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My public links are no longer working
All my public links are suddenly not working. I noticed that the previously copied link URL that I've given to people to access the file had "https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com" as the first part of t...
Hey hypnocoach,
Thanks for getting in touch here!
Please note that public links will no longer function as of March 15, 2017 for Basic users and on September 1, 2017 for Plus and Dropbox for Business users. You can find more information here: https://www.dropbox.com/help/16.
Hope this helps you clarify! If there's anything else you need to ask, please let me know.
Kind regards,
JaneA
Ironically, your link gives me a 404 error!
Why didn't I know this was going to occur?!
Time to say adios to you, Dropbox!
hypnocoach wrote:Ironically, your link gives me a 404 error!
Why didn't I know this was going to occur?!
- Rich
Super User II
And just to point out, you can still create links to your files using the Share Link feature which replaced the Public folder in 2012. You can also still use such links to post images to forums and other websites.
@Rich
You say share link should be able to display in forums. Previously this was a simple right click and paste procedure and all files would be generated automatically. Now I have to visit the Dropbox website and right click for EVERY SINGLE FILE individually.
Furthermore, I'm still at a loss as to how to make images post in forums. I've tried dl=1, dl=0, raw=1? How?!
- Rich
Jonathan H.1 wrote:
Furthermore, I'm still at a loss as to how to make images post in forums. I've tried dl=1, dl=0, raw=1? How?By using a share link with ?raw=1 at the end.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0skuwdlhg6q4fol/History%20of%20GIF.gif?raw=1
Not ALL forums will support a link that doesn't end with an actual file extension, but most do. Personally, I've only ever run into one site that wouldn't work.
This move caused me to DROP Dropbox. I almost subscribed when they announced this and got scared that a move like this is not a good thing. It could be the beginning of an unstable company for the long term. I signed on with OneDrive and just finished transferring all my folders there for backup cloud storage & access.
When I discovered the issue I decided that OK I find that really useful - I go out my credit card and was just about to pay for Dropbox subscription, until I noticed that they were removing it from the paid users as well shortly - so I ended up giving Google some more money to expand my Google drive storage instead.
