Editing a Theme’s HTML
Editing the HTML on a Tumblr theme is a bit tricky for the average user, so unless you think you have a pretty good handle on HTML and CSS, you might want to leave the HTML theme-editing to the pros. On the other hand, if you do know some HTML and CSS or if you’re feeling adventurous and think you can figure it out as you go, then by all means, jump in! If you try, you might very well succeed.
Examining your theme’s code
To begin editing your theme, click the Edit HTML button at the top of your blog’s Customize Theme page. You can access the Customize Theme page by clicking the Customize Theme button on your Dashboard sidebar. Clicking this button opens the HTML panel for your selected theme, as shown in Figure 9-5.
If you examine the code in the HTML Editing panel on the left side of your screen by scrolling up and down, you’ll see that the code is broken up into logical sections, like a regular HTML webpage:
Meta tags: At the top, there are Meta tags that control some of the customizable features of the theme.
CSS: Below the Meta tags, you’ll find a section of custom CSS used to style and position the content within the theme.
JavaScript: You may also see ...
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