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Discontinuing rendering of HTML content
Got email notice from dropbox that they are discontinuing HTML rendering. This is going to cause major issues for my wife since she uses this to distribute info and files to her students. We are running a basic account and would be willing to upgrade to a paid account to retain this feature, but this policy seems to be across all account levels.
Any advice on alternatives?
Also very dissapointed to see this change. And yes, I already have a real web hosting account. This was a very convenient feature for quick temporary pages that require https. I still love Dropbox, but this will greatly reduce my need for it.
In the same boat and I'd totally pay to keep the html hosting. In an exhausting(ive) search for a replacement, I think I'm going with Github Pages as it's free and supports static html & css. Worth a look if you're balking at Weebly/GoogleSites/etc
Richard P.Super User alumni
Use a proper web host - Amazon AWS, Azure, Dreamhost, Discount Hosting etc etc etc.
George E, If the photos are not stored as HTML files on Dropbox, then it doesn't sound like this change will cause a problem.
- Rich
Super User II
If the photos are not stored as HTML files on Dropbox, then it doesn't sound like this change will cause a problem.
Correct. At this time this seems to be affecting HTML files only. The display of other file types (images, etc.) should continue to work. For how long, who knows...
- Mark
If there are a lot, maybe dropbox can reconsider this for pro users...
As with the XP changes they will have already factored this in.
Sorry Not much dog, what's up wit chu? ;)
Please don't do this! It will put the final nail in the coffin for Dropbox.
Pro user here. Will be dropping my use of Dropbox as a result of this change. I'm serving up static pages which I use to document various projects I'm working on. I was happy to pay for a Pro account, not because I needed the space, but because I felt that Dropbox was providing me an awesome service that I found very useful. With the removal of this feature, that's no longer the case.
I will be transitioning my data files to Google Drive and my HTML content to GitHub pages.
It's sad that DropBox couldn't find another means of solving whatever problem prompted them to make this change.
It'll render your HTML files using your Dropbox
