[nabs-l] Web site and cloud question

[Littlefield, Tyler]

Hello:
I'd recommend skipping dropbox--it's actually stated in the tos that you 
don't use itt as a CDN. Instead, just host the files on your website. If 
you want most websites allow you to just show a big folder of files, so 
you can have a reports folder and you can just link directly to that.

HTH,On 10/9/2013 1:40 AM, Kaiti Shelton wrote:
> Hi NABS,
>
> I could be totally ignorant here, but I have a question about what I
> might be able to do using DropBox as a place to store files for my web
> site.  I am required to maintain a professional web site for marketing
> purposes and am graded on it once a semester in my jurries, (AKA,
> music major exams).  One of the requirements for a larger exam meant
> to see if I have been making adequate progress that I'll have to take
> in early march is to put any analytical papers about pieces I've
> listened to or performances I've attended on my site.
>
> Pasting the text of these papers into the text boxes will look really
> tacky, not to mention less academic.  I was thinking of putting a link
> to a dropbox folder on the site with instructing viewers to click on
> it to access the files.  E.G, Click the link below to access Kaiti's
> Performance Reports and Listening Logs:  Dropbox link to a folder
> entitled "Reports".
>
> The last time I coppied a link to a folder the link did not work
> propperly.  I put it in an email so I could share music with two
> people, and the second person to get the email was not able to access
> the link because it died after the first person used it.  I need the
> link to stay live for many uses, as several professors will be looking
> at it in this one exam and will look at it again in the future.  Once
> it is up there, I'd rather not deal with changing the link if I don't
> have to and just add files to the folder as needed.
>
> So, I'm wondering what did I do wrong?  Should it work fine?  Is there
> anything I need to specifically do to make this happen?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>


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