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Dropbox Website seems to have lost it CSS
Just recently the Dropbox website won't display correctly on any browser - Chrome, Safari, Firefox - it loads fine but shows no Style sheet just basic list form that can't be used properly. I am using a Mac and the other Mac user in my office is also experiencing the same issue.. How on earth do we fix this... it was working fine up until now?
When using Telstra Broadband Protect (Australian Telco web filtering) adding www.dropbox.com and cfl.dropboxstatic.com to the Broadband Protect allowed sites list fixed this problem for me. (Make sure you click on the save button at the bottom of the screen after adding sites to the list). Thank you linda a.16 for solving this one.
linda a.16 wrote:I've seen that if the enterprise firewall used have URL filtering you need to make sure that the cfl.dropboxstatic.com is allowed. Otherwise the page will look like the screenshot above.
I don't see how using Dropbox to host your CSS file will be any faster than hosting it directly on your website's server. In fact, I would think it might even be slower than an actual web host.
Remember, Dropbox is not meant to be used as a web host. An actual web host running Apache, IIS or some other software meant for web hosting is the better solution.
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- Rich
Super User II
nikhilcartoon wrote:
The reason behind using Dropbox as a host is only to increase the speed of my website sir, but after hosting the CSS file over Dropbox the speed remains the same sir.
You have your CSS file on Dropbox and you're linking to it directly? If so, make sure you're using a Share Link to the file and that you change the ?dl=0 at the end of the link to ?raw=1. Also note that while certain file types can be hosted in this manner, others—like HTML—are not supported.
sir,
Sir, I am following all your instructions and still I am in trouble, sir. The website loads fine though there is no any change in loading time so. Please guide me, sir. I tried to minify the CSS but still the website not loading fast.
Your admirer
Nikhil
India
- Rich
I don't see how using Dropbox to host your CSS file will be any faster than hosting it directly on your website's server. In fact, I would think it might even be slower than an actual web host.
Remember, Dropbox is not meant to be used as a web host. An actual web host running Apache, IIS or some other software meant for web hosting is the better solution.
Respected Rich Sir,
Hello sir, Good afternoon :). Sir, thank you for your reply, I abandon the concept to host CSS over Dropbox as your latest reply. I really agree with you, sir.
Thank you sir
your admirer
Nikhil
India
Dracorem wrote:When using Telstra Broadband Protect (Australian Telco web filtering) adding www.dropbox.com and cfl.dropboxstatic.com to the Broadband Protect allowed sites list fixed this problem for me. (Make sure you click on the save button at the bottom of the screen after adding sites to the list). Thank you linda a.16 for solving this one.
linda a.16wrote:I've seen that if the enterprise firewall used have URL filtering you need to make sure that the cfl.dropboxstatic.com is allowed. Otherwise the page will look like the screenshot above.
Right on Linda! Thank you for resolving this for me!
