Bloq - A Blocky Portfolio Theme for Tumblr

Important: version 1.0.2 (May 06) contains fixes and improvements to the portfolio filter. When using “category slugs” containing more than a single word, said category color is correctly applied to the thumbnails overlays. It also includes a JavaScript fallback for non-latin languages, such as Greek. Please download and install the latest update.

BLOQ is an stylish, blocky portfolio theme for designers and creatives. It features two different layout modes, a filterable portfolio grid, a touch optimized image slider, dark and light preset skins to get you started, and much more!

Check the online documentation for a list of all the options.

• Responsive layout—your portfolio looks great on phones, tablets and desktops.


• Retina ready—BLOQ uses a combination of HTML5 canvas drawings and webfont icons, looking great on any device and specially on high density displays.


• Custom image logo—optionally with hover state and high resolution variations.


• Touch optimized homepage slider—BLOQ uses swipe.js, the most accurate touch slider. You can upload up to five images with their own caption and URL.


• Unique portfolio grid with two different layout modes: Masonry and Segmented Rows. The last one is similar to the way Tumblr displays photosets natively


• Dynamically load the next set of portfolio projects on the homepage with Ajax.


• Ajaxified portfolio filter.


• Ajaxified permalinks—load your project’s description without leaving the homepage.


• Homepage Hero and Call-to-Action, to display a welcome message for your visitors and grab your users attention.


• Collapsible widget area: the widget area on top can be toggled and re-positions to the right side on smaller screens.


• Twitter, Flickr, Dribbble and Instagram feeds.


• Support for the following Tumblr post types: text, photo, photoset, quote, link, chat, audio, and video.


• Google Web Fonts for site-wide headings.


• Social icons: Behance, deviantArt, Dribbble, Facebook, Flickr, Google+, Instagram, LastFM, LinkedIn, MySpace, Picasa, Pinterest, SoundCloud, Twitter, Vimeo, YouTube.


• Support for Disqus commenting system.


• Easy Google Analytics implementation.


• Support for user created pages.


• Ask and Submit enabled.


• Chock-full of options—all colors can be changed from the customization sidebar


• Comprehensive documentation.

v1.0.3 May 11, 2013

• Fixes some glitches when scrolling the site on Mobile Safari (iPhone/iPad).


• Improved smooth scrolling when opening/closing project details.


• Better handling of “retina” logo images. CSS rewrite to fix some logo display glitches on Mobile Safari.


• Fixes an issue when embedding videos from certain sources, such as CNN.

v1.0.2 May 06, 2013

• Fixes and improvements for the Ajax portfolio filter.


• Correct color coding of thumbnails overlays when using categories containing more than a single word.


• Add optional jQuery fallback for the filter for blogs displayed in non-western languages.

v1.0.1 April 18, 2013

• Fix a JavaScript error when embedding videos from Vimeo using non-standard embed code.


• Fix an issue when the Ajax portfolio filter wouldn’t work when using a custom domain name for the tumblog.


• Add option to hide the top widget area entirely.


• Add missing sections to the documentation.

v1.0 April 16, 2013

• Initial release

Click here for a list of the resources used in the making of this theme.