FolderPress for Writers and Bloggers

You love writing. You don’t love managing a website.

The CMS login. The dashboard. The formatting toolbar that never quite does what you want. The plugin updates. The “your session has expired” message right when you’re in flow.

FolderPress removes all of it. Write in the editor you already love. Save to Dropbox. Your words are live.

#How It Works

1. Connect Dropbox. FolderPress creates a folder in your Dropbox.
2. Write markdown. Use any editor — iA Writer, Obsidian, Ulysses, VS Code, or plain TextEdit.
3. Save the file. That’s publishing. Your post appears on your site in seconds.

No login to a CMS. No copy-pasting between apps. No “publish” button. Your Dropbox folder becomes your website the moment you save.

#Keep the Editor You Love

Writers are particular about their tools. The distraction-free mode in iA Writer. The linked thinking in Obsidian. The speed of VS Code. The muscle memory in Vim.

FolderPress doesn’t ask you to give that up. Any app that writes markdown and syncs to Dropbox works. Your editor stays the same. Your workflow stays the same. FolderPress just makes the output live.

#Drafts Are Simple

Name your file with .draft.md at the end and it stays unpublished. When you’re ready, remove .draft from the filename. Save. It’s live.

No draft/published toggle in a dashboard. No accidentally publishing when you meant to save. The filename tells FolderPress what to do.

#Your Blog Structure Is Your Folder Structure

Organize your Dropbox folder however makes sense to you. FolderPress turns the folder structure into your URL structure.

my-blog/
  posts/
    why-i-write.md          → yourblog.com/posts/why-i-write
    on-morning-routines.md   → yourblog.com/posts/on-morning-routines
    craft/
      finding-your-voice.md  → yourblog.com/posts/craft/finding-your-voice

Rename a file and FolderPress automatically redirects the old URL to the new one. No broken links when you change your mind about a title.

#Newsletter Built In

Your readers can subscribe directly on your site. When you publish a new post, it’s delivered to their inbox as an email. No Mailchimp. No Substack. No separate tool to manage.

Write the post. Save it. Your subscribers get it. No separate newsletter tool, no platform taking a cut of your audience.

#Everything a Writer’s Blog Needs

FolderPress handles the technical details so you don’t have to:

• RSS feed — auto-generated, so readers can follow you in their feed reader
• Sitemap — auto-generated for search engines
• OG images — auto-generated, so your posts look good when shared on social media
• Custom domain — yourdomain.com, not platform.com/@you
• Clean URLs — based on your folder structure, readable and permanent
• 301 redirects — automatic when you rename files, no broken links

#What Changes When Publishing Is This Simple

The file-based workflow solves problems you didn’t know you had:

• No internet required to write. Your editor works offline. Changes sync when you reconnect.
• No formatting surprises. Markdown is plain text. What you see in your editor is what you get. Writing without friction becomes the default, not the exception.
• No vendor lock-in. Your posts are files. They work in every editor, on every platform, forever. Unlike Medium, you never hand over your content.
• No backup anxiety. Dropbox handles version history and sync. Your files are already backed up.

#Getting Started

1. Sign up at FolderPress
2. Connect your Dropbox account
3. Create your first site — FolderPress makes a folder for it
4. Open that folder, create a markdown file, and start writing
5. Save. Check your site. Your post is there.

The whole setup takes less than two minutes. Most of that is clicking “Allow” on Dropbox. For a detailed walkthrough, read our guide to starting a markdown blog.

#FAQ

#Do I need to know markdown?

Markdown takes about ten minutes to learn. Bold, italic, headings, links, lists — that covers 90% of blogging. Our markdown tips for bloggers will get you comfortable fast.

#Can I write on my phone or tablet?

Any app that saves to Dropbox works — iA Writer, 1Writer, or even the Dropbox text editor. Write on the train, and it’s live when you get signal.

#Can I import posts from WordPress or another platform?

Export your content, convert to markdown (free tools like wordpress-export-to-markdown handle this), and drop the files in your Dropbox folder. They publish automatically.

#How do I add images to my posts?

Place images in your Dropbox folder and reference them in markdown with ![description](image.jpg). They sync and display on your site.