birchtech / blot

Turns a folder into a blog

Blot

A blogging platform with no interface. Blot turns a folder into a blog. The point of all this — the reason Blot exists — is so you can use your favorite tools to create whatever you publish.

I recommend waiting until I write a guide before attempting to run Blot on your own server. Eventually I will refactor the code such that Blot can be installed quickly and simply. I will write the neccessary documentation and sell Blot at a reasonable price to self-hosters, with an option to pay more for support.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions: [email protected]

Overview

Here is an illustration of Blot's structure:

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%% Variable declarations
    internet[<h3>The Internet</h3>]
    nginx(<h3>NGINX</h3><ul><li>SSL termination</li><li>Serves static files</li></ul>)
    nodeJs(<h3>Node.js Server</h3><i>Blot</i>)
    redis(<h3>Redis</h3><ul><li>Stores SSL certificates</li><li>Stores all data that can't be on disk for Blot</li></ul>)

%% Relationship between variables (nodes)
    internet <--> nginx <--> nodeJs
    nodeJs <--> redis
    nginx <--> redis

%% Node styles
    classDef nodeStyle fill:#FAFAFA,color:#333230,stroke:#333230,stroke-width:2px

    class internet,nginx,nodeJs,redis nodeStyle;

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The Node.js server (Blot) itself is responsible for a small crew of child processes which handle things like image minification and document conversion.

Inside this folder

/
├── app/
│	the code for the node.js application which is Blot 
├── config/
│	configation for the system utilities which keep redis, NGINX and the node.js processes up
├── scripts/
│	scripts which help the server administrator
├── tests/
│	integration tests and test configuration for blot
├── todo.txt
│	Blot's to-do list