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2. Click the Blog Settings button on the Dashboard sidebar.
3. On the Blog Settings page, put a check mark in the Ask field where it says Let
People Ask Questions.
Enabling this feature adds an Ask link to your blog's navigation menu that, when
clicked, sends visitors to
yoursite/tumblr/ask
.
4. If desired, edit the Ask page title in the text field provided.
The default title is
Ask me anything
.
5. To allow visitors to submit anonymous questions without having to provide their
names and e-mail addresses, put a check mark in the Allow Anonymous Questions
box.
You also need to click the OK button in the warning box that appears. Giving your
visitors anonymity is risky and can bring out the worst in people. In other words, al-
though anonymity might seem like a cool idea, don't think twice about disabling
this feature in the future if you need to.
6. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Save button.
Upon saving, Tumblr will create your new Ask page and add it to your site at
yoursite
.tumblr.com/ask. Be patient; sometimes it takes a few minutes for the page
to appear.
After enabling this feature on your blog, visitors will see the Ask option somewhere in
your blog's navigation, as a graphic link, or elsewhere on the page, according to the spe-
cifications of your blog's theme. Figure 7-1 shows two examples of how the Ask option
might appear on a Tumblr blog.
