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What files are expected in a template?

As the title says, I've looked at some of the templates but they have different number of files and I didn't see anything about this in the documentation (but I'm sure that I've missed something).

How to install a third-party script on a template?

Can you give an example of how to add a javascript library to a site?

A way to ignore markdown processing

Is there a way to flag a section of markdown to not be processed by blot? For example, let's I wanted to include a section of pure HTML inside the markdown, so it might look like this: regular markdown <div class="do-not-process"> Line </div> more regular markdown As it is currently, blot will process the following and spit out: <p>regular markdown</p> <div class="do-not-process"> <p>Line</p> </div> <p>more regular markdown</p> The extra <p> inside the div is causing problems for the mermaid diagram tool. It looks for a div with the class of mermaid, and inside that div does not expect any <p> tags. When it encounters them, it throws a syntax error. A workaround right now is uploading pages as HTML files but that isn't a desired workflow. Thanks!

Sidenotes instead of footnotes

Is there any way to make footnotes appear at the side of where they're being referenced instead of at the bottom of the post?

Archives for specific tags or metadata

I'd like to generate archives for a specific tag (i.e. memories for which archives would be perfect because of calendaring). Since {{#tagged.memories}} only seems to work inside {{entries}} in the example below (it generates empty headers for months without tagged entries), is there another way to tweak this to make it so? Or at least hide the empty months, years, etc. that show up? Thanks! Ray {{#archives}} <h2>{{year}}</h2> {{#months}} <h3>{{month}}</h3> {{#entries}} <a href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a> {{/entries}} {{/months}}

CSS and JS files in folders not working

Hi there, I'm building a custom template and am trying to point link css and js files within folders but they are not being picked up. I've triple-checked the link e.g href="css/main.css" but it doesn't work. It does work when I delete the "css/" and move the file to the same directory as the rest of the files. Am I missing something? I'm wondering whether it's a limitation of the platform. Thanks in advance!

Hide specific tags from search results

Hi, is there a way we can hide specific tagged entries showing up in search results? I tried this: {{#query}} {{^entries}} <p>Sorry, nothing found for “{{query}}”</p> {{/entries}} {{/query}} {{#entries}} {{^tagged.jotfeed}} <a href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a> <span class="small">{{date}}</span> <br /> {{/tagged.jotfeed}} {{/entries}} ..and it doesn't seem to work? Thanks! Ray

Where does the local development version of blot point to?

Hey, I want to develop my theme locally. I followed the directions on setting up a local dev environment but when I load the site it's pointing to a blank "Example" install. This seems wrong since an empty install isn't userful for theme development. Where do I need to put some files to show content in my theme so I can actually see stuff to develop against?

Where's the dropbox template folder?

Hey there, I want to develop my own theme locally, not in the blot online template editor. But I can't find the theme in my Dropbox folders at all - those only appear to be the posts. Suggestions?

How create a second blog?

I would like to know how create a second blog using the same domain. E.g. : www.mysite.com.br (domain main) and blog.mysite.com.br would be the second blog. It is possible?

Latest update date

Hello, is it possible to have a message on the homepage saying something like "Latest update on: " and have the date of the latest blog entry displayed there? Thanks!

Automatically forward all 404s to the homepage?

Is this possible? Or is there a work around?

How to have a custom 404 page?

Currently if the page doesn't exist, I am shown: `Error with your template Blot failed to render your template. Please try again or contact support if this problem continues: contact@blot.im`

Setting up GitHub with Blot and Obsidian

Hello all. I’m a new Blot user and I really enjoy its simplicity. However, I’ve never had to use GitHub before and have found myself stuck. I have Obsidian syncing with GitHub without issue. However, for the life of me, I can’t figure out how to get Blot to also sync with my current setup on GitHub. Is there anyone who can assist or point me in the right direction of a tutorial? I don’t mind learning, I just don’t know where to go to start doing so.

Backlinks?

I noticed in your reference section there's a {{backlinks}} code: "A list of all the entries on your site which link to this entry." {{#backlinks}} <a href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a> {{/backlinks}} I tried this on pages and posts that linked to each other but nothing shows up. Am I misunderstanding the purpose of this?

Custom markdown extensions?

Is it possible to extend the Markdown parsing with our own additions?

Redirect to external URL

Is it possible to set up a redirect to an external URL? E.g. from domain.com/twitter that redirects to a Twitter profile?

Import from Wordpress?

Hi, how can I import from my Wordpress blog into Blot that will also honor the existing permalink structure? Thank you.

HTTP/2 Support

Would it be possible to enable HTTP/2 in Nginx configuration?

Google Analytics - No data received

Hi, I have the correct measurement ID (GA4) set up in Blot settings but Google Analytics is not receiving any data. It used to work in the past. Any idea what’s up?

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