KyleNau Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Hey, I got a notice from DropBox that they will be disabling HTML rendering for public links as of October: Quote We’re writing to let you know that we’ll be discontinuing the ability to render HTML content in-browser via shared links or Public Folder. If you're using Dropbox shared links to host HTML files for a website, the content will no longer display in-browser. Please note that this change will take effect for your account on October 3, 2016, and only impacts how shared files are displayed on the web. Just a heads-up for anyone hosting their games portfolio on DropBox. You will likely have to find another hosting solution. Kyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b10b Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Thanks, I got the message also. Likewise Google Drive just stopped the equivalent. Any suggestions for a free https hosting solution as a direct replacement (i.e. for game demos, not publishing)? I'm looking into Firebase now as it has a hobbyist free option. https://firebase.google.com/pricing/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalist Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 https://www.netlify.com/ <- pure awesomeness. You can publish any folder with one command(or through web-interface), bunch of options, has free tier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfram Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Github pages hosts your content for free. If your project is already on github, all you need to do is create and push a branch called gh-pages and it can be accessed from <accountname>.github.io/<projectname> azzz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbmonkey Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I second GitHub pages, there is also itch.io if you don't mind embedding into their page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleNau Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 +1 for GitHub pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b10b Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I like GitHub pages for the right projects but we should be aware that its priority is to make all project files (including changes and deleted files) publicly listable / easily downloadable / cloned. Also many users may assume that all GitHub content is published under a permissive license. i.e. it may suit some purposes, but not all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totor Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 https://neocities.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyzohKey Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 GitHub Pages, Gitlab Pages, Itch.io, ngrok (in combination of python/npm http-server), etc. There are plenty of way to host a demo guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
none-9999 Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 000webhost free without ads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzz Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 8:50 PM, Wolfram said: Github pages hosts your content for free. If your project is already on github, all you need to do is create and push a branch called gh-pages and it can be accessed from <accountname>.github.io/<projectname> You no longer need a separate gh-pages branch. You can (under project settings) set any branch to be the "gh-pages" branch, including master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzz Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 (edited) On 9/7/2016 at 3:42 AM, b10b said: I like GitHub pages for the right projects but we should be aware that its priority is to make all project files (including changes and deleted files) publicly listable / easily downloadable / cloned. Also many users may assume that all GitHub content is published under a permissive license. i.e. it may suit some purposes, but not all. BitBucket has the same "pages" feature as GitHub but your repositories are private (and free). Edited September 23, 2016 by jaminscript Added links for the lazy b10b 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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