Okay, at the request of hundreds dozens one of you, I have implemented a tag hack to create the concept of “favorite” posts in Tumblr. At the bottom of each page, where the now-floating navigation section is, you’ll see a new link for Favorites, which when clicked will show you our my favorite posts.
How did I do it? Glad you asked. Since I am using Tumblr tags to create logically grouped post categories (photos, music, etc.), I normally assign one—and only one—tag to a post. That said, I created a new tag (“favorite”) that I use for, well, my favorites. Since my layout stylistically breaks if you have more than one tag assigned to a post, I used the old CSS First Child Pseudo Selector trick to hide a second (and third, fourth, etc.) tag in the layout. So, a post can be tagged as “photo” and “favorite” but only “photo” will show. Genius, you say? I know.
Sorry, Internet Explorer 6.0 and older peeps. You don’t get to play—your layout will be all wonky. You can always join us in the 21st century, though.
