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Perry P.
10 years agoNew member | Level 2
Discontinuing rendering of HTML content
Got email notice from dropbox that they are discontinuing HTML rendering. This is going to cause major issues for my wife since she uses this to distribute info and files to her students. We are running a basic account and would be willing to upgrade to a paid account to retain this feature, but this policy seems to be across all account levels.
Any advice on alternatives?
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- Jim I.310 years agoNew member | Level 1
So far, updog is working for me, simply copying files and folders from my dropbox Public folder into my updog folder. My web pages are all very simple, just text and images and links.
- Anoop G.10 years agoNew member | Level 1
^ same here.
- Dave C.2110 years agoNew member | Level 1
That got it, thanks! I have some changes to make, but it looks a lot better now.
You'll note that I made this website about fouteen years ago...just keeping it for nostalgia reasons now, band isn't even current anymore
Thanks again!
- Anoop G.10 years agoNew member | Level 1
Dave, Glad you were able to get it to work!
- David R.1610 years agoNew member | Level 1
What's updog?
- Dave C.2110 years agoNew member | Level 1
Not much dog, what's up wit chu? ;)
- Bob J.10 years agoHelpful | Level 6
I think Pro has a bit longer before html rendering stops, but i am unclear what this stoppage will mean for html-like files?.
I store .kml and .kmz files on DropBox for Google Earth rendering and these call in .jpg images via html statements in the inline html in balloons. i.e.:
<img src="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/xxx/Images/D38.jpg" />
Will these be affected?
BobJ
- Rik H.110 years agoNew member | Level 1
Also very dissapointed to see this change. And yes, I already have a real web hosting account. This was a very convenient feature for quick temporary pages that require https. I still love Dropbox, but this will greatly reduce my need for it.
- Adam L.510 years agoNew member | Level 1
In the same boat and I'd totally pay to keep the html hosting. In an exhausting(ive) search for a replacement, I think I'm going with Github Pages as it's free and supports static html & css. Worth a look if you're balking at Weebly/GoogleSites/etc
- Bob J.10 years agoHelpful | Level 6
I have made the call and have upgraded to Pro.
This gives me protection till September next year and seems a small price to pay for peace of mind.
However i do assume that my clients will be allowed to render the html that i offer them within my account without also upgrading.
can anyone confirm this?
Bob J.
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