Getting started
Blot creates a website from a folder. Files in the folder become posts or pages on your site. You update your site by adding, removing, or editing files directly.
You can use Blot to build many types of sites, including blogs, photo galleries, and portfolios.
Because Blot uses a file-based workflow, it works with the tools you already use—including your favorite text editor.
Overview
- Sign up and create a site.
- Sync the folder for your site. Blot publishes files inside your folder.
- Select a template and finish setting up your site.
Sync the folder
Files
Ignore a file
You can prevent a file from becoming a post or page if you start its name with an underscore. For example:
| _Apple.jpg | Not published because the image’s name starts with an underscore. |
| _Fruit › Banana.jpg | Not published because the image is in folder whose name starts with an underscore. |
Subfolders
You can organize your folder however you like. By default, files inside becomes posts. However, Blot treats files in the following folders differently:
Your folder is public
All of the files in your site’s folder are public. This is useful if you want to embed an image, a video or an audio file in a post. You can also share files with your readers. For example, given the folder below, your readers can download Archive.zip if they visit /Files/Archive.zip on your site.
Formatting posts
- Markdown
A lightweight plain text markup language.
A math typesetting library with powerful formatting features.- Layout
A custom Markdown extension which offers simple layout directives. - Embedding
Automatically generate embedded widgets from Youtube urls and other links. - Citations
For external citations and bibliographies. - Wikilinks
For simple internal links between posts.