1. How To Tuesdays: Tumblr Replies, Ask, and Submissions We are starting a new weekly blog feature with a not-very-creative name: How To Tuesdays. It’s not exactly glamorous, but we hope it will be valuable. Our how-tos will be about anything our team works on or with. I’m kicking off our new tradition this week with Tumblr. We receive a lot of questions about how to enable questions and submissions on your blog. It’s rather easy, actually, but it’s a bit hard to find because users tend to assume it is in the Customize Appearance section of your blog. It’s actually in Settings. To get there, within the Tumblr dashboard click on the blog that you would like to enable questions. Next, click on the Settings link/button in the right column below the Customize Appearance link. Now you should be looking at your blog’s settings. If you scroll down a bit, you should see an area for Replies, Ask, and Submissions (screenshot above). These are three Tumblr features that enable others to interact with you via your blog. Replies You can allow other Tumblr users to reply to your blog posts from the Tumblr dashboard by enabling this feature. You have two options: to allow replies from people you follow and from people who have been following you for more than two weeks (the two-week timeframe is to protect you from spammers). A reply can contain up to 250 characters and will appear in your dashboard and on your blog in the notes section. Ask We get this question a lot with our themes: “How do I add the Ask link to my blog?” As shown in the screenshot above, make sure you check that little box next to “Let people ask questions.” If you want anyone (that is, both users with and without Tumblr accounts) to ask you a question, then check the box next to “Allow anonymous questions.” Typically, the Ask page title is the text that will display in the navigation of your theme. Submissions If you want others to submit potential posts to your blog, then check the box next to “Let people submit posts.” Submitted posts won’t happen automatically. You will be able to review all of the submitted posts within your dashboard and publish only the ones you want. Posted by Todd Wickersty, founder of Business Bullpen. You can follow Todd on his blog, tumblr, or twitter. How To Tuesdays: Tumblr Replies, Ask, and Submissions We are starting a new weekly blog feature with a not-very-creative name: How To Tuesdays. It’s not exactly glamorous, but we hope it will be valuable. Our how-tos will be about anything our team works on or with. I’m kicking off our new tradition this week with Tumblr. We receive a lot of questions about how to enable questions and submissions on your blog. It’s rather easy, actually, but it’s a bit hard to find because users tend to assume it is in the Customize Appearance section of your blog. It’s actually in Settings. To get there, within the Tumblr dashboard click on the blog that you would like to enable questions. Next, click on the Settings link/button in the right column below the Customize Appearance link. Now you should be looking at your blog’s settings. If you scroll down a bit, you should see an area for Replies, Ask, and Submissions (screenshot above). These are three Tumblr features that enable others to interact with you via your blog. Replies You can allow other Tumblr users to reply to your blog posts from the Tumblr dashboard by enabling this feature. You have two options: to allow replies from people you follow and from people who have been following you for more than two weeks (the two-week timeframe is to protect you from spammers). A reply can contain up to 250 characters and will appear in your dashboard and on your blog in the notes section. Ask We get this question a lot with our themes: “How do I add the Ask link to my blog?” As shown in the screenshot above, make sure you check that little box next to “Let people ask questions.” If you want anyone (that is, both users with and without Tumblr accounts) to ask you a question, then check the box next to “Allow anonymous questions.” Typically, the Ask page title is the text that will display in the navigation of your theme. Submissions If you want others to submit potential posts to your blog, then check the box next to “Let people submit posts.” Submitted posts won’t happen automatically. You will be able to review all of the submitted posts within your dashboard and publish only the ones you want. Posted by Todd Wickersty, founder of Business Bullpen. You can follow Todd on his blog, tumblr, or twitter.

    How To Tuesdays: Tumblr Replies, Ask, and Submissions


    We are starting a new weekly blog feature with a not-very-creative name: How To Tuesdays. It’s not exactly glamorous, but we hope it will be valuable. Our how-tos will be about anything our team works on or with. I’m kicking off our new tradition this week with Tumblr.

    We receive a lot of questions about how to enable questions and submissions on your blog. It’s rather easy, actually, but it’s a bit hard to find because users tend to assume it is in the Customize Appearance section of your blog. It’s actually in Settings. To get there, within the Tumblr dashboard click on the blog that you would like to enable questions. Next, click on the Settings link/button in the right column below the Customize Appearance link.

    Now you should be looking at your blog’s settings. If you scroll down a bit, you should see an area for Replies, Ask, and Submissions (screenshot above). These are three Tumblr features that enable others to interact with you via your blog.

    Replies
    You can allow other Tumblr users to reply to your blog posts from the Tumblr dashboard by enabling this feature. You have two options: to allow replies from people you follow and from people who have been following you for more than two weeks (the two-week timeframe is to protect you from spammers). A reply can contain up to 250 characters and will appear in your dashboard and on your blog in the notes section.

    Ask
    We get this question a lot with our themes: “How do I add the Ask link to my blog?” As shown in the screenshot above, make sure you check that little box next to “Let people ask questions.” If you want anyone (that is, both users with and without Tumblr accounts) to ask you a question, then check the box next to “Allow anonymous questions.” Typically, the Ask page title is the text that will display in the navigation of your theme.

    Submissions
    If you want others to submit potential posts to your blog, then check the box next to “Let people submit posts.” Submitted posts won’t happen automatically. You will be able to review all of the submitted posts within your dashboard and publish only the ones you want.

    Posted by Todd Wickersty, founder of Business Bullpen. You can follow Todd on his blog, tumblr, or twitter.

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