Simplist

Precrafted Support

Here’s a full breakdown of all the theme options included with Simplist. You can access these via your Customize page to change the appearance and functionality of your blog.

Appearance Options

These options let you change some basic settings on your blog. These also affect how your blog looks on mobile apps, the Dashboard and search results. You can also edit these from your main blog settings page – check out Tumblr’s help section for more details.

Title – this is where you set the Title of your blog, which is displayed in the header and in the title of the page in your browser.

Description – this is for some basic information about your blog. It is displayed in the header, below your blog title.

Avatar – this is the image for your avatar, which appears all across Tumblr. On your theme, it’s displayed above your blog title.

Avatar Shape – this let’s you choose either a square or circle avatar shape.

Title font – choose a font for your title, which appears all across Tumblr. You can also choose to use the regular or bold version of the font.

Background color – set the main background color for your blog.

Title color – set the color for your blog title.

Accent color – set the accent color your blog, this controls links and buttons too.

Show avatar – choose whether to show your avatar.

Show title – choose whether to show your blog title.

Show description – choose whether to show your blog description.

Image Options

Avatar – you can upload a custom Avatar image, which over-rides your default avatar.

Background – you can upload a custom background image for your whole page.

Logo – you can upload a Logo image, which will replace the title and avatar in the header.

Color Options

Border – this sets the color of the border around the edges of the page.

Description – this sets the text color of your blog description in the header.

Post Background – this sets the background color for the Posts on your blog, as well as the background of the menu and other buttons.

Post Titles – this sets the text color for the the titles and quotes in your posts.

Text – this sets the main text color for your blog and posts.

Link – this sets the color for links in your posts and menu/load more buttons.

Link Hover – this sets the hover color for links in your posts.

Dropdown Options

Pagination – choose which pagination method to use: load more adds a simple button you hit to load more posts, infinite scroll loads posts as you scroll, and standard adds basic previous/next page buttons.

Photo Links– the six Link options allow you to choose what happens when you click on a photo:

  • Photo Link – choose what happens when you click the image in a regular photo post
  • Photo Link Permalink – same as above, but for the permalink of that post
  • Panorama Link – choose what happens when you click the image in a Panorama photo post
  • Panorama Link Permalink – same as above, but for the permalink
  • Photoset Link – choose what happens when you click an image in a photo set grid post
  • Photoset Link Permalink – same as above, but for the permalink

And the available options are:

  • Post – links to the permalink URL of the post
  • Image – links to the permalink URL of the image
  • Lightbox – opens the image in a lightbox view
  • None – just shows the photo, no link

Toggle Options

Photoset Cover – using this option shows the first image from a Photoset post on the home page, and then shows the full grid of images when you click through. Perfect for portfolios where you want to show more images on the permalink post.

Show Title Internally – shows the Title on individual post/permalink pages.

Show Description Internally – shows the Description on individual post/permalink pages.

Show Menu Internally – shows the main Menu on individual post/permalink pages.

Show Archive Link – shows a link to your archive in the main menu.

Show Social Menu – shows the social icons menu.

Show Social Menu Internally – shows the social icons menu on individual post/permalink pages.

Images Fill Width – scales the images in your posts to match the post width, find out more here.

White Icons – changes the icons at the bottom of posts to white, in case you are using a dark background color.

Show Meta On Home – shows extra information at the bottom of your posts on the home page.

Show Group Author – if you’re using a group blog, this shows the avatar and name of who created the post on permalink pages.

Tile Background – sets the background image (if you uploaded one) to tile/repeat, instead of filling the screen.

Sharer – choose whether to show the ‘share’ function at the bottom of posts.

Sharer Twitter – choose whether to include Twitter sharing in the sharer popup.

Sharer Facebook – choose whether to include Facebook sharing in the sharer popup.

Sharer Google – choose whether to include Google+ sharing in the sharer popup.

Sharer Pinterest – choose whether to include Pinterest sharing in the sharer popup.

Text Options

Title Font Size – control the font size used in your blog title.

Title Letter Spacing – control the spacing between characters in your blog title.

Load More – sets the text inside the ‘load more’ button.

Load More Loading – sets the text inside the ‘load more’ button while posts are loading.

Load More End – sets the text inside the ‘load more’ button when there are no more posts to load.

Footer Text – sets the text in the footer of the page, next to the copyright statement.

Maximum Width – let’s you over-ride the default maximum width of posts, so you can have a narrower blog layout.

Photoset Spacing – control the amount of space between photos in a Photoset grid post.

Google Analaytics Code – enter your Profile ID for Google Analytics tracking – see full details here.

Disqus Shortname – simply add your Disqus Shortname here to enable Disqus comments on your blog.

Font Embed and Family – let’s you set up custom fonts, see full details here.

URL icons – let’s you link to your other websites/social media, see full details here.

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