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wrwhite
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6 years ago
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Using Dropbox with my own domain. Is this possible?

I understand tha it the past, when the Public folder functionality existed, that it was possible to have a fixed dropbox download URL that you could then redirect to your own domain name so that down...
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    Greg-DB
    6 years ago

    No, Dropbox doesn't offer functionality like this anymore. While you could presumably still configure a CNAME like that, there isn't a way to get a predictable Dropbox root URL for sharing files. Every Dropbox shared link now uses a distinct URL.

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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

No, Dropbox doesn't offer functionality like this anymore. While you could presumably still configure a CNAME like that, there isn't a way to get a predictable Dropbox root URL for sharing files. Every Dropbox shared link now uses a distinct URL.

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wrwhite
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

Greg

Thanks for your reply. That's disapointing I nearly went ahead with purchasing the Plus plan because I was told during an online chat that it was possible. Thanks for clearing it up.

 

Will

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