Questions

Hi, I've found I have to resync my site when I add an image to a post (I'm using iCloud). The text and the the image caption seem to sync automatically, but the image itself needs to be downloaded. Is this a problem other people are experiencing?

At the moment, Blot supports fours ways to sync a folder: Dropbox Google Drive Git iCloud We're currently working on adding others – which tools or services would you like us to support?

I'm not sure how many people use this feature but I lean on it pretty heavily for photo spreads--looks like it's not working anymore in my iteration of the Magazine template. Anyone else having this issue?

On pages where multiple posts are displayed, the <h1> is the page name, e.g.: Archives, Home. Posts titled are rendered in <h2>. On a single post page, the post title is an <h1> tag and subheadings are <h2>, <h3>, etc as needed. All good so far. The issue arises when a post with subheadings is not displayed on its own page, e.g.: when shown on a page showing the ten most recent posts in full. There, the titles are rendered in <h2>, but then the subheadings are one level off. My thought was to write the headings within each post something like: {{{#singleentry}}}h2{{{/singleentry}}} {{{#multientries}}}h3{{{/multientries}}} But I am not sure what the appropriate key would be, if it exists. I had a look through the developer reference doc but didn't see something like this. Since something like this would be useful for things beyond just modifying heading levels, I feel like there must be something that will do the trick that I am simply not seeing. If there's a better way, I'm all ears!

I see to edit the menu it's not under editing your template the website. However the section does not seem to be usable in the browser. Everything is all over the place and it's hard to click things because of odd alignments. Is there a way to edit menus when just editing a template locally?

I recently set up a redirect of a tagged page to a gallery page but it doesn't seem to be working: From: /tagged/photos to: /gallery Clicking the photos tag below the post still sends me to the tagged page rather than the photo gallery I set up. How can I tweak this further to make it work? Thanks!

I started using the Mira template and I saw it had a search.html page and an archives.html page. I wanted to merge them, so I added a search field to the archives page, following all the same logic that's defined in the search page. But the search that I added to the archives page didn't actually work--the JSON data for the page doesn't contain the query parameter when I run the search from archives.html, even though the exact same code works on search.html. Does Blot have a special case for the search.html page of some sort?

This is probably an obvious question, but is there a way on the Blog template for it show to the left (or right) on a desktop screen, but at the top on mobile? The default at the moment shows the navigation to the left and it completely squeezes out the main body.

Hi, I need help to delete a page that still appeared after I deleted the file (I have similar problem before but already resolved it by changing the drive folder). This page (link) was a menu page that I replace with a new one but then appeared in archive. Can you please look into this? Thank you.

If I search for a phrase (multiple words), the results seem to include posts with either word rather than both/all words. I would prefer the search use AND not OR by default (without something like typing "AND" in the query). Is there any way to change the behavior? Currently, the results get very "noisy" because many of the results aren't relevant. Thanks.

Anyone care to share the URLs to their Blot blogs here? I know David has a few listed in examples on the front page, but I'm sure there's many more. Would love to see others to follow (and gain inspiration!)... Here's mine: Along the Ray: https://alongtheray.com

I'm trying to add a simple animation to page content when it loads, targeting the class main. This works all well and good but it disrupts the image zoom overlay (the images don't display in the lightbox). Is there any way to target this div but ignore the native zoom effect? I don't know much about the zoom effect stuff but wondering if there's a way. .main { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(10px); animation: fadeInMoveUp 0.3s ease-out forwards; } @keyframes fadeInMoveUp { to { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); } }

I have a content which still appear after I delete the file in my GDrive folder. Previously I have explored multiple ways of making different menus to categorize my contents like "Projects" and "Notes" menu (which will have different type of contents/files). The introduction "Projects" file which I created earlier still stuck in the home page. How to delete this content or reset the template?

If I am on a blog post page with tag x, y and z, is it possible to only show other items that have tags x y or z?

We have folder syncing with iCloud Drive ready to go. For new sites, you can now select iCloud on the sync setup page. How to sync an existing site with iCloud: Log in and open the folder settings page Disconnect from your current method of syncing your folder. Select iCloud You can switch an existing site over seamlessly. Blot will transfer your files across and you can pick up where you left off. Please see the documentation for the iCloud client and don't hesitate to contact us or ask a question.

Hi, Can you help? I'm new to Blot, so apologies if this is a newbie question. I've posted an image on this page: https://brokenbiscuit.blot.im/doc-photo I'm using this reference: a notebook and pen Blot is seeing the title, but not showing the image. What am I doing wrong? thanks Nigel

Hello, I'm thinking about changing the license of Blot's source code. At the moment, Blot's source code is licensed under CC0, a public domain dedication that allows unrestricted use, modification, and redistribution without attribution or copyleft obligations. I am considering switching the license to AGPLv3, a copyleft license which requires that anyone who modifies and distributes (or provides network access to) Blot must release their modifications under the same license. This shift would prevent proprietary use of Blot's code and ensure that any derivative works remain open-source. Obviously this would only apply to new contributions going forward. Why? I'm developing one-click deployable containers to make Blot simple to self-host I anticipate there will be other people offering hosting services for Blot, especially in different countries / legal jurisdictions I want to ensure these services keep their source code public Please let me know if you have any objections, thoughts or questions.

Do you support the slug/URL with folder, like the posts under journal will be rendered to https://xxx.xxx/journal/xxx?

Hi, does Blot support to use different templates for different folders? For example, to use Blog(templeate) for main/root folder, and I can create another folder for CV with CV (template)? Thank you.

I'm pretty close to what I want at https://rapidresponsechoir.org, but the index.md file with: --- Link: / --- # Rapid Response Choir seems to stuck at a date in February and I'd like the most recent posts to be listed underneath. I'm using the Magazine template. Also, how do I get consistent top banner photo across all pages? Thanks! - PeterB