how to actually remove the follow button
because of the way tumblr handles photosets, the follow button and photoset posts both disappeared when you used the last tutorial i saw floating around. heres one that works without removing your photosets, and also how to install this handy little “read ___ before you follow me” block, like this
tumblr uses an attribute called an “iframe” to display photosets, which is why you cant affect individual pictures in a photoset on your blog (ex. if you have gray scale or fading images, when you hover over a photoset, ALL of the photos regain color / come back to full opacity and not just the one youre hovering over.)
like this
its also why you can apply affects to the frame around the photos but not each photo itself, like the rounded edges in this photo
the old tutorial was a simple line of code to have no display for the iframes, which conveniently made your follow button disappear, but also made every other iframe disappear as well, like your photo/gif sets.
so click here for the pastebin code + instructions to install the code to hide the follow button
to add a follow button to your about page once youve removed it from the top of your blog, like this
simple add a link to your about as “http://tumblr.com/follow/[YOUR URL HERE]”
the only issue with this is that it removes the “edit” and “view” button, so youll have to actually go to the post on your dashboard or posts to be able to edit it. alternatively you can take the post url
and change it to
http://cisswapdestroyer.tumblr.com/edit/101845259856/
which will redirect you to the your dashboard to edit this post.
let me know if anyone comes across any errors, and ill be sure to help!
