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Most Tumblr theme-makers don’t submit their themes to Theme Garden, though having them on Tumblr’s official theme store is something that might appeal to many designers.

Before getting into it, however, it’s important to know the pros & cons of having your themes on Theme Garden, as well as the pros & cons of sharing them via external download links, like many of us do.

After my rebrand, I’ve decided to start uploading my themes to Theme Garden, since that’s the only way of having them actually “officialised” by Tumblr. Unfortunately, my experience with Theme Garden so far shows me that it’s not actually worth having your themes there at all.

On this post, you’ll read about:

Pros & cons of submitting your themes to Theme Garden

Pros & cons of sharing your themes through external download links

Reblogs, likes, replies, @mentions—these interactions already show up on your desktop activity screen. You knew that. What you might not already know is that you can now filter different activity types on mobile.

TUMBLR 101: HOW TAGS WORK! (May 2017)

Tags vs. Search

The tumblr search function will search the tags and captions of all new (i.e. not reblogged) posts that do not contain an external link. 

EXAMPLE: www.tumblr.com/search/perioddramaedit returns posts that mention perioddramaedit, either in the body of the post or in the tags

The tumblr /tagged/ function returns all the posts in a tag in reverse-chronological order. Popular tags on tumblr may have years worth of posts in them.

EXAMPLE: www.tumblr.com/tagged/perioddramaedit returns posts tagged perioddramaedit in the first 5 tags.

Read more about Tags vs Search

The first 5 tags!

The first 5 tags are your best bet! 

Only the first 5 tags show up in tracked tags. Tracked tags are more reliable than search if you want your content to be seen and / or reblogged.

Put the important tags (ex. show name, actor name, artist name) in the first 5 tags.

Only the first 20 tags show up in search.

Only the first 20 tags will cause the post to show up in the tag on your blog (i.e. asoiafuniversity.tumblr.com/tagged/resources)

So start with the important tags for tracked tags / search, then add tags like “my edits” or “mine” for your own blog organization, and then add FEELINGS and TAG COMMENTARY at the end. 

Only new posts will show up in public tracked tags or search. Reblogs will not show up in tracked tags or search.

Avoid unnecessary punctuation. Apostrophes ’ are ok to use, but tags with a slash / or a hyphen - or a plus sign + or an equal sign = will NOT show up in tracked tags. 

External Links

Posts with external links will NOT show up in search. 

See a list of sites that tumblr no longer allows linking.

Posts with external links WILL show up in tracked tags. So use tracked tags and put the important tags in the first 5 tags!!

Tagging Etiquette

Don’t tag your hate; it’s considered rude

If you use anti tags like #ANTI SHIPNAME, everyone who is searching for SHIPNAME will see your anti post. Don’t use SHIPNAME when creating your anti tag if you don’t want people to get upset about it. 

Don’t put something that isn’t an edit in an edit tag. People are going into the edit tag to look for edits and if your post isn’t an edit, it defeats the purpose of the edit tag. 

Don’t spam the tags. 

Reblog; don’t repost

The OP (original poster) will often read your tags when you reblog a post, so if you say something nasty in the tags, the OP will (probably) see it. Say something nice instead!

Other useful tips:

Install new-xkit-extension to improve your tumblr experience

How to go to a specific date/time in any tag

More info on tumblr’s search and discovery

Popular ASOIAF fandom edit tags

tagging properly also helps you pop up in people’s recommended for you and trending feeds.