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Lots of New Features for Single A!
It’s been almost 5 years since we launched our first Tumblr theme, Single A. We can’t believe that it continues to be used in so many creative ways and are humbled that hundreds of thousands of blogs are using it.
To celebrate the 5 year anniversary of the theme, we’ve decided to combine the premium version of Single A with the free version.
What does this new version of Single A include?
- Instagram! Add your latest pics in the sidebar.
- Show off a sweet-looking header image.
- Change your background color.
- Hate those dotted lines that we used as border? No problem. Change it to a solid thin border.
- Hide those post icons if you want. Maybe you hate those too.
- Show your blog title in the header bar.
- Link to a Medium account.
Going forward, there will be only one version of Single A available for sale at $9 to help pay for our support costs.
Happy 2017 Single A users!
Update on 1/9/17:
We originally published this post under the impression that blogs using the previous free version of Single A would be upgraded automatically to the premium version. That is not the case. Going forward, if you had been using the free version of Single A, you will need to upgrade to the premium version to continue to use the theme. The free version no longer exists. If you would prefer not to upgrade, we are offering our Radiant theme for free as an alternative. We are sorry for any confusion.
The latest version of Single A is out. Your blog will be updated automatically unless you have customized it.
The theme now supports the latest Spotify embed that Tumblr rolled out last week. Enjoy and thanks for using Single A!
Version 1.2.1 fixes an issue related to audio and video posts when used as the sticky post or within featured posts. Your blog will be automatically updated unless you have customized your theme.
Thanks for using Single A!
We just submitted a bunch of enhancements and bug fixes to Tumblr for our next version of Single A. We will update this post when it has been approved. It was approved!
All of the changes were based on your feedback. Thanks for using Single A!
Our very own Gary Cope helps run this Virginia Tech blog that doubles as the Office of University Development’s office website.
We think it’s a great example of our Single A theme in action. We especially like their use of Single A’s sticky post and featured tag.
How are you using Single A?
We pushed a new version of Single A live last night, but there is an issue that we are working on fixing. Video posts are not rendering correctly within the featured posts section.
We will let you know when the new version is out with a fix. We are sorry for the error.
UPDATE: This issue has been resolved in version 1.1.4.
Single A Examples: Mr. B’s 6th Grade Class!
We’re liking Mr. B’s use of our Single A theme to keep students and parents of his 6th grade class up-to-date with homework assignments, classroom news, and other noteworthy notes and pictures. He’s taken advantage of our sticky post feature, which allows him to “stick” the latest homework assignment at the top the of page, so it’s the first thing visitors see when they come to the blog. We only wish our 6th grade teachers had been so savvy. Stay cool, Mr. B!
How are you using Single A? We want to know!
What social media sites would you like us to add in the next version of Single A?
The Single A tumblr theme introduces two new features: the sticky post and featured posts. It is a simple, but super customizable free theme.
Sticky Post
With Single A you have the ability to “stick” one post at the top of your blog regardless of the date and time of the post.
Here’s a video explaining how you create a sticky post.
Let’s say you always want to display at the top of your blog:
- An “About Me” post
- Your most recent original long-form blog post
- An introductory video
- A quote that you live by, or
- An advertisement
The sticky post feature allows you to do any of these things. With the sticky tag you can highlight whatever you want in your blog’s top spot.
Here’s how you set it up: In the appearance options, define the sticky tag and use that tag on the post that you would like to always display at the top of your blog. The most recent blog post with the sticky tag will always appear at the top.
Featured Posts/Tag
The featured tag enables you to display the five most recent posts of a specific tag in the right sidebar. Similar in layout to the Likes display, the featured tag display allows bloggers to display their five most recent original articles, musicians or music lovers to display their five most recent audio tracks, or photographers to display their five most recent photographs. In short, it’s designed to give you an opportunity to highlight your featured posts long after they have fallen off the first page of your blog.
To enable the featured tag, all you have to do within the appearance options is:
- Insert a tag in the featured tag text box
- Use that tag on at least one post
- Define the label for the featured heading
The sticky post and featured tag are just two of the many features that Single A offers.
You can add social media links; control the color of several styles; upload a custom logo or image; display likes, recent tweets, and group blog features; and incorporate the Disqus commenting platform and Google Analytics.
Support
Feel free to ask us questions, give us feedback and feature requests at help.storyware.us.
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