Advanced: Turning your Tumblr Description into a simple responsive menu using CSS.
For this reason, I recommend copying the code into a notepad file (TextEdit on Mac) and saving it somewhere in case this occurs. Warning: I was not able to personally reproduce this bug, but some people suggested that in some cases if you edit your Tumblr after saving the description, the link will disappear. If the URL seems relatively short and doesn’t have a question mark, or a pound symbol (hashtag), then usually it’s okay.
Note: Most websites have moved away from tracking user sessions this way, but some older sites still do.
Usually the “bad URLs” contain a question mark in the address and include letters or numbers that look like gibberish. To fix this, try to navigate to the page that you want to link to in the private window, when you get there, copy and use that URL instead. If you get an error message which usually says something along the lines of “your user session has expired” or you are required to log in, then that’s probably not the URL you want to use. What you can do to double check this is to create a private browsing window in Firefox (or an incognito window in Chrome) then go to your Tumblr, and click the links in the private window. Some URLs contain information that helps keep track of whether you are logged in to a site or not. I highly recommend that you do the following test. Note: If you have enough experience to know what a normal link looks like, you can skip this.
Remember to Test your links! How to Test Your Links and Be Sure They Work Note: You can include more than one link if you wish. This is obviously completely optional, but it helps if you are trying to write more complicated code. When I am pretty sure the code is correct, I select all of the code and copy it, and then paste it into where ever I am planning on putting it. Usually, when I am working with small bits of HTML code, I actually write them in a notepad file. Tips:Īll of the characters are important and are required, so if you forget a quotation mark or forget to close the tag correctly, the link will not work. If you are not entirely sure how to format the URL, just go to the page that you want to link to, and then copy and paste the URL from your browser’s address bar. So, that code will create a link, which links to my Facebook fan page and the text that is displayed will say “Follow Actual Wizard On Facebook!”. Here is an example code for a functional link: Follow Actual Wizard On Facebook! HTML code for links works as follows: The visible text
To put links in your Tumblr description, you will have to be able to write some HTML code. Here’s the part that might be slightly tricky for you: