toodles
August 13, 2025 at 4:50:29 PM
hihi!! just a question,, in ur sprinkles tumblr template does the navigation bar work?? if so, how do you add links to it..?
Replied on: August 14, 2025 at 3:58:22 AM
hello!! sorry for the late reply!! i have such a hard time remembering to look at my guestbook or tumblr inbox ( which is always open btw: @merdenorma ) !
yes, the navigation bar works, but it only opens links! (99% of website links operate like this) it doesn’t automatically change the content in the boxes.
for example each button/link in the nav bar looks like this in the code:
<a href="/#.html">NAME</a>
the link goes inside the " " after href= .
(i just put that as a placeholder!)
right now it’s /#.html as a placeholder, but you can replace that with any other page you made on neocities/nekoweb, or even an external link like your social media.
so the text between the tags (NAME) is what shows up on the button!
so if you want a button to go to your tumblr, for example:
<a href="https://yourusername.tumblr.com">my tumblr!</a>
sound good?~
also if you were wondering:
the template isn’t set up to change the content inside the boxes when you click a nav button, it will just open a page in your browser. idk if that's what you ment, but i'll explain this also, if this doesn't apply to you, don't worry about this section to avoid confusion :>
what you’re after is called “dynamic content loading,” which usually involves using javascript to swap the content inside a box when you click a button or link. the page itself doesn’t reload.. only the box updates, so you can change text, images, or pretty much anything in that section. that's the most flexible way to make your nav buttons change the middle box content if you know js (or have someone to help).
another option is using iframes, which makes the box a little “window” that can display another html page. clicking a link loads a whole page inside that box instead of opening a new tab. iframes are a little easier to set up because you don’t need to write javascript; you just give the iframe a src and point your links to it!
If you search any of this stuff on yt, you'll find loads of tuts to help you out! Srry if this was long hehe...
MSG me again If all else fails!!