Questions
How can I post images without... POSTing images?
I want to upload images to embed within posts. I DON'T want these images to appear as their own posts! I figured moving them into the Files folder would achieve this, but... apparently no such luck!
Pagination for Tagged urls?
Is there a way to enable pagination for tagged urls If a tag has a hundred posts or more, and they have images, it would be nice to only have a page worth of them load and then envoke the pagination navigation. I had tried modifying the entries.html view in conjunction with the tagged.html view but had no luck. Thoughts?
List all pages of entries in a <select> element
Is there a way to include all pages in a <select> element, so users can choose a specific page rather than clicking "view older posts" over and over? Thanks for such a wonderful platform.
Workaround for Hash-Hack
CommonMark doesn't support the CSS styles extension, so I am using a HashHack to style images. For example an image beer.jpg with HashHack would look like beer.jpg#left30, which is then declared in CSS as img[src*="#left30"]. This is somewhat cumbersome and doesn't really allow nesting or precedence, but it works. However, if I am checking the "optimize and cache" in Blot's settings, the hash is (this is 100% within the standard, I am not complaining) discarded. So I need a different way to style images that does not involve using img tags (well, I could, but I am trying to convince academics to use this, and they're famously tech-illiterate :). Any ideas?
How to embed images using Markdown?
I have an image saved as _image_name.png in the same folder as the post. I am using the following syntax but my blog doesn't render an image: ![description](/_image_name.png) How can I fix this? Also, I noticed that there aren't any names for whoever responds to posts. You may want to put one just for yourself.
Importing posts from Micro.blog?
Hi. I am on microblog and am interested in finding the easiest way to export my posts and images. Micro.blog offers a markdown export but they also offer a few others like Wordpress WXR. I anticipate the easiest would be the markdown export and then edit the posts especially with images. Has anyone exported microblog posts into blot? Thanks!
Archives for custom metadata
Does the template engine have a view built-in for archive pages for custom metadata, like it does for tags?
Total Post Count
Is there a way to show total post count? Something like... {{#all_entries}}{{entries.length}}{{/all_entries}}
Does making a second blog affect the first blog?
I want to make a second blog, unrelated to my first and already started paying for a second account. It's important that my first blog is not influenced by this. Could you confirm that nothing will change - to the outside world - in terms of addresses and links from my first blog when i add the second? I assume that the changes in dropbox needed to have two separate blogs are automatic and below the surface.
Multiple languages?
I have content available in more than one language. Is there a simple way I can let a visitor choose the language in which a post is displayed?
Misaligned date on front page of Essay theme
My blog's front page lists a post where the date is aligned to two lines instead of one (at least on my desktop browser). Is there a way to fix this? Thanks.
Linking to an image in folder
I've got an jpg image stored in an Images folder and I'd like to reference it in a <img> tag in a post. Everything I've tried has led to a 404 on the image. If I put other (txt) files in that folder I can access them from the browser but my jpg file always shows up as not found.
How to stop Files showing up as posts?
I have separate dirs for Files, Pages & Posts. How can I use the Files dir to host things like images without them showing up as their own posts?
How to change home (index) to custom page?
I'd also like to add all listings to "blog" item instead of the homepage.
How to filter a tagged post out of the list of posts?
I have a post with a tag, and I'd like to hide it from my blog.
Hiding the post date in blog posts
The date appears at the top of posts. How do I keep intact the date next to post titles in the archive but hide it in posts? Thanks.
Citation Questions
As long as my posts were in the root directory of my site along with the .bib file used, all was well. After moving them into /Posts, the Bibliography: metadata unchanged, the two do not seem to be assoicated anymore. It works well on the individual entry page, but no longer on the index page. Which I don't mind as much, but it's still strange. Additionally, do you have a documentation somewhere, which CSL are installed and which value to set with the metadata field to get, say, AMA style?
Supress title-less posts in Archive listing?
I'm experimenting with blogging a combination of traditional, long form blog posts, and shorter, micro.blog/twitter-like short posts that are just a couple of sentences. This works really well on Blot with the blog theme. However, I was wondering if it's possible to suppress the short form posts in the Archives using some template magic. The best distinction I can think of is that the short posts don't have an explicit title, they're just text. I assume I could do this with custom metadata, but am curious if there's another way. Thanks!