Designing a new theme in Tumblr, while AWESOME on so many levels, is incredibly difficult. See, the sample theme that you use in the “customize” interface doesn’t have all the available variables. This is actually understandable, given the number of variables and tags that exist. So what do I do? I use a “testing account”… where I put in every type of post, with tags, etc. to simulate a full blog.
Here’s the problem: every damn time you hit “Save Changes” in the customization interface, you are forced to leave the customization interface! So SAVING is necessary, but such a pain! I’m constantly hitting BACK in the browser to get BACK to the customization UI… waiting for it to load… making tweaks… SAVING… waiting… hoping… returning… waiting… etc. etc. This is really cumbersome.
THE SOLUTION… two buttons: ”Save” and “Save and Close”. SAVE just saves. Duh. “Save and Close”, you guessed it, saves AND closes.
This is a no-brainer.
Am I missing something? Is there a way to do what I’m talking about already??
manalive answered:
Agreed. The new stuff Tumblr is doing is great, but I think this is a good time to focus on improving what already exists. The little things.
david answered:
That’s a good idea. I usually Command-click to save to a new tab.
Designing a new theme in Tumblr, while AWESOME on so many levels, is incredibly difficult. See, the sample theme that you use in the “customize” interface doesn’t have all the available variables. This is actually understandable, given the number of variables and tags that exist. So what do I do? I use a “testing account”… where I put in every type of post, with tags, etc. to simulate a full blog.
Here’s the problem: every damn time you hit “Save Changes” in the customization interface, you are forced to leave the customization interface! So SAVING is necessary, but such a pain! I’m constantly hitting BACK in the browser to get BACK to the customization UI… waiting for it to load… making tweaks… SAVING… waiting… hoping… returning… waiting… etc. etc. This is really cumbersome.
THE SOLUTION… two buttons: ”Save” and “Save and Close”. SAVE just saves. Duh. “Save and Close”, you guessed it, saves AND closes.
This is a no-brainer.
Am I missing something? Is there a way to do what I’m talking about already??