Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Dashboard sidebar:
When you click the Dashboard link at the top of your screen,
the default Dashboard Sidebar displays some simple navigational buttons to help
you manage your followers and likes, and to explore and search Tumblr. Below
that, you'll see a random featured post from Tumblr Radar, which changes each
time you visit the Dashboard.
Posting sidebar:
This sidebar with a gray background appears after clicking any of
the Post type icons (text, photo, quote, and so on), and can be used to specify a
handful of general posting options for each new post. If you've created any addi-
tional blogs, you will see a Post To menu at the top of the sidebar. Use this menu
to select the blog where your new post will appear. For details about the features
on this sidebar, see Chapter 2.
Primary site sidebar:
You can view this sidebar by clicking the name of your
primary site on the Dashboard menu. The buttons that appear here help you nav-
igate to the various pages that let you manage your account settings, posts, fol-
lowers, messages, and more.
Secondary site sidebar:
This sidebar is the same as the Primary site sidebar, ex-
cept it includes one additional button: Members. Click this button to invite new
members to contribute to a secondary site, manage existing members, or to delete
a secondary site.
Launching Your Site
Whenever you're logged in and viewing the Dashboard area, you're at the heart of your
Tumblr account. However, visitors will never see this area. Instead, they'll see your actu-
al website at the URL,
yoursite.tumblr.com
.
To launch your website from the Dashboard, follow these steps:
1. Click the name of your primary or secondary account on the Dashboard menu.
This will make the Dashboard sidebar buttons appear on the right side of the
screen. If your desired blog isn't listed at the top of the screen, use the My Blogs
icon to select your blog from the drop-down menu.
2. Click the Open [Your Site] button at the top of the Dashboard Sidebar.
Depending on your browser type, doing so opens your page in a new browser tab or
browser window.
