How to use Dropbox for web hosting site

Layfhaker keeps coming back in their publications to the popular service to store and sync Dropbox files. We wrote already about many ways Use of this service, and now want to add another tip and talk about how to use Dropbox to host your site.

The new service DropPages It turns the well-known Dropbox into a convenient tool for simple hosting site. On the home page of the service is published detailed instructions for its use.

1. The first thing you need to create a new folder in your Dropbox folder and give it the following name your_name.droppages.comThat is, the name of the folder must match the address of your new site.

2. Select to Online Droppages one of the themes and download it to your computer. Unzip and place the contents into the folder you created earlier. Meanwhile there are not many, only three, but suitable for the experiment.

3. Now you need to share the folder. To do this, click on the right mouse button and choose from the menu Share this folder. After that, your browser opens a page of your account Dropbox, where you will be required in the form that appears, enter an address

[email protected] and confirm by pressing the button Share folder.

4. We look forward to receiving confirmation from the service creators. After this, your site will be available online at your chosen address.

It remains only to fill the site with your content. Open the folder with the site and see where the three directories Content, Public and Templates. All text content is in a folder Content and it can be edited in any text editor. And if you're even slightly versed in web design, you can easily create your own custom theme for your site.

Hosted by a service DropPages hardly suitable for complex projects, but to host a simple personal page is quite amiss. Using Dropbox means that all your files will be synchronized automatically, making unnecessary backup site and use ftp client to upload files to the server. If desired, you can even buy a domain name and make a redirect to your page in Dropbox.

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