I get asked this A LOT. So here it goes. If your theme does not have a way for people to “ask” or “submit” questions, it is very simple to add. The link to the “Ask Me Anything” page is whatever your tumblr url is, /ask.
For example, if you wanted to ask me a question on my personal blog, you could go to:
However, if you would like to add a link to your page manually, just copy and paste the following code, and add it to the description of your blog.
<a href="/ask">ask me anything</a>
That’s it.
If that doesn’t work, then the theme you are using probably doesn’t have the code that allows people to ask a question. In my case, a lot of my themes were submitted well before tumblr added that functionality, I will be updating all of my themes very soon.
UPDATED: Also, if you’re using any custom HTML in your theme, when a theme gets updated, your tumblog will not be updated unless you “Disable Custom HTML” under the “Theme” tab on the “Customize” page. However, if you decide to ”Disable Custom HTML”, you will lose any custom HTML you’ve added.
UPDATED AGAIN: You may also want to try clicking on “Customize” then clicking on “Community” and then making sure that the box that is labeled “Let people ask questions” is checked. If that box isn’t checked, people can’t ask you questions.
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