Show text file for post?
I've seen with other blogging engines that you can append ".md" or ".txt." to the end of a URL to see the raw text for that given post. Is that possible with Blot posts?
Example: https://www.caseyliss.com/2022/9/8/verizon-esim-conversion and https://www.caseyliss.com/2022/9/8/verizon-esim-conversion.md
If you append the query string ?source=true
to any post or page on your Blot site, Blot will redirect you to the source file for that post. Would that work?
For example:
Post: https://david.blot.im/layout-and-typography
Redirect: https://david.blot.im/layout-and-typography?source=true
You could embed this link in your template, here's a rough sketch for what to add to say entry.html:
...
{{#entry}}
...
<a href="{{{url}}}?source=true">View source</a>
...
{{/entry}}
...
Answered 2 years ago ·
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Oh, cool! That's a good start. I thought I could get clever, but it looks like a redirect like this doesn't work.
From: {{{url}}}.md
To: {{{url}}}?source=true
Would there be a redirect rule that could make appending ".txt" or ".md" (which would be a little more friendly to explain without adding the "View source" link to every entry) work?
Answered 2 years ago · Edit answerTry something like this:
from: /(.*)\.md
to: /$1?source=true
There's more about redirects in the documentation
Answered 2 years ago · Edit answer