Is renaming a higher level folder going to break shared links?

Hi Hannah,

I just tested it myself - the various possible permutations of changing folder name, moving folder to other folder, while KEEPING THE SAME NAME OF SHARED FILE  - and the link kept working. BUT - since I am dealing here with a folder full of shared files to print/each newsletter linked in the next - I DARE NOT assume that it is the same logic. Because you and others say it is a recent implementation. I have been in this business long enough NOT to assume logic between programmors, no offence. 

So, I would still appreciate an official answer from DB to the effect that shared links are permanent ? 

Strictly speaking, I meant LOWER level folder, as it is CLOSER to ROOT. 

Not being a coder I find it hard to turn in my head... 😉

In a recent string I tried to get an official answer to the question:

Are shared files permanent?  as in: Indifferent to hierarchy?

Dropboxers and super users BELIEVE so - and one and myself have tested to see if a link dies, if a lower level folder has a name change or the shared file is moved to a different folder, and it did not change.

(However THIS is not evidence that very old shared links can also survive a move or lower level folder name change! Just saying that logic is not 100% always)

But, if shared links ARE in fact permanent, why not have them be SHORTLINKS? db.com/[number]or[my_file]?

Or did I just suggest something that already exists for paying customers? 😄

Hey Krabut, I can confirm that your links won't be affected if you rename the folders on any level of your folder structure.

Shared links will break, if the content they point to is deleted.

Also, shared links are tied to the person who originally created the link. If the link points to a shared folder (shared with edit access) and the creator leaves the shared folder, the link will break.

I hope this clarifies things.

Hi Hannah, thanks for the extra mile.

but this is shocking: "Also, shared links are tied to the person who originally created the link. If the link points to a shared folder (shared with edit access) and the creator leaves the shared folder, the link will break."

we are a volunteer organisation, and the deputy group changes members every 2-4 years. And when I step back as chairman, and am excluded from access, all the links I have made are dead?!! 

So, even if every member with edit access was permitted use of the group's official mail to make shared links (online), everything I have already done in my time here will be erased, as links go?! 

What can I do, if anything? 

best, kk

Hi Krabut, as Hannah mentioned, if the creator leaves a folder this will be the result. Same if the account or content is deleted. 

You can use a stable Dropbox account, that all the links will be coming from there, and the credentials will change, and get passed onto the next person.