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I came to write the same thing. I use org-mode + Jekyll and it couldn't get any less complicated. It's not slow and not badly designed either, IMO.
Really appreciate the feedback. Will come up with some alternatives to this copy to test.
Looks akin to Scriptogram ⌘ http://scriptogr.am/about/ »Put simply, Scriptogr.am is a tool for generating simple, elegant, static weblogs by reading Markdown files stored in your Dropbox folder.« And you can host your own domain, too.
This looks cool, but I'm not a fan of this tagline: "Your current blogging platform is complicated, slow and badly designed. It makes blogging a chore."
I came to write the same thing. I use org-mode + Jekyll and it couldn't get any less complicated. It's not slow and not badly designed either, IMO.
However, if you agree with the headline, you're definitely in the market for what Blot provides.
I signed up. Was as simple to use as the video describes. Things I would like added: 1)Possibility to add a seperate about page and other pages. 2)Allow for a one line blurb on sidebar to describe what the blog is all about. 3)Custom Title for blog/site. Eg 's blog to My Awesome Site. 4)Option to remove date from post instead of having to use CSS display:none: Otherwise I'm happy. Was using WordPress and SquareSpace…
Awesome, thank you for giving it a try! These are all good features to have. 1) About page and custom pages are on the to do list. I need to work out a simple way to add this content from the user's perspective. 2 & 3) Great idea for the blurb and custom site title. 4) Interesting, hadn't anticipated this request. Would you like a global option to hide publish dates? And yeah, IA writer is excellent. It's great to be…
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Awesome, thank you for giving it a try! These are all good features to have. 1) About page and custom pages are on the to do list. I need to work out a simple way to add this content from the user's perspective. 2 & 3) Great idea for the blurb and custom site title. 4) Interesting, hadn't anticipated this request. Would you like a global option to hide publish dates? And yeah, IA writer is excellent. It's great to be…
Maybe have each site page require an underscore: _about.txt, _links.txt, etc. This way the pages appear at the top of the dropbox folder.
This is so simple. Well done. Collaboration wise, and editing wise, this is just a magnificent solution. All native. Something to work on, as this is really plain jane:- Media embedding? Comments? Custom URL generation? Some nice custom CSS's available? Microsoft Word support? If I upload my Thesis (MS Word), will the tables/pictures be automatically uploaded? There is a chapter that I want to upload straightaway, an…
These are all great ideas. Media embedding is already possible using markdown. I plan to add a feature to embed media that you put inside Blot's folder. Here's what I'm planning to add to Blot, roughly ordered by priority. 1. Comments 2. Support for other file formats. RTF will be the easiest to add next, then DOC and perhaps PDF. There are libraries which make this relatively straightforward but I need to evaluate t…
Incidentally, what markdown converter are you using at the moment?
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These are all great ideas. Media embedding is already possible using markdown. I plan to add a feature to embed media that you put inside Blot's folder. Here's what I'm planning to add to Blot, roughly ordered by priority. 1. Comments 2. Support for other file formats. RTF will be the easiest to add next, then DOC and perhaps PDF. There are libraries which make this relatively straightforward but I need to evaluate t…
For 2., pandoc recently gained the ability to read .docx files; might be useful for you to have a look at. Incidentally, what markdown converter are you using at the moment?
https://github.com/chjj/marked
And will look into pandoc, thank you!
Looks akin to Scriptogram ⌘ http://scriptogr.am/about/ »Put simply, Scriptogr.am is a tool for generating simple, elegant, static weblogs by reading Markdown files stored in your Dropbox folder.« And you can host your own domain, too.