hey! you can upload the images in the header and add links to the sideblog images through their respective fields in the customization panel (marked in the screenshots above)

I sat on this for a little bit and tl;dr I figured out a way to speed up the load time on the one column version so you shouldn’t see the posts stack on top of each other if your connection is slow! code has been updated on pastebin and github, so you can reinstall it there.

note that this only applies to the one column version though; if you’re using the multi-column versions and you have a blog full of big gifs and a less than stellar internet connection, you might see the posts overlap till the scripts and gifs load in properly. I wish that wasn’t the case since I don’t want my themes to have accessibility issues, but I can’t do anything about that though, since it’s not a bug or anything to do with a flaw in the code. unfortunately, tumblr’s increased file size limits has tradeoffs.

oh, thank you, and please don’t apologize! that’s actually something I’m already aware of and it’s not a bug, it’s just one of the drawbacks of a theme with a multi-column option; for a grid theme that doesn’t end up with big gaps between posts, the theme needs to use extra scripts to set the post positioning. so if you have a slower connection and a gif/image-heavy blog where there’s a lot of images to load, the amount of images to load can slow down the page load time and you’ll see the posts overlap until the images and scripts fully load (that’s why you’re seeing it mostly affecting photo posts). but if your connection gets better or you wait a little bit, the posts will load into the correct positioning.

if you’re consistently having issues, I can take a look at it and see if there’s a deeper issue if you send me a link to your blog, since I can’t do any kind of troubleshooting without a direct link to where you’re observing the issue you’re reporting.

thanks, and thanks for using lilac and zinnia for such a long time 💖

that will happen with the link hover if you have a long link title, so the easiest way to stop it is to increase the sidebar width. find this section in the CSS:

aside {

position: fixed;
top: 125px;
width: 225px;

}

and change width: 225px; to 275px.

thanks!

sorry, I don’t know what you mean by search button? you can input a link into the HTML following the instructions under the “NAVIGATION SECTION” heading, so visitors to your blog can just click the link without having to use the search bar to get to the link. just put the link in so it looks like: <a href=“/tagged/gifs”>my gifs</a>.

the search bar in the footer doesn’t need to be edited; vistors can just input whatever terms they want into it and search your blog.

it does; I test all my responsive themes on my android phone so I can confirm all my themes work on android. responsive layouts get overridden no matter what in the mobile app, so you can only view them through the browser app on your phone.

I haven’t tried using images hosted on pinterest before, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they have blocks on people linking to images hosted on that site. I’d suggest using something like Tumblr or an image hosting site like imgur/unsplash/etc. instead. or if you’d like me to take a look at it, please send me a link!

yeah sure! but I’ll warn you that it’s not the easiest update to do (it requires modifications to the HTML, CSS, and jQuery) so make sure you save a copy of your code before you do any of this. also I don’t have a copy of the previous code so I’m writing this from memory, so these aren’t the most detailed instructions.

edit: also the post editor has fucked this formatting so … be warned. and for anyone else who reads this and is using holly, reinstalling it from my pastebin or github will be easier because you won’t have to deal with this messed up formatting.

instructions are under the cut:

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you have to go into the customization panel at the left-hand side of the customization page and make sure the popup option is turned on:

plus, make sure to toggle all the toggle options on and off at least once when you install because the customization is bugged to shit and it won’t work until you reset the options.

if it’s still not working after you do that, feel free to message me again.

thanks - my day’s been pretty good so far :). it should be an .mp3 file that you upload from your computer to either Google Drive or Dropbox following the instructions under the read more on the theme post. Youtube links won’t work, unfortunately.

thanks!

you can update the icon on the sidebar manually by going into your customization panel and clicking the pencil icon (if you haven’t yet uploaded a picture, it will be a camera icon).

the icon in the header is your blog icon avatar and it updates automatically when you change your blog icon. 

ah I’m so sorry about that! I cleaned it up and posted it in a rush, and when I checked back it had a ton of mistakes, including the popup description - I mistyped the css variables. I’ve updated it now plus fixed a few other mistakes, and it should all be working fine now. 

in addition to correcting the problem with the popup description heights (I tested it manually to confirm it works), I’ve added proper support for alt text, support for extra text styles within the item popup, changed the design of the popup button so it doesn’t hide portions of the popup text, and added some extra HTML headings so it should be easier to edit.

you’ll have to install it again from either my pastebin or github, but once you do, I’ve updated the external css files so if there are any other mistakes I have to correct (fingers crossed I’ve got them all!), you’ll get updates automatically. hopefully not too many people are using the old version yet, but if you are, please reinstall. sorry about the inconvenience!

regarding your first query: yes, you can! if you want to use it for a members page or a portfolio or something, go ahead. 

in the HTML, find:

{block:ifProfileImage}<img src=“{image:Profile}” id=“side-img”></a>{/block:ifProfileImage}

and replace the bolded section with <a href=“/”><img src=“{image:Profile}” id=“side-img”></a>

in the HTML, find this line:

{block:IndexPage}<a href=“{Permalink}” class=“time-ago”>{Timestamp}</a>{/block:IndexPage}

and delete class=“time-ago” (but make sure not to delete anything else). then, replace {Timestamp} with {ShortMonth} {DayOfMonth} or whatever your preferred date format is (see more here).

you just need to input the image URL of any image uploaded to the web into the text fields in the customization panel, so it should look like https://exampleurl.jpg. if you aren’t sure how to upload an image to the web, there’s a few explainers linked in my FAQ. really those options are confusing and I should update it but I am so tired lmao