunes that will work great for music bloggers.
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Tumblr backgrounds are often said to be more attractive, smooth and efficient than other blogging sites. It offers easy to change backgrounds, themes and layouts without affecting the content of the blog at all. They are ready to be used. Tumblr theme layouts come in many categories and there are several options within these categories of theme layouts.
And if you’re a perfectionist you can edit even the littlest of things in your themes if you know HTML and CSS coding.
And if you’re a perfectionist you can edit even the littlest of things with HTML and CSS coding. How cool is that?
Tumblr is a platform for everyone. If you are a keen photographer and want to share some of your works online, Tumblr offers you an opportunity of not only sharing your works but getting collaboration for your business needs. It’s a great option to follow.
A lot of photographers are using Tumblr because of the grid themes. Not to mention the vast choices of themes that we can get. And it’s easier to post things in Tumblr.
There is an extreme growing demand of business opportunities through social networking sites and social media marketing. Tumblr offers a wide range of specialized equipment for its users and easy to use options.
It is versatile and can be used for long and wordy posts. Tumblr is a really useful platform for people who cannot decide between blogging and twittering. Tumblr, is a nice fusion of both.
I would agree. Although Twitter is a microblogging platform it seldom gives you the privilege of posting longer text posts and pictures.
After that, selecting a theme will help your site stand apart and look more professional. If you don’t have the budget for a custom theme, there are plenty of great free ones to choose from. I personally like darker background, text and images which may stand out, and your site looks sleek and trendy.
Thanks for the complement. We’ll keep that in mind and hopefully make a theme or two that fits your liking.
That’s cool that you started out as a blogging n00b. That’s where I’m at now, and it’s because of sites like this, that I’ll eventually be awesome at it.
One reason you might want to have a second Tumblr blog is to have a password-protected blog. Currently, if you want to protect your blog with a password and make it private, you would need to make a secondary blog. You cannot password-protect a primary blog.
The core of your writing while soduinng reasonable initially, did not work perfectly with me personally after some time. Somewhere within the sentences you actually were able to make me a believer unfortunately just for a short while. I still have a problem with your leaps in logic and you might do well to help fill in those gaps. If you can accomplish that, I would certainly be fascinated.
I also use Tumblr to create backlinks to my websites. I sign up for a Tumblr account for all website domain that I have whether it is active or not. This way, I can post things to a Tumblr account with the exact name as my website. I love the themes. They are simple and dynamic.
Tumblr is not a typical content management system. It’s a simple way to put categorized types of information online in blog format. You will probably not be able to teach your theme new tricks by expanding the API.
Unless you’re a typography purist, you’ll probably use a few images in theme design. Just make sure to respect the uploader, and keep it limited to theme assets only. If you turn it into a personal dumping ground, your account can get banned.
Most of whatever you state is signrusipply precise and it makes me wonder why I hadn’t looked at this in this light before. This article really did turn the light on for me personally as far as this issue goes. But at this time there is one issue I am not too comfy with and while I try to reconcile that with the actual core theme of the point, allow me observe what the rest of your visitors have to point out.Well done.
Based on Google searches, custom theme development is a topic that is only starting to get the coverage and tutorials it needs. Nettuts recently published a full walk-through guide for its premium subscribers, but it was difficult to find many other widely available tutorials.
Nice post. Perfect timing – I’m just working on my first tumblr theme and needed to orient myself. I would look forward to a more in depth walk-through of development of a PSD to HTML5/CSS3 tutorial! Thanks for posting!
That’s a good idea. Perhaps we’ll try to check with our web developers for some tips and tricks about coding and post them here.
Extremely helpful, in fact it was just what I was looking for. I defiantly feel more prepared in making my own tumblr theme. I would love to see the topic of Tumblr customization explored more.
We’ll keep that in mind. Don’t worry, once we have the information we need we’ll pass it on through our blog right here.
I would like to see more posts like this! I am thinking about making a twitter based theme and I am new to tumblr theme design.Thanks for posting it here.
Don’t worry, Peter. We’ll make sure this blog is regularly updated with useful information for a good start at tumblogging.
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