How to use Blot

Blot turns a folder into a blog. Files inside your blog’s folder become blog posts automatically. Blot exists so that you can blog with your favorite tools. Use your favorite text-editor to write and Blot does the rest.

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Apple.txt

Blackcurrant.docx

Cherry.jpg

Damson.md

Elderberry.webloc

Fig.html

Sync your folder

You can sync your folder to Blot with any of the following:

Files which become blog posts

Text and Markdown.txt .md

Images.png .jpeg .gif

Word Documents.docx .odt

Bookmarks.webloc .url

HTML.html

Prevent a file becoming a blog 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.

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Drafts

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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.

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Anecdote.txt

Anecdote.txt.html

Unpublished.txt

Unpublished.txt.html

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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.

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Archive.zip

index.html

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