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Using DropPages for a Super Easy Static Website

Tutorial • Beginner

You probably know that Dropbox is brilliant for storing data backups and sharing files, but did you know you can use it as a static site web host too? Thanks...

Kezz Bracey • 28 Apr 2014
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Introducing the Tumblr Static File Uploader and Theme Garden

Tutorial • Beginner

In this bonus episode of Tumblr Theming 101, we'll take a look at two things. Firstly, we'll look at the static file uploader provided by Tumblr, which helps...

Mike Buttery • 2 Feb 2014
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Adding a Twitter Timeline to a Tumblr Theme

Tutorial • Beginner

Welcome to this, the first of three bonus videos in our series Tumblr Theming 101. During this lesson we'll look at incorporating a simplified Twitter...

Mike Buttery • 31 Jan 2014
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Understanding Tumblr Variable Transformations

Tutorial • Beginner

In this video we're going to introduce a concept called Variable Transformation. This is something which Tumblr offers, allowing us to alter the data...

Mike Buttery • 27 Jan 2014
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Tumblr Appearance Options: Boolean Options

Tutorial • Beginner

In this episode of Tumblr Theming 101 we'll add some Boolean Appearance Options to our theme. This will allow users, through checkboxes, to enable or disable...

Mike Buttery • 20 Jan 2014
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Tumblr Appearance Options: Images

Tutorial • Beginner

Moving on with our coverage of Tumblr's Appearance Options, we're now going add an option whereby users will be able to set a background image to the theme.

Mike Buttery • 8 Jan 2014
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Tumblr Theme Customization With Appearance Options

Tutorial • Beginner

In this episode we're going to look at making customization of our theme easier, using Appearance Options. We'll look at the UI for each option, then how we...

Mike Buttery • 8 Jan 2014
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Adding Media Queries to Our Tumblr Theme

Tutorial • Beginner

In this video, we'll be rounding off our responsive CSS by adding some Media Queries. We'll be talking about defensive coding, being sure that we make...

Mike Buttery • 6 Jan 2014
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Adding Localization to Tumblr Themes

Tutorial • Beginner

In this episode of Tumblr Theming 101 we'll complete the CSS for our video post type, which will involve using some principles from Fitvids.js. We'll also...

Mike Buttery • 2 Jan 2014
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Completing the Tumblr Post Type CSS

Tutorial • Beginner

In this episode we'll complete the CSS for our Tumblr Post Types. We'll also be talking a little about escaped entities within CSS, such as arrows and...

Mike Buttery • 2 Jan 2014
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Quick Tip: How to Disable Tumblr's Default Mobile Theme

Tutorial • Beginner

Tumblr blogs automatically use a default mobile layout for smaller screens. In this video we're going to look at disabling this default mobile layout, so...

Mike Buttery • 17 Dec 2013
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Creating the Tumblr Post Footer and Notes

Tutorial • Beginner

Let's kick off this tutorial by reviewing the Tumblr theme markup we've built already. Once that's done, we can continue by sorting out the footer and "Post...

Mike Buttery • 4 Dec 2013