Sharing Your Dropbox Documents on Your Website
Adding Documents to Your Folders
Once you have your folders set up (see our article on Setting Up Your Website's Dropbox Folder), it's time to populate them with all the documents you have. To do this, open the folder you want, then select the option to upload your items. You can either use your browser, the Dropbox mobile app, or the Desktop app. They all function in the same way.
Step 1
Upload Your Documents
Open the folder where you want to upload your document. Click on the button at the top of the page that reads "Upload." Select "File." Then select the document(s) on your desktop to upload.
Step 2
Copying the Link to Insert in WordPress
Once your document has been uploaded, you need to grant everyone with the URL access, thereby making the document "public." To do this, put your mouse over the document that you want to make public, and you'll see a button to "Share." Click on that.
Then click on "Settings."
Then, on the next screen, you should be able to see and select the tab for "LINK FOR VIEWING."
You will then see "There isn't a link for viewing. Create link." Click on "Create Link."
Under "Who has access," select "Anyone with link." Then "SAVE".
In this pop-up window, you can see an option labeled "Copy link." Click on it to copy the link's URL.
The option to copy the link is also available in the document list, next to each document. You can view the option by hovering over the document you want to get the link for.
Once you have set your documents to "Anyone with the link," anyone with access to the file can copy the link and share it. They can either grab the URL from the "Copy Link" graphic next to the file title, or open the "Share" option, click the "Link for Viewing" tab, and select "Copy Link."
**Special Note About EXPIRED DOCUMENTS**
Dropbox
is NOT AN ARCHIVE. Everything in there is publicly searchable. Remove your document when it’s no longer valid or has expired.
You can set a link expiration date by switching the "Expiration" toggle to "ON" and entering a date of your choice. Please remember to remove any expired documents from your folder after the fact. This will open up storage space for your folder.
Step3
Adding the Link to your WordPress pages
Now, go to your WordPress site and locate the page to which you want to add this document link. Open the page and add the link wherever you need it to go (whether in a button, creative link, or just as a link within a paragraph). Make sure that the link "Opens in a new Tab." Save the page.
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