Questions

It seems that Blot does not set any cookies, is that correct? I'm asking because of GDPR. I would need to ask for cookie-consent if it is the case.

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.

Does the template engine have a view built-in for archive pages for custom metadata, like it does for tags?

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?

I am really trying to leverage the use of my markdown files across multiple applications without duplicating them. For that reason, I want to use Blot and the Notebooks app (by Alfons Schmid) on the same folder of markdown files in my iCloud Drive based Obsidian vault. The issue I anticipate is that Notebooks creates a plist file in the folder, and I don't want that file published or uploaded to Blot's servers. Normally, I can exclude a file with an underscore; I can prevent it from being published by applying "Draft: True" in YAML. But neither of these options are available with the plist file. In the past, I have used Blot.im's GIT option and I could create an exceptions list to exclude plist files, but I'd like to try using the (relatively) new iCloud Drive option. Can anyone tell me (a) if I can prevent the plist file from being uploaded and (b) if uploaded, would the plist file actually be published?

How can I hide the date in my entry.html template only for pages (not posts)? Alternatively, is it possible to use separate templates (page.html and post.html) for pages vs. posts? Or can I prevent date generation for pages entirely?

I tried adding an underscore to the folder name and also to the image name inside the folder, but then blot ignores the image in the markdown post. Any advice?

When setting up folder sync does blot only need readonly access to the share?

As a newbie... I'm somewhat confused with templates. The links on the templates page don't marry up with the links on the dashboard, i.e. in relation to the list of available templates. If I select one of the templates and choose "Install template" nothing seems to happen (other than the page changing to https://blot.im/sites). Also what's the significance of the Templates folder on my sites? Re. the option to download a template, what's the value of that, do I place the files in the Templates directory.

I used to have my website in an Apps subfolder called Blogs. That folder has now disappeared from my Dropbox. I don't see it on my desktop and I don't see it in Dropbox on the web. Yet, somehow, according to Blot, the site is located there, which I do not see in my Dropbox either. The site is still live, but, obviously, I'm not sure how I can post to the site or otherwise work with it if I can't find the folders. Is this a Dropbox problem or is it something on your end?

Every answer has an Edit answer link that allows me, who is not the author of every answer, to edit every answer. This seems...problematic? Is this a bug or am I just confused?

Can we exceed the total number of articles per page? It is limited to 60. Or, and this would be simpler, make the home page display the following 60 articles in the same way.

It used to be possible to edit the menu with all the links from the dashboard, but now i don't see that option anymore

On pages where multiple posts are displayed, the <h1> is the page name, e.g.: Archives, Home. Posts titled are rendered in <h2>. On a single post page, the post title is an <h1> tag and subheadings are <h2>, <h3>, etc as needed. All good so far. The issue arises when a post with subheadings is not displayed on its own page, e.g.: when shown on a page showing the ten most recent posts in full. There, the titles are rendered in <h2>, but then the subheadings are one level off. My thought was to write the headings within each post something like: {{{#singleentry}}}h2{{{/singleentry}}} {{{#multientries}}}h3{{{/multientries}}} But I am not sure what the appropriate key would be, if it exists. I had a look through the developer reference doc but didn't see something like this. Since something like this would be useful for things beyond just modifying heading levels, I feel like there must be something that will do the trick that I am simply not seeing. If there's a better way, I'm all ears!

I started using the Mira template and I saw it had a search.html page and an archives.html page. I wanted to merge them, so I added a search field to the archives page, following all the same logic that's defined in the search page. But the search that I added to the archives page didn't actually work--the JSON data for the page doesn't contain the query parameter when I run the search from archives.html, even though the exact same code works on search.html. Does Blot have a special case for the search.html page of some sort?

This is probably an obvious question, but is there a way on the Blog template for it show to the left (or right) on a desktop screen, but at the top on mobile? The default at the moment shows the navigation to the left and it completely squeezes out the main body.

I'm trying to add a simple animation to page content when it loads, targeting the class main. This works all well and good but it disrupts the image zoom overlay (the images don't display in the lightbox). Is there any way to target this div but ignore the native zoom effect? I don't know much about the zoom effect stuff but wondering if there's a way. .main { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(10px); animation: fadeInMoveUp 0.3s ease-out forwards; } @keyframes fadeInMoveUp { to { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); } }

If I am on a blog post page with tag x, y and z, is it possible to only show other items that have tags x y or z?

I do I remove the phantom links in blue showing on my links pageThere is no delete option