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Force render issues (raw=1) and shared links won't work for hosting.
images were perfect on all browsers until yesterday afternoon - what is the fix or is this a dropbox issue?
We are rolling out a fix for issues with raw=1 and dl=1 links that started recently. Please try again and let us know if it's still not working.
Good morning, I do agree with the statement that dropbox isn't a hosting platform. Then remove this https://help.dropbox.com/it-it/share/force-download page.
Really, if it is not intended to allow and manage rendering and download of contents (as a collaboration tool should do, on my personal point of view) then it is ok. I change platform and will not renew my subscription. i don't think Dropbox will care about it. But inform users that this is not allowed and remove pages that explain how to do this.
Have a nice day 🙂
A friend of mine demonstrated that an older image he linked to from Dropbox still worked in the animation forum's public page. So I did a test using one of my old Dropbox image links, and sure enough, it still worked. This made me wonder if there was a cut-off date and if only new images were needed for public posting.
So then I went about replacing my Dropbox images in the forum from last week using Imgur as the host. Since the problem started as I posted images last Wednesday, I thought that's where it would end, but then I found broken images in the forum from April.
I read elsewhere that the cut-off could be with images uploaded since March, but I haven't seen this confirmed by Dropbox.
Can someone from Dropbox PLEASE respond?
Regarding using Imgur, I stopped using this service nine years ago, so I had to reactivate my account, verify my email, and change my password. Once I got past that, I was surprised to find images I posted to the forum over nine years ago were still there! Imgur is still a free service so, at the moment anyway, I can recommend this.
Personally, I'd rather keep using Dropbox as a subscriber, but I'm reconsidering now. Just getting any response from Dropbox staff could help me decide.
Thanks i advance for any reply.
