Cloud storage is a very useful technology for everyone. We can access these files from everywhere. Another big advantage of cloud storage is that, the files can be shared easily. Any one with a link can download the files easily.
One of the mostly used cloud storage service is Dropbox. it offers 3 types of accounts. Basic, Pro and Business.
Basic
- Free
- 2 GB storage
- Simple file sharing
Pro
- $9.99/month
- 1 TB space
- More sharing features
- Option to wipe data remotely
Business
- $15/month + Tax
- Infinte Storage
- Unlimited File recovery
- Priority Support
Although ,they have real good plans. Most individuals prefer Basic account which gives 2GB free storage. There are some options available to expand this 2 GB like following them on twitter, Referring other people to dropbox etc.
Create direct download links for Files
For sharing a file through Dropbox, they will give you a unique link for each file and the link will take you to a download page, where you we can click on Download button to download a file.
This intermediate page showing can be avoided by a simple trick. With this trick, Clicking on the url will download the file directly instead of taking to the download page.
This intermediate page showing can be avoided by a simple trick. With this trick, Clicking on the url will download the file directly instead of taking to the download page.
- First of all, Take the url that you have got from dropbox for file sharing. The url will be like https://dropbox.com/s/abcdefghijklmn%filename
- Now edit the url and change www.dropbox.com to dl.dropboxusercontent.com. So the resulting link will be like https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/abcdefghijklmn%filename
- Thats all. Now you can share the link to anyone,the file will be downloaded directly.