Feb. 28, 2009

Skin Your Tumblelog

Instructions for the Adventurous

  1. 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)
  2. Jump to your Tumblr Dashboard and click the “Customize” link.
  3. Select the “Theme” tab
  4. Click on the “Use custom HTML” link.
  5. The screen will change to show you the actual source code for your current theme. Delete all of it.
  6. Copy all the text from the downloaded theme file and paste it into the white text area.
  7. Click the “Save changes” button
  8. If the colors look all wrong, click on the Appearance tab and then click on Reset default colors.

Feedback

Rob Boylan created this theme. Problems or praise? Let him know at [ rjboylan ] at [ gmail ] dot [ com ].

Acknowledgements

  • Hat tip to FileHive for hosting the images needed to render this theme.
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