Madblog 1.5.0 is out! https://blog.fabiomanganiello.com/article/Madblog-1-5-0

Shipping in Madblog v1.5.0:

Custom CSS/JS

Drop .css files into <content_dir>/css and .js files into <content_dir>/js — they're automatically added to every page, stylesheets after the built-in ones so they win the cascade, no restart needed. Works out of the box in Docker too.

data
├── css
│   ├── custom.css
│   └── theme.css
├── img
│   ├── favicon.ico
│   └── icon.png
├── js
│   ├── custom.js
├── markdown
│   ├── ABOUT.md
│   └── hello-world.md
└── replies
    └── 2025-01-01T00:00:00.md

YAML front matter

Metadata can now be declared as a YAML front matter block at the top of your #markdown files:

---
title: My post
published: 2025-01-01
---

The legacy [//]: # (key: value) comment syntax still works.

New local visibility

Posts can now be published on your server without federating to the Fediverse: visibility: local (or default_visibility: local in the config).

---
title: My non-federated blog post
visibility: local
---

Local articles are fully rendered on your blog — index, RSS/Atom feeds, reactions — and local replies get unlisted treatment, but no ActivityPub activities or outgoing Webmentions are ever sent.

Better accessibility for images

• Banner images: image_alt for the accessibility alt text, while the new image_caption renders the visible <figcaption> (reused as alt text when image_alt is missing).
• Inline images in federated posts are no longer replaced by link placeholders — they render inline where supported (Yonder, Friendica...) and are still delivered as attachments elsewhere.

---
title: My post with an image
image: /images/image.jpg
image_alt: Image description for screen readers
image_caption: Image caption
---

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