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My new NOTATIONS Theme is now ready for you to install on your Tumblr blog. :) Here are the reasons I like it: A nice font. It uses the very nice Quicksand font by Andrew Paglinawan. It’s base64-encoded and looks gorgeous in most browsers. There is also an option to not use this font and default to Helvetica if you don’t like it. High res images. It uses high-res images whenever possible. To me, this really makes a big difference. I’ve actually had a blast going back through my blog and looking at photos. They just look better, bigger. It even makes Tumblr’s PhotoSet slideshows BIG. The images are scaled-up inside the Flash object, but they still look pretty good. (example) Options. The theme allows you to turn off/on a variety of handy options, i.e., whether to show note counts, a word-count for text posts, tags, ask & submit links, etc. Print this Post feature. For writers this might be nice. It’s a handy way to let a user pop-open and nicely print one of your text posts. Keyboard shortcuts! Your viewers can navigate between posts using the “J” and “K” keys. Has good support for all the Tumblr posts types including question/answer posts. Anyway, you can see it in action on my blog, or give it whirl yourself if you’re inclined.

My new NOTATIONS Theme is now ready for you to install on your Tumblr blog. :)

Here are the reasons I like it:

  • A nice font. It uses the very nice Quicksand font by Andrew Paglinawan. It’s base64-encoded and looks gorgeous in most browsers. There is also an option to not use this font and default to Helvetica if you don’t like it.
  • High res images. It uses high-res images whenever possible. To me, this really makes a big difference. I’ve actually had a blast going back through my blog and looking at photos. They just look better, bigger. It even makes Tumblr’s PhotoSet slideshows BIG. The images are scaled-up inside the Flash object, but they still look pretty good. (example)
  • Options. The theme allows you to turn off/on a variety of handy options, i.e., whether to show note counts, a word-count for text posts, tags, ask & submit links, etc.
  • Print this Post feature. For writers this might be nice. It’s a handy way to let a user pop-open and nicely print one of your text posts.
  • Keyboard shortcuts! Your viewers can navigate between posts using the “J” and “K” keys.
  • Has good support for all the Tumblr posts types including question/answer posts.

Anyway, you can see it in action on my blog, or give it whirl yourself if you’re inclined.

HIGH RES NOTES: 42 3/2/10, 2:45pm SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZJ8WbyPBfVK FILED UNDER: #Notations  #Tumblr  #theme  #Tumblr rocks 
Check out this crazy theme I’m tinkering with. CHOOSY THEME. I’m not fully sure where exactly to take it yet. It’ll never pass muster with the Theme Garden because it uses the Tumblr API to get the posts directly and not the normal Tumblr template system. At this point, the theme is really more of an experiment. It’s really limited, but I thought I’d throw it out there and let people toss ideas at it if they want to. You can leave suggestions or ideas here.. (I’ve really only tested it in Safari so far, so be warned. And get Safari if you don’t have it.) Also, I don’t have any caching working yet (would love some tips if anyone has any), so it may just break from time to time because Tumblr’s servers don’t always return the JSON consistently.

Check out this crazy theme I’m tinkering with. CHOOSY THEME. I’m not fully sure where exactly to take it yet. It’ll never pass muster with the Theme Garden because it uses the Tumblr API to get the posts directly and not the normal Tumblr template system.

At this point, the theme is really more of an experiment. It’s really limited, but I thought I’d throw it out there and let people toss ideas at it if they want to. You can leave suggestions or ideas here..

(I’ve really only tested it in Safari so far, so be warned. And get Safari if you don’t have it.)

Also, I don’t have any caching working yet (would love some tips if anyone has any), so it may just break from time to time because Tumblr’s servers don’t always return the JSON consistently.

HIGH RES NOTES: 1 2/25/10, 1:28pm SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZJ8WbyOXqDB FILED UNDER: #Tumblr  #theme  #Not guaranteed to work 100% of the time 
Trying out Notations theme

I’m almost ready to put this one out there; it just needs a few more tweaks. Couple cool features: it takes advantage of high res photos whenever possible, it uses base64-encoded fonts to look good in the good browsers, it’s got a nice word count feature for text posts (I originally designed the theme just for writing), it’s got a nice “print this post” option, and a handful of other niceties…

Please do let me know if you have any thoughts or feedback at all. http://bendelaney.me

PRINT THIS POST NOTES: 19 2/23/10, 9:30am SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZJ8WbyOGmEp FILED UNDER: #tumblr,  #theme 
Catching Elephant Theme Beautiful new theme for Tumblr. Kudos to Andy Taylor.

Catching Elephant Theme

Beautiful new theme for Tumblr. Kudos to Andy Taylor.

NOTES: 1 2/10/10, 9:01am SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZJ8WbyMmYLR FILED UNDER: #Tumblr  #theme 
PhotoBoard 2.0! PhotoBoard has been completely redesigned. It now supports all post types and incorporates many of Tumblr’s new advanced theme tags. It has been tested, and works, in Firefox, Safari, and yes even IE7. FEATURES: Two viewing sizes. Great for photos. This option can be turned off on the Appearance tab. Upload your own background image from the Appearance tab. “Flip” the post over by clicking the “i” button to view Tags and other info. Choose from other available display options on the Appearance tab. The layout is fluid, so you can resize your browser window and fill your whole screen with images. Looks especially good on a large monitor of course. The captions and tags on images and videos stay out of your way until you hover over the images. Temporarily remove photos from view using the “X” button above each photo. THEY ARE ONLY REMOVED FROM VIEW TEMPORARILY, they return upon page refresh. Sort your posts by dragging them into any order you want using the double-arrow button. (These also return to their normal order upon page refresh). INSTALL NOW If you encounter any major problems with it, let me know. Email “my first name and last name together [at] gmail.com”

PhotoBoard 2.0!

PhotoBoard has been completely redesigned. It now supports all post types and incorporates many of Tumblr’s new advanced theme tags. It has been tested, and works, in Firefox, Safari, and yes even IE7.

FEATURES:

  • Two viewing sizes. Great for photos. This option can be turned off on the Appearance tab.
  • Upload your own background image from the Appearance tab.
  • “Flip” the post over by clicking the “i” button to view Tags and other info.
  • Choose from other available display options on the Appearance tab.
  • The layout is fluid, so you can resize your browser window and fill your whole screen with images. Looks especially good on a large monitor of course.
  • The captions and tags on images and videos stay out of your way until you hover over the images.
  • Temporarily remove photos from view using the “X” button above each photo. THEY ARE ONLY REMOVED FROM VIEW TEMPORARILY, they return upon page refresh.
  • Sort your posts by dragging them into any order you want using the double-arrow button. (These also return to their normal order upon page refresh).

INSTALL NOW

If you encounter any major problems with it, let me know. Email “my first name and last name together [at] gmail.com”

HIGH RES NOTES: 79 9/25/09, 2:40pm SHORT URL: http://tmblr.co/ZJ8WbyBkgD_ FILED UNDER: #tumblr  #theme  #photography