You used to be able to use a public folder in Dropbox to share things publicly, but now Dropbox wants you to use links to share any folder you wish - you right click on the folder and get the sharing link, which you use in your website or email.
The trouble with doing that is that you get a Dropbox folder displayed, with your files, rather than a web page that you might be able to brand or dress up in some way.
There are a couple of services that claim to be able to use your Dropbox folders as web pages. One is called Site44 (http://www.site44.com/) - they apparently use an App folder in your Dropbox for the pages that might be in your site.
For those who are saying “Just use FTP”, unfortunately some don’t have that capability, or it is beyond the ability of some users. Being able to just dump the Sailwave files into a local folder and have them appear on a web site has got to be appealing to many.
Andy Barrow
**email: **andy@sailor.nu tel (mx): +52 322 104 2189 tel (us): +1 925 270 0473 Skype: abarrow
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Andy Barrow andy@sailor.nu wrote:
You used to be able to use a public folder in Dropbox to share things publicly, but now Dropbox wants you to use links to share any folder you wish - you right click on the folder and get the sharing link, which you use in your website or email.
The trouble with doing that is that you get a Dropbox folder displayed, with your files, rather than a web page that you might be able to brand or dress up in some way.
There are a couple of services that claim to be able to use your Dropbox folders as web pages. One is called Site44 (http://www.site44.com/) - they apparently use an App folder in your Dropbox for the pages that might be in your site.
For those who are saying “Just use FTP”, unfortunately some don’t have that capability, or it is beyond the ability of some users. Being able to just dump the Sailwave files into a local folder and have them appear on a web site has got to be appealing to many.
Andy Barrow
**email: **andy@sailor.nu tel (mx): +52 322 104 2189 tel (us): +1 925 270 0473 Skype: abarrow
Andy Barrow
**email: **andy@sailor.nu tel (mx): +52 322 104 2189 tel (us): +1 925 270 0473 Skype: abarrow
**email: **andy@sailor.nu tel (mx): +52 322 104 2189 tel (us): +1 925 270 0473 Skype: abarrow
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Andy Barrow andy@sailor.nu wrote:
You used to be able to use a public folder in Dropbox to share things publicly, but now Dropbox wants you to use links to share any folder you wish - you right click on the folder and get the sharing link, which you use in your website or email.
The trouble with doing that is that you get a Dropbox folder displayed, with your files, rather than a web page that you might be able to brand or dress up in some way.
There are a couple of services that claim to be able to use your Dropbox folders as web pages. One is called Site44 (http://www.site44.com/) - they apparently use an App folder in your Dropbox for the pages that might be in your site.
For those who are saying “Just use FTP”, unfortunately some don’t have that capability, or it is beyond the ability of some users. Being able to just dump the Sailwave files into a local folder and have them appear on a web site has got to be appealing to many.
Andy Barrow
**email: **andy@sailor.nu tel (mx): +52 322 104 2189 tel (us): +1 925 270 0473 Skype: abarrow
If you have a static website, for a few pennies you can use Amazon Web Services S3 (free for the first year), that is likely to be a sustainable choice, although involves as much technical knowledege as FTP
