Amplify Theme

Over the last three months, I have been busy creating “Amplify 2”. Amplify 2 is the successor to Amplify, which has been used by many bands on Tumblr for the last two years.

Amplify 2 was built entirely from the ground up and while it shares the same core features as its predecessor, it really is an entirely new theme.

What’s new? A refreshed design, more customise options, it’s responsive and for the tech savvy out there it also uses ajax/history so that all content is loaded on the fly (this means the music keeps playing). 

If I have Amplify do I get an upgrade to Amplify 2?

Unfortunately not, as mentioned above Amplify 2 was built completely from the ground up and is basically an entirely new theme. With the new features, refreshed design and responsive layout the $49 price tag is great value. 

Amplify is a new theme available for Tumblr, built especially for bands and musicians in mind as it can integrate with the following third party applications:

HTML5 Music player of songs from your Soundcloud account

Bandcamp player for any album of your choice

Link to up to three albums on the iTunes store

Show upcoming shows via Songkick or Bands in Town

Connect with Facebook and Twitter

Display photos from Flickr and Instagram

Display Merchandise items from your Big Cartel shop

Newsletter sign up integration with Mailchimp

Use custom fonts from Typekit

An additional three more custom widgets for anything you'd like (e.g. Youtube embeds)

As well as all those awesome features, Amplify Theme also includes over 80+ customization options so that your Tumblr website can be styled to suit your needs.

Amplify theme now supports showing upcoming shows from Bands in Town. To show upcoming shows in the sidebar, simply enter your Artist Name into the Bands in Town Artist Name field.

Amplify has just been updated - here's what's new:

Show Share Links on Index Page

You can now show your share links on the index page as well as permalink pages, just select "Show Share Links On Index".

Facebook Subscribe, Twitter Follow and Google Plus buttons

These will appear just above the copyright on the sidebar. Unfortunately I can't do much to fix Google's large and obtrusive badge. 

Show Instagram thumbnails

Amplify theme has just been updated! Here's what's in store:

More header customization options

You can now customize the header / feature / navigation much more with the following options:

Remove padding on container (this means that the navigation bar and feature image will go right up to the side of the container). Example.

No spacing on feature image (this will mean the feature image will have no spacing between it and the navigation below, as well as the header or top of the page). Example (this example also includes no padding on container).

Place the nav over the the feature image. Selecting this option will place the navigation over the bottom of the feature image and have a transparent background. Example (this example also includes no spacing on feature image and no padding on container).

Feature image height. This size is in pixels and the default set is 250. The width will always remain 940px. So you can now create feature images that suit your look and feel!

Social Bar

Bandcamp icon has been added to the social bar and the last.fm icon has changed from requiring a username to a full Last.fm url. This is so that you can link to artist pages and not just user accounts.

More iTunes and Custom Widgets

You can now add up to two more iTunes album links (so three in total now). The album artwork for the first link will use the first album artwork. You can upload additional artwork for the second and third iTunes links.

Two more custom widgets have been added too, so there is now three in total! So you can go crazy now with your Youtube/Vimeo embeds etc. 

Tidbits

CSS3 animations have been introduced for all opacity hovers. The navigation will now show an active colour if that item is the last selected and you can also remove the home link from the navigation menu.

Amplify theme now supports Mailchimp so you can have an newsletter sign up form in your sidebar.

To find out how to set this up, follow the instructions for Mailchimp on the theme guide: http://amplifytheme.tumblr.com/theme-guide#thirdParty

A common request from users of Amplify theme was to include support for Instagram photos on the sidebar. I'm happy to announce that support for Instagram is included with the next update which should roll out over the next couple of days.

Unlike other third party integeration apps (e.g. Twitter, Soundcloud) where you just need to enter your username, Instagram requires you to authorize Amplify Theme to have access to your photos.

So if you'd like to include your most recent Instagram photo on your sidebar, please follow these steps:

1. Head to this page to allow Amplify Theme to access your Instagram profile (you may need to log in to Instagram in order to do this).

2. You'll be redirected to a page which will have your unique access token. Copy that and paste it into the "Instagram Access Token" field in your theme's customize settings.

3. You'll now have your latest photo + caption displayed on the sidebar in Amplify theme. 

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