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.

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Overview

1. Sign up and create a site.
2. Sync the folder for your site. Blot publishes files inside your folder.
3. Select a template to customize the look of your site.

Sync the folder

• Dropbox
• Git
• Google Drive
• iCloud

Files

• Markdown .txt  .md  .rtf
• Images .png  .jpeg  .gif  .tiff  .webp  .avif
• Word Documents .docx  .odt
• Google Docs .gdoc
• Bookmarks .webloc  .url
• HTML .html
• Org Mode .org

Prevent a file becoming a post

Files and folders whose name starts with an underscore are ignored. Ignored files don’t become posts but you can embed them. For example:

Sub-folders

You can organize your folder however you like. By default, files inside becomes posts. However, Blot treats files in the following folders differently:

• Pages
• Drafts
• Templates

Your folder is public

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 use this to 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.