How To Create A Primary Blog On Tumblr

What's the difference between primary and secondary blogs?

Tumblr has two different types of blogs–primary and secondary blogs–which can access different features of Tumblr. Here's the rundown:

Primary blogs

Created when you first signed up for Tumblr

Social features (normal)

Can follow other blogs, like and reply to posts
Used as the username when you ask and submit content to other blogs
You may share the list of posts you like and create blogrolls (list of people you follow) in Primary blogs

Protected blogs (nope)

Cannot have a password

Secondary blogs

Created as additional blogs from your main account

Social features (non-existent)

Cannot follow other blogs, like and reply to posts
Username cannot be used to ask and submit content
Cannot access blogrolls or posts you like

Protected blogs (yep!)

Can have a password

How to add links in your Tumblr theme

Step one: Open the customize panel

Step two: Scroll down and select 'Add a new page'

Step three: Change page type

Click on the arrow and change the page type to "Redirect"

Step four: Fill in the form

Show a link to this page - makes the theme display a link automatically (make sure you add a title!)
Page URL - sets the name of the custom page on your blog
Redirect to - what website you want to point to

Then click 'Save' and you're done!

We've also got a tutorial on adding links to your description/sidebar.

How to install Tumblr theme code

View the new video instructions, via Olle Ota Themes:

Step one: Get the theme code

Tumblr theme code is provided in a number of ways (it should look something like above). It may be hosted on Pastebin or distributed in a text file by the theme maker.

Step two: Copy all the code

You should highlight all the code contained in the file or website that has the theme code (use the shortcut "ctrl + a" (Windows) or "cmd + a" (Mac OSX), to make sure you get everything).

Then make a copy of the code, either by right clicking on the text then selecting 'copy' or by using the shortcut "ctrl + c" or "cmd + c" (Mac OSX).

Step three: Enter the Tumblr customizer

1. Log into Tumblr and click on the 'human' cog icon and Select your blog from the right-hand column.

2. Click the Edit appearance option.

3. Click Edit theme