innovative idea assignment presentation- implementing tumblr

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This is a presentation on how to implement social media site Tumblr onto a website effectively, as well as making Tumblr a useful tool for the clientele that you are trying to serve. I hope you enjoy my presentation!

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  • 1.Innovative Idea: TumblrBy Mara Dickie

2. What is Tumblr? Tumblr is a social media platform that isextremely different from the big 3 that librariesuse most frequently- Facebook, Twitter, andFlicker It allows users to post multimedia and othercontent to a short-form blog, named a"tumblelog. (Wikipedia article on Tumblr) For more information, see my summary of myInnovative Idea 3. My Innovative IdeaAssignment in a practicallibrary setting 4. How to use Tumblr for yourLibraryExample- Project Graphical with Dickie Public Library 5. How to set up your blog Three maincomponents E-mail address Password URL of your blog This can be changed atany point, depending onavailability of the name 6. Your Dashboard Your dashboard isyour main posting hub(besides reblogging) I will be showing youhow to create photoand text posts,because they areextremely commonwith any kind of blog 7. Two Ways to Upload a Photo 8. Creating Text Posts 9. Picking Out a Theme for YourBlog There are a lot ofdifferent themes andlayouts to choosefrom, depending onwhat the purpose foryour Tumbleblog is You can also makeand find themes withHTML coding if youare looking forsomething extremelyunique 10. Editing or Changing a Pre-set Theme(1) In many cases, the developer of the theme hasleft some areas open for the users to customizeand make it seem like its theirs, rather than atemplate Changes to the original template could include Colour changes (font, background, links, etc.) Background picture change Adding and deleting links Adding and editing a description of what the blog is aboutExamples of this are on the next slide 11. Editing or Changing a Pre-set Theme(2) (Menus and Changeable Aspects) 12. Embedding Tumblr onto YourWebsite (1) Tumblr offers a script code (see next slide) inwhich all someone using it would have to do iscopy and paste it into their website For my website, I have also included a Sharebutton, which allows users to share the websitethat I have created on Tumblr through a post ontomy dashboard 13. Embedding Tumblr onto YourWebsite (2) (Embedding the Blog) 14. Embedding Tumblr onto YourWebsite (3) (Share Button Codes) 15. Embedding Tumblr onto YourWebsite (4) The results of this are You will need to putvery plain, as seen insome sort of title orthe next slide (with no link to your Tumblradditional coding blog in wheninvolved) implementing this However, if you are technology at thegood with codingvery least(specifically with CSS That way, peoplecodes), then you cancan go right to yourmake the layout lookblog, and view themore appealingcontents withoutsetting up anaccount An example of thisimplementation iswithin the next fewslides 16. Embedding Tumblr onto YourWebsite (5) (No Extra Coding Added) 17. Embedding Tumblr onto YourWebsite (6) (Extra Coding Added,Share Button) 18. Embedding Tumblr onto YourWebsite (6) (What Happens Next?) Share Button- ifsomeone clicks on theshare button, awindow (see right) willpop up and do thework for you Embedding your bloginto a websiteunfortunately does notallow for any accessto your blog, you willhave to create thatyourself 19. Advantages to Using Tumblr in aLibrary Setting The users are very up Tumblr can be to date- in manyanything you want it cases when it comes to be- it all depends to pop culture, Tumblron what you want to users were alreadytry and do with it (and aware of the trends who it is marketed just as they were towards) to make it a coming out on valuable social asset Facebook. This is to your library extremely important for people in the library, especially when it comes to 20. Web 2.0 Technologies In Tumblr Tagging- usually done within posts, helpscategorize and organize what you post Social Media Integration- putting links from othersocial media platforms (such as otherTumbleblogs, Facebook and Twitter accounts)and giving your followers other ways to connectwith you Highlighting (requires payment)- a unique featureto Tumblr that categorizes posts differently withinthree broad categories- news, events, creators,products, celebrations, questions, fandom,miscellaneous 21. Links I Used for Implementing Please also see my summary of this technologyfor more background information as well asclickable links http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/share_button http://www.tumblr.com/goodies https://www.tumblr.com/login 22. Thanks for Watching my Presentation!If you have any questions or comments about how to improve this InnovativeIdea, let me know!