[nabs-l] Web site and cloud question

[Kaiti Shelton]

Thanks Tyler and Bobbi.  I'll go ahead and start with Scribd but keep
dreamhost in the back of my mind too.  ;

On 10/9/13, Bobbi Pompey <pompey2010 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes it is free. I'm using Wix as well, and my documents are fine.
>
> I've linked a document two different ways using scribd. For example, on the
> my page entitled Resume, I have a photo of me at an internship. Above the
> phot it reads "click photo to view resume". Both the text and the photo are
> links to my resume. So viewers can click either one.
>
> Bobbi A. L. Pompey
> (336) 988-6375
> pompey2010 at yahoo.com
> http://pompey2050.wix.com/bobbi-pompey
>
>> On Oct 9, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> To reiterate what I said in my first email, I need the actual files to
>> be accessible from my site.  Putting a link to another blog would be
>> redundant, and look really tacky as it would not be uniform with the
>> rest of my web site.  This is one of those projects where visual
>> representation is everything.
>>
>> Tyler, what you mentioned would be preferable, but I was trying to go
>> the cloud route because I'm using a free web site tool which doesn't
>> support file storage unless you pay for the full version.  As a
>> college student, if I can go professional and free to low-cost, I
>> will.
>>
>> Bobby, Does Scribd cost anything?  That sounds exactly like the thing
>> I'm looking for.  I'm using Wix right now because that's the site
>> builder everyone was told to use, but if it's giving me trouble with
>> meeting requirements I might just switch to wordpress or something,
>> which I think is more accessible anyway.
>>
>>> On 10/9/13, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler at tysdomain.com> wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Take care,
>>> Ty
>>> http://tds-solutions.net
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>>> that
>>> dares not reason is a slave.
>>>
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>> Kaiti
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Kaiti