Questions

You'll need to log in and re-connect your folder to Google Drive on the folder settings page. I have finished the rewrite of the client which syncs Google Drive to Blot, avoiding Google's API shenanigans. Instead of asking you to go through the Google OAUTH login flow, the new client simply asks you to share a folder in your Drive with a specific email address. Since we're not using Google Drive's API in the same way, the new client doesn't require full access to your Google Drive, which is wonderful. There will be bugs with the new implementation, which I will fix. I'm hesitant to conclude with something along the lines of 'Sorry about this' because the interruption was entirely Google's fault.

Say I want to post a gallery of images on a specific blot page but am not using a gallery/artsy-type template that specializes in that sort of thing. Is it possible to do this in markdown or would I have to use some type of custom CSS or another type of fancy code?

I noticed in all my templates that use #all_tags they stopped working on both of my sites, returning blank results. I'm guessing something changed on the back-end? Is it possible this could be restored? It brings very useful capabilities. Example code: {{#all_tags}} {{#entries}} {{#tagged.liked}} <a href="{{metadata.source}}" target="_blank">{{title}}</a> → <br><dd>{{summary}}</dd><br> {{/tagged.liked}} {{/entries}} {{/all_tags}} Page it's used on: https://notes.alongtheray.com/bookmarks

I'm trying to make sure my site is ADA compliant. I have added "alt" text in my image embeds using markup but my site template isn't picking them up in every location that the image is shown. What do I need to add to my template to add them? Thanks!

Hi I have a folder called "Files" as a subfolder of my "Blot" folder, as instructed. This is where I'm dropping images etc. that I want to appear in posts. I'm only just getting started but it's clear that the contents of this single folder are likely over time to become a bit of a jungle. Does anyone who's been at this for a good while have any sage advice to offer about the best way to manage Blot "resources" before I get into a mess? What's best practice? Thanks, Q

I have been modifying my style.css sheet in Blot's template editor for the past few hours. I was using the Original template and modifying in Blot's dashboard interface. However, after a page refresh while editing the style sheet, I lost all changes I had been working on. Why would this happen? And how do I ensure this doesn't happen again?

I forked a template to make my own, renamed it, and exported it to my Dropbox folder so I can edit it locally. The resulting folder is named after the template I forked ("empty-copy-template") instead of the name I gave it. Can I rename it? If so, do I need to keep the same style (all lowercase, dashes instead of spaces)? — Shy

Hey everyone, where can I find the option to edit locally? I duplicated several templates to try to find that option, even went through the site source to try to find it.

Just what the subject says, I'm wondering how to center an image included in a markdown file. I know how to put them in the margins, change the size/scale, but wasn't sure if there was a simple way to do this on Blot.

Is there any way to embed an MP4? When I do this it just shows a static image that does not play?

Say that I want to make a site once and for all, and then i want to keep it up without any serious updates. would there be a way to export the site and keep it that way? Blot is by far my favourite way to build a site, but I don't want to pay monthly for more than one or two sites forever

I (regrettably!!) clicked to cancel my subscription while looking at other website options, but decided ultimately to stay on Blot. However, when I try to click 'restart my subscription', it doesn't load anything or go anywhere. Is this an issue with Blot itself or on my end?

I've read all the documentation and I'm sure I'm being thick but I just can't get my posts tagged. I am just posting .md files via DropBox but how do I get the posts to have tags?

In my About Me page, I link to a blog post. However, when I click on that link, it goes to an .md file viewed in the browser. I am sure I'm doing something wrong with wikilinks and maybe just need a redirect to Documentation. I'm also not sure if the space and commas in the file name are messing with it? I am using Obsidian and here is how it's written: Hello! I'm Benjamin Clover (formerly Saubolle-Camacho), an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC #14202) in the state of California. I made this blog after [deleting (most of) my social media](/Posts/Goodbye,%20social%20media.md) accounts. This also happens with my link to my CV. I am also a clinician & program administrator for our county's First Episode Psychosis program. You can see more about my professional background in my [CV](/Pages/CV.md). Thanks for any help, Benjamin

I am trying to get Simple Analytics working. On their website, they say I should insert a few lines of code into my webpage. But, when I am on blot.im and edit my template, there are several pages listed. Do I add that Simple Analytics code to the "entries.html" page, or to a different one?

Is it possible to list {{#allEntries}} in reverse order—oldest at the top; newest at the bottom?

I'm sorry after three months without support and a broken site, I've decided to cancel the subscription and to try and look for an alternative. It's a pity because I like the unique simplicity of this publishing model—this is how the web should be for ordinary folks. Good luck.