The tumblelog of
Scott Dowding.

I'm a software developer
in Edmonton, Alberta.

Questions? Email me

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Dear Tumblr: I want my post summary!

If {PostSummary} and/or {PostTitle} theme variables worked inside {block:Posts} I could do something like this:

<a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="{Permalink}"{block:PostSummary} data-text="{PostSummary}"{/block:PostSummary} data-count="none"data-via="sdowding">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>

Tumblr, please make my life easier!

• Answer Post

Hi, Scott. Love the new theme and I'm using it for my own tumblr. One question: I cannot seem to get the "Stuff I Like" feature to work on my own tumblr. Can you explain how this is done?
... and I answered

To display “Stuff I Like” in the side bar, you need to enable it under Account>Preferences, then in the Dashboard section make sure “Share posts I like” is checked.

Thanks for bringing this up, I think I’ll remove the option from the theme, to make it less confusing.

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New: Tumblr blogs now come with an optimized iPhone layout!

What I’d really like is to be able to define my own mobile theme.

staff:

Your blogs now comes with an optimized iPhone layout!

And a damn nice looking one at that.

This should be a huge improvement when browsing Tumblr blogs from the iPhone — and we’re building similar views for BlackBerry’s, Android, and more. Stay tuned.

If your theme already looks great on mobile devices, you can disable this feature by unchecking Customize → Advanced → Use optimized layout on mobile devices.

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Tumblr Theme Workflow

I’m looking for a way to work on a tumblr theme offline. Is there such a thing? I can’t stand pasting the custom code into the text box and clicking save every time.

  • What’s your workflow for working on tumblr themes?
  • How do you test updates without breaking your blog?

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