#features

  • Hey everyone!  The new Customize page is live.
It’s a huge interface improvement, and it’s set to handle some big features we’re just about ready to launch.
Please let us know what you think!

    Hey everyone!  The new Customize page is live.

    It’s a huge interface improvement, and it’s set to handle some big features we’re just about ready to launch.

    Please let us know what you think!

  • Just added “Likes”: an easy way to let people know that you like their posts.

    Just added “Likes”: an easy way to let people know that you like their posts.

  • Tweet from Tumblr
We’re testing Twitter integration on Tumblr.  You can set it up by going to the special address: http://www.tumblr.com/settings?twitter
This will automatically send your Tumblr posts to Twitter (you can toggle this when posting). If you have people following you in both places, it’s an easy way to stay active on Twitter, or just to let your Twitter followers know about your Tumblr posts.
If you’re like us, and only follow a few people on Twitter, you should try enabling “Show Twitter updates in my Dashboard” to get all of your friends’ updates in one place.

    Tweet from Tumblr

    We’re testing Twitter integration on Tumblr. You can set it up by going to the special address: http://www.tumblr.com/settings?twitter

    This will automatically send your Tumblr posts to Twitter (you can toggle this when posting). If you have people following you in both places, it’s an easy way to stay active on Twitter, or just to let your Twitter followers know about your Tumblr posts.

    If you’re like us, and only follow a few people on Twitter, you should try enabling “Show Twitter updates in my Dashboard” to get all of your friends’ updates in one place.

  • As if there weren’t enough ways to post to Tumblr, look what Marco got working.

    As if there weren’t enough ways to post to Tumblr, look what Marco got working.

  • Theme designers: Notes are now available in tumblelogs

    We’re about to start rolling out a bunch of features focused on interaction between tumblelog authors and their readers.  Post notes are going to be the glue for all of this interaction, so we’d like to ask all theme designers (and anyone with custom themes) to incorporate this new tag:

    {PostNotes}

    This will render the post’s notes (including reblogs and likes) on their permalink pages.  Check out an example on my tumblelog.

    Unlike our other theme tags, this outputs generic HTML markup, so all you need to do is style it with CSS.  Here’s a basic stylesheet to get you started:

    ol.notes {
        padding: 0px;
        margin: 25px 0px;
        list-style-type: none;
        border-bottom: solid 1px #ccc;
    }
    
    ol.notes li.note {
        border-top: solid 1px #ccc;
        padding: 10px;
    }
    
    ol.notes li.note img.avatar {
        vertical-align: -4px;
        margin-right: 10px;
        width: 16px;
        height: 16px;
    }
    
    ol.notes li.note span.action {
        font-weight: bold;
    }
    
    ol.notes li.note .answer_content {
        font-weight: normal;
    }
    
    ol.notes li.note blockquote {
        border-color: #eee;
        padding: 4px 10px;
        margin: 10px 0px 0px 25px;
    }
    
    ol.notes li.note blockquote a {
        text-decoration: none;
    }

    You can get the full documentation (including complementary tags like {NoteCount}) on the Custom Themes page.

  • Tumblerette is now the official Tumblr iPhone App!  (and it’s free!)
Tumblerette was originally developed by the insanely talented Garrett Ross and Jeff Rock at Mobelux.  We had the pleasure of hanging out with them in New York last month.  Not only are these guys remarkable developers, they have an incredibly inspiring vision for building consumer products, and we couldn’t wait to start working with them on the next suite of Tumblr/iPhone features.  
There’s a ton we have planned for mobile devices and the iPhone, and we’re obviously thrilled to be working with Jeff and Garrett :)
If you’ve already downloaded Tumblerette, you’ll need to re-download the new Tumblr app to get the updates.  This version comes with some slick new features, including the iPhone native Dashboard.  Go download it!! →

    Tumblerette is now the official Tumblr iPhone App!  (and it’s free!)

    Tumblerette was originally developed by the insanely talented Garrett Ross and Jeff Rock at Mobelux.  We had the pleasure of hanging out with them in New York last month.  Not only are these guys remarkable developers, they have an incredibly inspiring vision for building consumer products, and we couldn’t wait to start working with them on the next suite of Tumblr/iPhone features.  

    There’s a ton we have planned for mobile devices and the iPhone, and we’re obviously thrilled to be working with Jeff and Garrett :)

    If you’ve already downloaded Tumblerette, you’ll need to re-download the new Tumblr app to get the updates.  This version comes with some slick new features, including the iPhone native Dashboard.  Go download it!!