Choose Forward with Masking and copy and paste your Dropbox public link into the “Forward to” field. With GoDaddy, you’ll find it under Domain Manager > Domain Information > Forwarding > Manage. So, how do you get the domain name to show up instead of the public link? It depends on which domain registrar you’re using, but the feature you’re looking for is Domain Masking or Domain Forwarding. Just make sure you get the public link for an actual HTML file, and not the folder itself.įorwarding a Domain Name to a Public Dropbox Folder (optional) Go ahead and try it with a simple index.html file that just says “It worked!” or something.Īs you’ll see, the ugly long Dropbox public link displays your HTML file just like any other page on the web. Just place your entire website into your Dropbox public folder or a subfolder in your Dropbox public folder and then copy the public link. It uses JQuery, CSS and HTML and it even has a Flash element in there. I’m using a CSS-template called Luvbold (h/t Smashing Magazine). You’ve got images, forms, a stylish nav menu, etc. No one has to know that I’m using Dropbox as a webhost. If you navigate to links on that page, it still says.But with this site, all you see is the domain name: ( don’t ask why I bought that domain name). Usually, when you link to files in your Dropbox public folder, the link looks like this. It works! Now, there are some things you should notice about this Dropbox-hosted website:
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