Customize your Tumblr website like a pro
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
- Click Account in the left-hand sidebar on the Tumblr homepage.
- Choose the blog you want to add a page to.
- Click Blog settings .
- Click Edit theme .
- Scroll down in the left-hand sidebar and click Add a page .
- Give your page a name and fill out its contents.
- Click Save to add the page to your Tumblr.
Steps
Section 1 of 3:
How to Add a Custom Page
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Open Tumblr. 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 .
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Click Account . It's in the left-hand sidebar, with the icon of a person.Advertisement
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Select a blog. 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.
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Click Blog settings . It's on the right-hand side of the page.
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Scroll down and click Edit theme . If you don't have a custom theme enabled, toggle on Enable custom theme before clicking Edit theme .
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Scroll down and click Add a page . 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.
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Click the "Show a link to this page" switch. 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.
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Type in a name for the link. 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.
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Select a layout. 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.
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Enter a page title. Type a title into the "Page Title" field below the URL section.
- You'll only do this for Standard or Custom Layout pages.
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Add content to your page. 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.
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Click Save . 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] X Research source
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Section 2 of 3:
How to Customize Your Tumblr
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Open Tumblr. 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 .
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Click Account . It's in the left-hand sidebar, with the icon of a person.
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Select a blog. 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.
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Click Blog settings . It's on the right-hand side of the page.
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Scroll down and click Edit theme . If you don't have a custom theme enabled, toggle on Enable custom theme before clicking Edit theme .
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Click Edit HTML at the top of the left-hand sidebar. 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.
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Edit the other fields in the left-hand sidebar. 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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QuestionHow do I join a fanpage when I have an existing Tumblr account?Community AnswerThe 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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QuestionI have created a standard layout page to write some stories. How do I post my stories?Community AnswerYou 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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QuestionWhat do I write for the body?Community AnswerThe 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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- On the Edit Theme page, you can click and drag a page up or down to change its order on your blog.Thanks
- You can add as many pages to your blog as you like.Thanks
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