Questions
Restart your subscription option?
I (regrettably!!) clicked to cancel my subscription while looking at other website options, but decided ultimately to stay on Blot. However, when I try to click 'restart my subscription', it doesn't load anything or go anywhere. Is this an issue with Blot itself or on my end?
Twitter auto-embed for x.com URLs?
It'll always be Twitter to me, but it'd be good if the Twitter auto-embed feature would also work with x.com links.
Exclude some tags from popular tags?
Is there a way to exclude some tags from being listed in the {{#popular_tags}} list? Thanks, Ray
Using Android with git?
Hi everyone. Curious how people use git syncing with Android. There is no working copy app on android. I found an app called git sync on the play store and I could use termux I guess. Now I use dropbox and its very easy to publish blog posts. If I were on iOS it would be pretty easy to switch. Thanks for any pointers. BTW, I just use Markor the markdown text app to write with these days.
Using drafts folder while syncing via Git?
The title kind of asks the question. I am not a big enough Dropbox user where I have the app on my Mac, so I update all via Git. It works great, outside of the drafts feature. Right now I push a commit and then a minute later I will just do a pull request to get the preview. Is this the best practice to be able to preview or is there a better way?
Expose Exif data?
Could I make a feature request for showing Exif data when posting photos? Focal length, ISO, aperture, shutter speed.
How can I connect Blot to a Codeberg repo?
Codeberg is an alternative to Github and can also be linked to Github. I would like to make my Blot website based on a Codeberg repo. How can I do that?
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.
Fallback thumbnail?
Is there a way to set a default thumbnail image that will be used for posts without an image attached?
List 5 most recent entries
I am working on a static homepage and part of that I would like to have a section where It just lists the 5 most recent posts with no summary. Output would be something like: TITLE posted on DATE I tried just getting list of all entries as a start but just showing blank area {{#recent_entries}} <p><a href="{{url}}">{{title}}</a></p> {{/recent_entries}}
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?
How do I create a landing page that collects emails?
I want to create a simple landing page that allows users to put in their email. I want it to connect to an email list I can access to notify people when I have updates abou tmy product. How do I go aboout this?
Order of Pages
Morning, You used to be able to reorder the pages on the navigation link through settings, but that seems to have disappeared since the redesign of Blot.im... unless I'm going nuts! Is this still an option?
Unable to add new links to the site's menu
The "+Add new link" button doesn't work. It has a "#!" href but no event listener so nothing happens.
RSS Feed: Template error after making changes (and also after reverting)
To change the URL of my RSS feed to /rss I renamed the template from feed.rss to rss and adjusted the link inside the template. This didn't work and just gave me an Error with your template when visiting the /rss route. So I changed it back to the way it was before and now I'm still getting the same template error. I also tried using RSS templates from other themes, every time the same error :( What can I do to restore my feed?
Posts not being updated from Google Drive
Lately, I'm adding new posts into Google Drive but the blot site doesn't update, previous time it took some many hours and the latest update still not being published. Is there any limitation of posts or what could be the reason of this large delay? Thanks
How do I blockquote text in a Google Doc?
I'm trying Google Docs as my post editor ... I want to make a par of text appear as a blockquote, but attempts so far have failed. Tried using Google Docs support for Markdown, using a ">" character at the start of the paragraph, but that didn't work. Next, tried to use Google Docs built-in "indent" command, that didn't work either. Is there another way?
Is there a way to increase the size of default photo for my website?
I'd like the default photo to be more prominent on my home page. Is there a way to increase the size? I know very little about coding and I didn't see this addressed elsewhere. Thanks!
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