Tumblr For Dummies

Get your free Tumblr account and start sharing your content for the world to enjoy

From everyday people to all kinds of businesses, a wide range of users take advantage of Tumblr to get their messages out. With this guide, you′ll find out how easy it is to join over 50 million Tumblr users to share text, photos, slideshows, quotes, and more. You′ll have tons of fun as you learn to get more out of your Tumblr experience!

Get ready to Tumblr — quickly set up your account, select your preferences, and choose your theme

Make a splash — find out how to create your first post using text, photos, quotes, links, chats, audio files, and videos

Decisions, decisions — figure out what you want to post and then determine if you′ll use original content or collected information

Take Tumblr for a spin — write new blogs, explore the sidebar, and launch your site

Become a good manager — from editing and deleting posts to making drafts and working with the queue, do it all

Open the book and find:

What Tumblr is and why you should use it

Steps for getting your account started

All about choosing the right theme

Ways to customize your Tumblelog

How to find other Tumblr users and gain followers

Tips for posting from your smartphone

Helpful hints for using the dashboard

Learn to:

Set up a Tumblr account and create your posts

Choose a theme and customize your Tumblelog

Follow other users and reblog their content

Post from your browser, smartphone, or e–mail

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Tumblr Blog 5

Chapter 2: Creating Your First Post 21

Chapter 3: Deciding What Content to Post 33

Chapter 4: Using the Dashboard 41

Chapter 5: Managing Posts and Messages 53

Chapter 6: Following, Liking, and Reblogging  65

Chapter 7: Interacting with Others 75

Chapter 8: Exploring Tumblr 91

Chapter 9: Discovering, Modifying, and Designing Themes 111

Chapter 10: Ten Useful Third–Party Apps for Tumblr 129

Appendix: Tumblr Resources 141

Index 147

Sue Jenkins is the founder of Luckychair.com, and is the author of several books including Web Design All–in–One For Dummies. You can read her Tumblelog at http://luckychair.tumblr.com/.