using dropbox to host website

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Creating the public folder manually

Although you can use the services listed above to create your site on Dropbox but if you don’t want to go through the signup process and don’t want to manage your site through anyone else, you can simply follow this guide to create your own hosting on Dropbox without using any tools.
Create a folder named “Public” (if it is not already there) in your Dropbox account. Next, you will need to visit this page to enable the public folder on your account. Now create another folder called “site” inside the public folder. Put all your HTML pages inside the “site” folder.

The “site” folder will act as the root folder for your static site. You can right click any file and get the public link under Dropbox menu. The link can be shared with other people. The person who has the link will be able to open the webpage.
Dropbox links are pretty long and can’t be remembered. If you have a domain name, you can easily redirect all your pages hosted on Dropbox to your own domain. This depends upon whether your host supports URL directing from the control panel or not. If the host does not support it, you can redirect the pages using the .htaccess file.
Create the .htaccess file on the root folder of your domain and enter the following information:

RedirectMatch 301 /site(.*) https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1234567/site/$1

You will need to change the “/site” if you are using another name for the site folder. You will also need to replace the Dropbox public URL with your own.personal public URL. Get the Dropbox URL by right clicking any file in the Public folder and then select “Get public link” under Dropbox menu.

Let me explain what the above command does. It will redirect all URLs containing “yoursite.com/site/xyz.html” where xyz.html is the page name which is hosted on Dropbox. For example, I have added a file called index.html in my “site” folder in my Dropbox account. Now whenever I want to open index.html, I will have to enter “http://mysite.com/site/index.html“. You can put any number of files in the site folder. You will be able to access those files using the above method.

WordPress Backup to Dropbox

WordPress Backup to Dropbox is free plugin that automatically uploads your entire website to Dropbox, including your WordPress files and your database. You can choose the day, time, and how often it will upload your files. It also lets you choose which folders within Dropbox and on your server that your files are backed up to. You can even choose which files and directories to include, so you can exclude directories if you want. Backups also include any theme changes that you’ve done.
The interface is easy to use. You simply link the plugin to your Dropbox account and you’re good to go. Your information is kept secure because the plugin uses OAuth rather than storing your information in the plugin’s files. Unfortunately, there isn’t a restore feature included here.

WP Dropbox Dropins

WP Dropbox Dropins is a free plugin that allows you to save your files to Dropbox manually. It uses two UI components to make things easy: the Saver and the Chooser. The Saver saves your files to Dropbox. You just click the file you want to save and click where it goes in the Dropbox. The Chooser restores your files from Dropbox to your website. It is a javascript component that allows you to easily choose the files you want to bring from Dropbox to your website. It simplifies the work so you don’t have to worry about using a file browser, authentication, managing uploads, or storage. The files can be used as short codes, too.

BackWPup Free

BackWPup Free is a free backup plugin that saves your complete installation to Dropbox, or one of several other cloud storage solutions including your own hard drive, FTP, and Rackspace. It creates a backup in .zip and .tar formats so you can easily restore your website.
The free edition includes the database backup, WordPress XML export, it generates a file to show the installed plugins, optimizes and repairs the database, and allows backups to several online cloud backup services including Dropbox.
There is also a pro edition which adds cloud services that your website can be backed up to, sends logs by email, and allows multisite backups.

BackupBuddy

BackupBuddy is a plugin made by iThemes. It has a comprehensive list of sources that you can backup your website to including your own hard drive, Dropbox, Stash, Amazon S3, Rackspace, FTP, and email. The interface is easy to use. You choose where you want your backups stored and how often you want your backups uploaded. It is easily connected to your Dropbox account for automated backups.
Unlike most of the other solutions in this list, BackupBuddy doesn’t have a free edition. Prices start at $80 per year for two sites, $100 per year for 10 sites, and $150 per year for unlimited sites. For $297 you can get BackupBuddy Gold, which includes unlimited sites, lifetime updates, and one year of ticketed support.

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