Questions
Full entry on home page of Magazine template?
This might be quite basic but I can’t work it out. Please can you advise me how I can show the full entry of blog posts on the home page using the Magazine template, instead of the summaries? Ideally the pagination would still work the same using the 'posts per page' setting – I just want to display the full entries for the posts. I know I could use the blog template for this but I prefer the layout of the Magazine template apart from this one thing.
Log File Analytics
I would like to use Analytics to see how many people read my blog. (Probably only my mum :)) But I do not want to give google my log files 'for free'. I would rather just analyze the log files on my own with a service like goaccess.io. is there a way to access the Log files?
Issue on mobile for Photos template
The second half of my photos on the photos template site doesn't load on the mobile version. Any suggestions for how to fix this?
Jupyter Notebook .ipynb support?
I am a data analyst. I primarily work and document using Jupyter Notebook. I am looking for a blogging platform where I can drag and drop a .ipynb file, and it renders into a blog post. Can it be done with blot?
Links being made without a pages folder?
Random links are being made for images that should just be on the homepage. Any suggestions about what could be happening?
Font customization options?
I remember at some point we can customize our fonts and such things. Are these features not available anymore? Thank you for your support
Disable right-click downloading of images on my blog?
Is there a way to disable right-click downloading of images on my page? I would like to make image piracy just a tiny bit harder
Google Search Console cannot fetch my Sitemap?
I checked mysitename.xyz/sitemap.xml is indeed an xml file. I gave that to GSC, but even after a few days, it says Status: Couldn't fetch. What could be the reason? Maybe the site is too small? or maybe it's got to do with the notice that I see when I open the sitemap in my browser: This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
Why is there no pages folder?
There is no pages folder in my Google Drive that connects to my links on the website. How do I go about adding that so I can add content to the various links. Can each link have a different template?
What does it mean to 'fork' a template?
On the templates page of the dashboard – what does 'fork' mean under each template?
Embedded tweets hang (slightly) in the left margin
I just published a post with a couple of embedded tweets, and they hang just a little bit left of where the body text is aligned. I've tested this with both the tweet's URL and Twitter-provided embed code, but the result is the same. Does anyone have a solution for how I can force the embed either to stay in line with the body text, or else to align centrally on the page? Thanks.
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.
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