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andycool4cats
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3 years ago
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Copied/shared Dropbox link does not open an Index.html file

Does anybody know why a copied/shared Dropbox link does not open an 'Index.html' file within a folder.   Index.html is the main file in a folder which opens up the main page in a small website fo...
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    3 years ago
    andycool4cats wrote:

    Why does it not work through the Dropbox link when taken to 'Index.html', since I am doing nothing differently to how I used to achieve this previously?

    Dropbox isn't a web host. It stopped rendering HTML files years ago; 2017 I think.

     

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Rich
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3 years ago
andycool4cats wrote:

Why does it not work through the Dropbox link when taken to 'Index.html', since I am doing nothing differently to how I used to achieve this previously?

Dropbox isn't a web host. It stopped rendering HTML files years ago; 2017 I think.

 

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andycool4cats
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3 years ago

Thank you for the info Rich that is helpful cheers!

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