How to Add Ask Box on Tumblr Sidebar

Published by Tumble Guy on March 10th, 2012 |

Do you want your followers and visitors to send you a message on Tumblr?

If you do, then you should add an ask box on your tumblr page.This way other people can communicate with you and be more engaged with your tumblr.

First, make sure that your ask feature is enabled.

The next step would be to add an ask me link to your description or the sidebar of your theme.

This should be enough to let others know that they can send you messages. However, if you really want them to send you messages, you should add an ask box form directly to your tumblr page. When visitors first land on your tumblr, a form like the one below is already available and they won’t need to click through links to find your ask me button.

Customized Tumblr Ask Box Form

How to Add Ask Box on Tumblr Sidebar

Copy the code below and paste it to the description section of your theme.

<iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="yes" width="100%" height="190" src="http://www.tumblr.com/ask_form/jayjay.tumblr.com" style="background-color:transparent; overflow:hidden;" id="ask_form">

Replace jayjay.tumblr.com with your won tumblr url.
Adjust the height to best fit your current theme.
If your theme has a sidebar, then the code will automatically take up the whole width of your theme’s side bar.
Hit Save, Close, and check if it works.

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