Questions

I've been updating my blog - mostly just photos, and noticed that changes I've been making to my dropbox haven't been properly reflected. I've done the reset Dropbox options, all of them from resync to clearing cache, but doesn't appear to be working.

Not a developer, programmer or anything, but I thought something may be possible if I'm not misunderstanding how Blot works or missing anything... Since everything is public as rendered from the template on the server, could it be possible to use a system of conditional templates or template-based functions based on metadata of the file to restrict access to a page or show context-depending data (like user information)? I mean, coding a script with a call to some authorization service or similar API in a template, a script that would be conditionally used either as part of a page included in another template or doing something like having a template for a whole page to show only private content, that would be used depending on the presence of some metadata or not used if such metadata is not present? For example, using a whole-page template or part of a template for conditional/private information to be shown as part of the rendered page if an "access" metadata field is not false or has a certain value. Would it be possible? Would whatever is rendering the template receive data from an API and could it be done in a secure way (like with an HTTP-only cookie restricted to the same domain if hosting the API on a subdomain), without anything being exposed in any way? Or is it impossible or insecure?

If the post contains a video, the image from it is displayed as the cover of the post, regardless of the size of the other images. Please tell me how to choose the first picture in the post for the thumbnail. And also how do I mark the borders of the text, for display near the cover. I found a discussion on this topic but couldn't apply it to my template.

Hey there, I'm trying to install Plausible. I've selected it in my dashboard but I can't see where to enter the script Plausible gives me. <script defer data-domain="blink.blot.im" src="https://plausible.io/js/script.js"></script> Can you help me please? Thanks.

I was just looking to see if there's been an update on the potential improvements to search, but it seems that the search field on this site is broken. If I search for any query, nothing happens. I've tried in Safari, Firefox and Edge on MacOS Ventura 13.5.2.

Please add table support to the Magazine template, it doesn't display vertical lines. Or tell me what needs to be transferred from the Blog template, because they work there.

I published a post last night and expected it to be the top post. It did not appear anywhere on the home page. I edited it and reset to make sure dates and times were correct. No change. Looking at the file on the site it is correct if has the new edits. But it is displaying and older version Blog/draft still at the bottom. But this should not prevent it from being the top post. Any ideas? Thanks

I know a Google Drive sync tool is in the works, but I was wondering if it would be feasible on iCloud and if there are any plans to develop this alternative to Dropbox.

I'm using git and my new posts are going through to my blog (I can see them in the dashboard). However, they are not showing up on the main page of my blog. Some are showing on the archives page and some aren't. This just started today.

I tried to search for that, but the search on the questions page is not working.

I feel like Blot is capable of serving as place where I can both create blog entries and register notes. The first ones are more structured, and the second ones are the kind of things I've been using Obsidian to write. This being said, I wonder if there is a way, using template tags or any other Blot feature I'm still unfamiliarized with, to completely hide my posts tagged as #notes from the homepage, while still being able to access a list of them separately, by, say, clicking mysite.com/notes/ in the menu. What I'd like to achieve by doing this is to have a mix of digital garden/ wiki/ blog in the same site. Am I aiming too high? Thanks for any help.

When I tried to push a file to Blot using Git, I encountered the following : HTTP 413 Error despite reasonable file sizes: git commit -m "changes" git push shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0} env: BLOT_REPO_NAME: *** BLOT_REPO_URL: *** BLOT_USER_EMAIL: *** BLOT_USER_NAME: *** [master 8ba9cc2] changes 5 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 assets/_L1000146.jpg create mode 100644 assets/_L1000189.jpg create mode 100644 assets/_L1000205.jpg create mode 100644 assets/_L1000213.jpg error: RPC failed; HTTP 413 curl 22 The requested URL returned error: 413 I thought the files might be too large, so I checked their sizes, but they weren't excessively big: -rw-r--r--@ 1 xxx staff 354982 9 11 22:32 _L1000137.jpg -rw-r--r--@ 1 xxx staff 837096 9 11 22:32 _L1000146.jpg -rw-r--r--@ 1 xxx staff 626368 9 11 22:32 _L1000189.jpg -rw-r--r--@ 1 xxx staff 585994 9 11 22:32 _L1000205.jpg -rw-r--r--@ 1 xxx staff 502986 9 11 22:32 _L1000213.jpg Is there any workaround for this issue?

Hi! I'm a student and would like to publish the full text of my master's dissertation in a dedicated web page with its own address. I'd like to implement a few features to improve the reading experience (like a fixed side menu with chapters and sections, specific styles for tables, etc). I currently have a Blot blog hosted at blog.rodolfoalmeida.info, but I'd like the dissertation page to have its own template. Is there anyway that I can achieve this through Blot while still having just one single blog subscription? Thanks in advance! Rodolfo

Is it possible to have slides of images in a post? I use magazine template