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Msadr
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Instructions for a simple link on a webpage?

All I want to do is hyperlink from a webpage to a shared drobox folder.  Is this impossible?  No matter how I format the link, I get "Dropbox refuses to connect".  I created an app and added that dom...
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Msadr
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Thanks but this is exactly what I did.  When I click on it, I only get the message "Dropbox refuses to connect".  What must I do to the shared folder link to make it clickable from the webpage?  Pasting the link into the browser works.  Clicking the link from the webpage does not.  I feel stupid that I can't get a hyperlink to work!  There must be some parameter that I need in the URL?

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
2 years ago
Msadr wrote:

... There must be some parameter that I need in the URL?

Hi Msadr,

No, you only need to keep all URL params as they are - just don't change nor remove something. If you have some example page that doesn't work, it would be more informative.

Good luck.

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