How to use Blot

Blot turns a folder into a website. Files in the folder be­come posts on your website. What’s the point of turning a folder into a website? So you can blog with your favorite text-editor. There’s no interface – just files.

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 Your blog

Name

Posts

Apple.txt

Blackcurrant.docx

Cherry.jpg

Damson.md

Elderberry.webloc

Fig.html

 

Sync your folder to Blot

• Dropbox
  Use a folder in your Dropbox
• Git
  Use a git repository
• Google Drive
  Use a folder in your Drive

Files which become posts

•   Text and Markdown
  .txt  .md  .rtf
•  Images
  .png  .jpeg  .gif
•  Word Documents
  .docx  .odt
•  Bookmarks
  .webloc  .url
•  HTML
  .html
•  Google Docs
  .gdoc
•  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 blog posts themselves but they can be embedded in posts.

 Your blog

Name

Drafts

Pages

Posts

Posted.txt

_Not_posted_due_to_filename.jpg

_Resources

Not_posted_due_to_folder_name.png

 

Drafts

Files in a folder called Drafts are not published. Instead, Blot creates a preview file which updates as you make changes to your draft. Preview files work on any computer connected to the internet and should be opened in your web browser. You can share the preview file with others.

 Your blog

Name

Drafts

Anecdote.txt

Anecdote.txt.html

Unpublished.txt

Unpublished.txt.html

Pages

Posts

 

 

Files in your folder are public

The files in your blog’s folder are public. This is useful if you want to embed an image, a video or an audio file in a blog 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 blog.

 Your blog

Name

Files

Archive.zip

index.html

Posts