Questions

Is it possible to set the date format of posts so they include the day of the week?

Is there a way to show the first frame (or just any image) of a (local) video (located in the same folder as the .md file) as a preview image rather than just the play icon? This seems to work fine for external video hosted on Youtube, but does not seem to work for video stored in the same folder

Is it possible to get the length of the post content? It could be used to calculate reading time, display the post in a different layout, etc . if we have a way to get the number of characters.

Does Blot support .gif(s) inside the posts? The ones that I added doesn't seem to show correctly.

Is there a smart way to add a discrete copyright statement (eg. C 2023 XX, all rights reserved) as a footer to all pages? I'm using Diary template. Thanks!

I love the hover preview used in the bigfoot footnotes within the magazine theme. Just wondering if there was a way to do similar when hovering over wikilinks (similar to that of wikipedia or obsidian)?

Hi, I have been playing around with trying to set up ap_shortcodes.js on my site to allow shortcodes to format RPG 'actual play' reports. I've tried pointing the head scripts and css to the default location and also downloading them to my local site and pointing to them there, but the JavaScript doesn't seem to be getting picked up. The example page provided by the developer works just fine (the example html) so my browser is certainly able to render the scripts...and I'm assuming the default scripts (that I've been trying to point to) also are functional. I presume it's just something at the Blot end that I've done incorrectly! Can you please point me in the direction of any information that might help me configure these settings?

Is it possible to make an image into a clickable link in blot?

I posted a photo on my blog. I noticed it set the time to 12:00 am, even though that wasn't the timestamp on the photo. How do I set the time on a jpg? Also can I add a tag to this photo? Thank you!

E.g., setting canonical links, meta descriptions, og:image, site title/description, etc.

I have scheduled two posts in advance, "Part 1" today and "Part 2" next week. At the bottom of Part 1 though, it shows "links to this post," including (necessarily, currently only) "Part 2," even though this link is broken because it won't be shared until next week. Is there a way to hide this?

I currently have a paid Dropbox account. But I am considering switching to an alternate service (probably iCloud). I remember reading somewhere – on the Blot website I think, but can no longer find it – that with recent changes in Dropbox plans, free Dropbox accounts will no longer sync with services like Blot in the same way paid Dropbox accounts do. Will my Blot website be affected if I switch to a free Dropbox account? Also, do you have any future plans to sync with iCloud or other services like Google Drive?

Is there currently a way to replicate Jekyll style site-wide metadata? I am trying to use Blot for my teaching materials and there are several bits of information (deadlines for papers etc) that need to appear in several different entries; being able to define them in a single (yaml/json?) data file and include them in the entry as, for example {{site.metadata.deadline1}} would be really useful. Thanks!

How do I get a full export of my data? When I try to export I only get an "accounts.json" file and that's it. Cheers!

I plan to use Blot to blog in Arabic – do you forsee any problems in using Arabic letters in the text files to be uploaded? I will develop a new template that supports and renders Arabic correctly. I have a good knowledge with HTML/CSS, and the documentations for theme development will help me.

Is it possible to remove my website title from the browser tab, just on the homepage? I'd just like it to say "Home" without it being followed by the name of my website. Thanks!

How would I go about displaying the Title and Link to my most recent blog-post on the Landing page? Thank you

I would like for display formulas to float at the centre of the column, rather than stick to the left. Is there an easy fix for this?

Is there a way to add a members-only paywall for a Blot blog? Thanks! Hani

I’m using the Magazine template but many of my titles now appear with hyphenated words on the main page. Is there a way to stop this from happening? Thanks in advance