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Advice for SEO?

I would like my blot website to be one of the first hits when someone searches <my name>, or <my name my profession>, but i don't want the domain to be my_name.com or stuff like this. Any advice on how to make this more likely (besides putting my name on a lot of pages)? perhaps some config file or something

Margins on posts messing up homepage

I used the {|<} tag to put an image and a video in the margin of my post, and looks fine. But when I go to my home page where all my posts are listed, the video (a screen recording) is longer than the text next to it, so it is hanging down past the post it goes with and looks messy on the home page. Is there a way for content in the margins to push other posts on the home page down vertically so that posts are not overlapping? Thanks

Applying CSS to PDF embeds?

I'd like to change the width of PDF iframe embeds – would it be possible to add a class to these so I can target them?

Is it possible to add a robots.txt?

Hi, is there a way to add our own robots.txt to disallow crawling, without it being turned into a post of its own? Also, if there is, how can I make User-agent: * Disallow: / not be read as metadata

Multiple subdomains on Blot?

I want to use blog.[website].com (amongst other subdomains), whilst keeping my apex domain linked to Blot. I've tried doing this, and I've updated the CNAME records to reflect this, but when I go to my subdomain website I get this message: "Your domain is almost set up. You have successfully pointed your domain to Blot’s server. The DNS records you created are working. You still need to enter your domain on the dashboard. Blot must know which site to show here. Please update the domain settings page on your site’s dashboard." My normal website with the apex domain works fine.

Can I add affiliate links to my site?

How does Blot work in regards to having affiliate links within my blog post? How will it appear? I am a totally blind blogger, so I want to make sure that my links don't look weird.

Support for SSO & MFA?

Will you consider adding support for Single sign-on (SSO) and Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)?

Can you please provide the layout.txt file from the video?

This is used about two minutes into the demo video on Blot's homepage

Obsidian markdown file not displaying correctly

I have one markdown file up as a test. It came straight from Obsidian, but most of the formatting for lists isn't working correctly. Looking for any ideas what i'm doing wrong. Thanks! EDIT: Disregard. It was user error. Either my formatting was never right, or it got messed up somehow between Obsidian and Blot. Fixed it up, and it is displaying properly now.

Possible to add folder as a sub-domain?

Is it possible to add a folder of documents that become a sub-domain to my main site. e.g. newfolder/mydomain.com?

Favicon not displaying?

So, for whatever reason, my favicon for my site isn't displaying on tabs despite displaying on my website. Any idea why? Site: https://www.bookcraft.blog/

Is Blot under development?

I'm just wondering whether Blot is still in development. I don't see many people using this platform. I'm just a bit concerned about the longevity of my blog. Cheers.

How do you get posts to show up on /page/1?

Per the instructions I found in the "How to use Blot" section I have made a page called "Posts" that links to "/page/1"; however, nothing shows up there. I tried with no "Link: " metadata in my post and didn't get the post on my homepage or "/page/1". I also tried making link to "Link: /", which obviously put the post on my homepage, but not on "/page/1". Any advice would be much appreciated. I love the theoretical simplicity of Blot, but I'm struggling to get something seemingly simple working how I expect it to.

Google Drive sync setup

Hi there, blot was able to automatically create a root folder for my blog but no other contents were added. I created a folder for Posts and upload a markdown file to test. Still, nothing is showing up in prod nor is the .md file getting recognized in blot's > sync view. Please advise, thanks! https://hcde.blot.im/

New local template

If I want to create my own custom template, do I just need to create the Templates folder, the folder with the template source code, a package.json, and then the various template files themself? Will the blot.im hosted UI recognize that I added a new template locally?

Payments history and invoices?

Where can i download the invoices or the history of payments / receipts? Thank you very much

Create a section on a page showing entries with a specific tag

Forgive me if this has been answered elsewhere, but I couldn't find it when perusing existing questions. I'd like to set up some pages as homes for my various projects, many of which have their own tags for related blog posts. I know that you can create a new .html file with the syntax on https://blot.im/templates/developers/examples/all-posts-with-a-tag, but I was hoping to do it with a regular page made with a .md file. It'd be much easier to update the rest of the content that way. Is that possible?

Remove "Links to this post"?

At the bottom of the default template, on some pages there is a "Links to this post" block. How does one remove this?

Can I reset my template?

If I fork a template and I mess it up, can I easily switch back to the default template?