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Does Blot handle [[wikilinks]]?

I plan on testing this myself later, but while I'm away from my desk... Can Blot handle wikilinks? It would make it a great companion for e.g. Obsidian.


9 months ago, 8 replies   how   wikilinks   Improve this question

Not yet, but this is a planned and popularly requested feature. I will post an update here when wikilinks are ready. Please contact us if you would like an email notification as well.

Answered 3 years ago · Improve this answer

Wikilinks-support is ready!

You can now turn on Convert Wikilinks into links under the Typography section of the services page of your dashboard.

Please note: at the moment, Blot will resolve the path to the linked file based on the conventions Obsidian uses when you have the New link format setting on Relative path to file. I eventually plan to support other methods – please contact support with suggestions if your method isn't working.

As always, please let me know if you have any feedback, thoughts or questions.

Answered 3 years ago · Improve this answer

What does this mean? I quickly checked Obsidians web site and all I found was that I should type [[ and the select the page, but I didn't see anything about the conventions used. Is Blot using relative path, absolute, something else?

Answered 3 years ago · Improve this answer

I just added documentation on how to use wikilinks with Blot – please let me know if you have any questions about this

Answered 3 years ago · Improve this answer

Is there a way to have [[Wikilinks]] look different¹ to hyperlinks that redirect away from the blot site?


¹ "Look different" could be that a [[wikilink] is a different colour to an external link, or that external links are marked with a small arrow noting they direct readers away from the site.

Answered 3 years ago · Improve this answer

Yes, Blot adds the class wikilink to all wikilinks, so you can target them in your site's CSS file. For example:

<a href="/target" class="wikilink">Custom text</a>
Answered a year ago · Improve this answer

Just tried this, but instead of the class Blot adds a title tag to my Wikilink:

<a href="/2023/ai-inflection-points" title="wikilink">they generate viral bits of pop culture</a>

Link here: https://larsmensel.com/2023/towards-a-classification-of-midjourneys-uncanny-valley

Answered 9 months ago · Improve this answer

Good catch, I will fix this

Answered 9 months ago · Improve this answer