April 2009
17 posts
Skin Your Tumblelog →
Instructions for the Adventurous
Suck the theme down to your computer. It’s waiting for you at the link above. (IE users beware: When saving make sure the file extension is .txt; IE will mistakenly try to force it to .htm)
Jump to your Tumblr Dashboard and click the “Customize” link.
Select the “Theme” tab
Click on the “Use custom HTML” link.
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Rounded Corners
If the corners of the posts and the side bar items are not rounded, it means you’re viewing the theme with a browser that does not support this CSS3 feature (*cough* Internet Explorer *cough*).
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
– Arthur C. Clarke
Lame Joke
Guy: Knock, knock!
Gal: Who's there?
Guy: Orange
Gal: Orange who?
Guy: Orange you gonna let me in?
20 Seconds of Silence
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Step 10:
With the previous step, the theme was nearly complete. Only, there were a number of non-obvious problems, especially if the window was narrow or the followed list was extensive. Trying to correct these issues only seemed to raise other problems. I came to understand much of fault lay with the way I had originally structured the page. Rather than attempt to wedge in the necessary modifications, I...
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Step 8:
Giving each post type a color did not work well in my tests. It produced a riot of color. I decided to try it with just one color. Picking that color was tough. Here’s a sampling of the colors I weighed:#900
#600
#090
#060
#009
#006
#099
#066
#033
#909
#606
#ff0
#990
#660
#444
#666
The red (#900) I had used in the header and footer seemed the obvious choice....
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