Tumblr executive ed Jess Bennett and politics lead Liba Rubenstein are hosting an official unofficial meetup in LA this Thurs at Harvard & Stone. Drink, hang, get a tan. Just don’t wear your Ed Hardy T-shirt, cause there is a no DB dresscode. Hope to see you there!
Paging LA Tumblr-ers.
Guys! Tumblr has pitched an Online News Association panel about the future of journalism — and whether companies like Tumblr & Facebook can compete with old media.
PLEASE **VOTE** TO HEAR US! This is all user-decided. We <3 our users!
Panelists are: Jessica Bennett, Tumblr/ Xana O’Neill, WNYC/ Allie Townsend, Facebook. (GIF by Jason Oberholtzer)
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Also, while we have you: Have you seen Tumblr’s interview with Kreayshawn? She loves bacon.
HUGE Theme Upgrades!
We just enabled a massive list of new Appearance Options for theme designers including Custom Fonts, Booleans (useful for toggling options), Custom Text (useful for enabling widgets), and Custom Images!
Some of these features are already available in Jacob Bijani’s and Peter Vidani’s themes, so try them out.
Designers - here’s a quick preview of what’s now possible:
<html>
<head>
<meta name="image:Background" content="https://static.tumblr.com/..."/>
<meta name="image:Header" content=""/>
<meta name="font:Body" content="Arial"/>
<meta name="text:Flickr Username" content=""/>
<style type="text/css">
body {
background: #2D567C url('{image:Background}');
font: normal 14px {font:Body};
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
{block:IfHeaderImage} <img src="{image:Header}"/> {/block:IfHeaderImage}{block:IfNotHeaderImage} <h1>{title}</h1> {/block:IfNotHeaderImage}{block:IfFlickrUsername}
<div id="flickr_widget">
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://flickr.com/widget?user={text:Flickr Username}">
</script>
</div>
{/block:IfFlickrUsername}
</body>
</html>Tomorrow morning we’ll be promoting all the themes with these new options enabled, so hurry!
Now testing support for multiple Twitter accounts across multiple blogs! Please let us know if you see anything acting funny.
As we continue to grow, more and more professional publishers are flocking to Tumblr to share their voice. This means that Jacob and Peter have had the pleasure of designing blogs for everyone from rockstars, to action movies, to the President of the United States.
It’s no secret that you guys are awesomely talented, and there are a lot more of you than are of us. So we’re opening these projects up to you with something new called Tumblr Projects.
Our goal is to connect professional studios, brands, and publishers, looking to create something great, with brilliant designers and developers who can help them do it.
We’re super excited to open these previously behind-the-scenes projects up to the community that continues to inspire everything we do. We can’t wait to work with you!
This is addictive.
Welcome to the revamped Popular page, featuring Tumblr Wire.
Wire pulls posts in realtime from across Tumblr, and has already become the single biggest distraction at Tumblr HQ.
We’re also featuring Trending Tags that have seen increasing activity over the last 48 hours.
Enjoy!
Starting today, themes you add on your Manage Themes page can be immediately shared and installed by Tumblr users. Just click “Share this theme” for a permalink to distribute. There will only be a short delay before the theme is featured in the Theme Garden.