How to edit templates locally?

It still works, I need to make it clearer in the UI. If you download the source code for an existing template as a zip by pressing 'Share' on the template editor, you can place the unzipped contents of the zip inside the Templates folder of your site, e.g. Your blog > Templates > Default

Here is the related (or duplicate) question thread: https://blot.im/questions/828

There used to be an option to switch templates so they would resolve inside the Blot folder (and sync back via Dropbox/Git). It's helpful to know that we can still download an archived template (I literally copy-pasted the code instead), but I don’t understand the part about “placing the unzipped contents of the ZIP file inside the Templates folder of your site”. Could you clarify this?

I tried this but it doesn't seem to work. Is working with templates externally still supported?

I'm having issues editing templates the way it is now -- changes I've made keep reverting back, losing my hours of my work on them.

The template editor and previews are also very slow/sluggish.

Can we please get clarity on how this works and the right way to do it? The new way is not as clear as the way it was done before and I don't want to put more work in customizing templates without confidence edits will be kept saved.

Thank you, Ray

Please can you email me with details of the local template which isn't working when you edit the files?

Nothing has changed under-the-hood, just there isn't a button to 'enable local editing'

I tried this and did a test local edit and it seemed not to work. Then I noticed it created another copy of the template, which I had to "install" (enable as the current template).

I made a test change in the online editor and it hasn't synced back to the local file. The reply on the other thread sounds to me like we can either edit online or locally but not both. If this is the case, it should be indicated in the UI. If it's not true, something may be awry.

— Shy

Forgot to update here -- that was my issue, I think in the past I was able to edit online and it would reflect on the local template but now if you have installed a template locally you can only edit it locally. At least in my experience.

I would like the ability when done editing locally to be able to "fold" it back into Blot templates and delete the local template folder. Is this possible?

Ray

Interesting, and I think no it's not possible at the moment. I will make it so