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Gary C.36
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

Has Dropbox changed how html files are shared?

Last week I could use the public link to an html file in my browser and it would display. As of today, every browser I have on both Mac OS and Windows now gives a pop window asking what to do with th...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    9 years ago

    Yes. As per emails HTML stopped being rendered/displayed on the 1st of October. After that they would download only for free users. Paying users have until Sept. 2017

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Yes. As per emails HTML stopped being rendered/displayed on the 1st of October. After that they would download only for free users. Paying users have until Sept. 2017

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Richard F.27
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago

Why did Dropbox change things so that HTML is no longer rendered/displayed when someone clicks on the public link?  This seems like a major disservice.  If Dropbox is going to keep this new policy, can anyone suggest other cloud services or web hosting services that do provide the functionality that Dropbox used to provide?

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
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    9 years ago
    It was being abused too much.
    • clauclau's avatar
      clauclau
      New member | Level 2
      8 years ago

      I am a paying user for a few months. One of our major business uses is to have an image repository on the Public folder. Most of our web pages have links to /dl.dropboxusercontent.com/xxx. Is Dropbox going to give us an alternative solution for discontinuing the html rendering?

      • Mark's avatar
        Mark
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        8 years ago
        The only workaround is www.dropbox.com/help/167, however, all links need to be manually reconfigured
  • alancookie's avatar
    alancookie
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    check out updog.co to restore this functionality

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