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Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by abhidilliwal »

jQueryIsAwesome wrote: post #19
sjmulder wrote: post #8

I used to work with a guy who built something similar: http://droppages.com/

-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; This CSS rule in that site is the worst kind of CSS rule; one that disables basic browser functionality.

I wonder, why webkit made this in first place!

Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by dps »

zopticity wrote: post #14
tonydewan wrote: post #13

http://paperplane.io is a similar service that I've been working on.

Another remake: http://pancake.io/

For those without time to check them out... paperplane.io is pretty much exactly the same as site44 except it's $9/mth. pancake.io is a little different - seems to be aimed at hosting markdown formatted files and allowing you to either link directly to them or embed a little widget on another site linking to the files you have hosted on dropbox (sorted by most recently edited etc)

Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by kingsley_20 »

taskstrike wrote: post #25

This is already possible through the public folder function on Dropbox. You can still turn it on in Dropbox if you don't have it.

Public folders don't work consistently in countries that Dropbox has deemed a piracy risk. Doesn't work in India, for example.

Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by epa »

johns wrote: post #7
idunno246 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd assume it's getting sync'd to a webserver, so dropbox isnt public

Exactly. Site44 only uses Dropbox for the sync, then serves out the site over its own infrastructure.

Very interesting idea! This is really smart and handy for small business or blogs. I wonder what Dropbox thinks of this idea.. maybe they should incorporate it into their own service?
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