How to Add a Custom Page to Your Tumblr Blog Quickly & Easily

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This wikiHow teaches you how to create and customize an additional page for your Tumblr blog, as well as how to update your Tumblr's entire theme. We also include some tips on how you can create or find codes to do this, with expert advice from software engineer Jessica Andzouana. You will need to use the Tumblr website to do this.

Quick Steps

  1. Click Account in the left-hand sidebar on the Tumblr homepage.
  2. Choose the blog you want to add a page to.
  3. Click Blog settings .
  4. Click Edit theme .
  5. Scroll down in the left-hand sidebar and click Add a page .
  6. Give your page a name and fill out its contents.
  7. Click Save to add the page to your Tumblr.
Section 1 of 3:

How to Add a Custom Page

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  1. Go to https://www.tumblr.com/ . This will open your Tumblr dashboard page if you're already logged in.
    • If you aren't logged in, click Log In , enter your email address and password, and click Log In .
  2. It's in the left-hand sidebar, with the icon of a person.
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  3. Click the Tumblr blog for which you want to add a new page. You'll see a list of your current blogs under the Blogs heading.
  4. It's on the right-hand side of the page.
  5. If you don't have a custom theme enabled, toggle on Enable custom theme before clicking Edit theme .
  6. It's at the bottom of the Edit Theme column on the left side of the page. Doing so opens the Add a Page window.
    • Make sure your mouse cursor is over the Edit Theme column when you scroll.
  7. This is in the upper-right side of the Add a Page column, which is on the left side of the page. This will place a tab at the top of your blog that other users can select to view this page.
  8. This will be the tab that people select to open the page.
    • For example, if you're creating an "About" page, you might type "About Me" in the link field here.
  9. Click the Standard Layout tab in the top-left side of the Add a Page section, then click one of the following:
    • Standard Layout - This is the default new page layout. Your page options include adding text, photos, and block quotes.
    • Custom Layout - Click this option if you want to create your own page using HTML. For advanced users.
    • Redirect - Select this option if you want the page's link to open to a different site or page.
  10. Type a title into the "Page Title" field below the URL section.
    • You'll only do this for Standard or Custom Layout pages.
  11. Type in the content you want to have on the page, or click the camera icon to select photos/videos to upload.
    • You can format typed content on this page by selecting it and then clicking one of the text options above the text window (e.g., B to bold).
    • If you're using the Redirect layout, just enter the URL for the page you want to link to in the "Redirect to" field.
  12. It's in the top-right corner of the Add a Page section. Doing so saves your page's content and adds it to your blog. [1]
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How to Customize Your Tumblr

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  1. Go to https://www.tumblr.com/ . This will open your Tumblr dashboard page if you're already logged in.
    • If you aren't logged in, click Log In , enter your email address and password, and click Log In .
  2. It's in the left-hand sidebar, with the icon of a person.
  3. Click the Tumblr blog for which you want to add a new page. You'll see a list of your current blogs under the Blogs heading.
  4. It's on the right-hand side of the page.
  5. If you don't have a custom theme enabled, toggle on Enable custom theme before clicking Edit theme .
  6. It's under the heading Custom theme . You can edit the HTML of your Tumblr theme here. If you're not sure how to do this, check out our section on adding custom themes .
    • Click Update Preview to see your changes, then click Save to save them.
    • Click the back arrow in the upper-left corner to go back.
  7. Depending on your custom theme, you will have some fields you can edit to change some of the content of your theme. You can add a blog title and a description, edit your avatar, change your theme's sidebar links, change your theme colors, and much more.
    • The blog preview will update automatically as you make changes.
    • Click Save to save your changes.
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Ways to Add Custom Themes

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  1. Tumblr has a number of premade codes you can load in directly in the Tumblr theme editor. Simply go to Account and click the blog you want to edit, then go to Blog settings > Edit theme . Click Browse themes at the top of the left-hand sidebar.
    • Some of these themes cost money. You can filter the themes by clicking the dropdown next to All Themes at the top of the sidebar, then clicking Free Themes (or whatever other filter you want to use).
    • If you can't find a theme you like, you can click the button at the bottom of the sidebar that says "Search waaay more themes." with a green eye icon.
    • In previous versions of Tumblr, this was called the Theme Garden.
  2. If you don't like the themes promoted on Tumblr, you can also use premade themes created by other Tumblr users by adding the theme code to your blog. This includes making custom themes for entire blogs as well as individual pages.
    • There are a number of ways to find these themes, but one of the best resources is theme-hunter on Tumblr . This blog aggregates a ton of Tumblr themes, and allows you to sort through them with their filters.
    • To install one of these Tumblr themes, go to Account and click the blog you want to edit, then go to Blog settings > Edit theme . Then, click Edit HTML at the top of the left sidebar and paste the theme code. [2]
      • Each theme should have a tutorial on how to install it included in the post.
  3. If you can't find a theme that fits your needs, you can create your own. This requires knowledge of HTML and CSS. You can also use JavaScript as well, but it's not required.
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    The admin (owner) of the fanpage will have to send you an invitation link to the email that you use for your Tumblr account.
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    You just have to make a post. Go to dashboard and press the blue button with a pencil on it (it's in the top right corner). You can then paste the text of your story into the text space and post it onto your page.
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    The body is what people will see when they click on the link, so you can add whatever content you would like as long as it relates to the title.
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      1. ↑ https://help.tumblr.com/customizing-your-theme/
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