Create Tumblr Bookmarklet in Safari on the iPad

April 12, 2010

As I mentioned in a previous post, Safari on the iPad supports bookmarklets in the Bookmarks Bar.  If you’re looking to add the “Share on Tumblr” bookmarklet, I don’t believe Tumblr has an updated Goodies page that lets you drag the bookmarklet straight to the iPad Bookmarks Bar.  So here’s how to do it:

  1. Create a bookmark in Safari (it can be any page) and name it “Share on Tumblr”.  Save it in the Bookmarks Bar” folder.
  2. Edit the bookmark and delete what is currently in the address field.
  3. Copy this Tumblr javascript code from Safari on your iPad, and then paste it into the address field.
  4. Save the bookmark.

The process is a little cumbersome, but once you understand the concept keep in mind that you can do it for any bookmarklet.

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  • http://businessmindhacks.com AlexSchleber

    I had been wondering the same thing for the Amplify.com bookmarklet when I tested out the iPad when it first came out, companies really need to update their Tools/Bookmarklet pages due to this iPad/Safari design flaw.

    Someone else had suggested adding all bookmarklets you need in a Desktop Safari, and then syncing them to iPad via iTunes…

  • http://paulmwatson.com/journal/ paulmwatson

    Thanks for the tip.

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  • http://viettelonline.com/ Viettel 3G

    Thank for share

  • Ultramarinely

    Thanx foryour help – useful!

  • Tish

    Thanks for this!

  • http://kenclark.me Ken Clark

    No problem!

  • http://kenclark.me Ken Clark

    Thanks!

  • christopher rizzo

    Great post. Is it possible to do this with Google+ as well? 

  • Anonymous

    Cheers for the tip.

  • http://kenclark.me Ken Clark

    I have not tried with G+, but it would work with any service that can be powered by a javascript bookmarklet. So if G+ has a service to do that, it should work.

  • http://kenclark.me Ken Clark

    No problem. Thanks!

  • Thehobbo

    thanks so much, just what i was looking for .. used it on desktop safari and works great..

  • Anonymous

    Thank very much for this

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