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# Can Parchment or Quixe run a story file from a Dropbox link?

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asked Jun 5 in Playing by bg (692 points)

Can Parchment or Quixe run a story file from a Dropbox link?

E.g.

http://iplayif.com/?story=DROPBOX-LINK-GOES-HERE.gblorb

- parchment
- interpreters
- quixe

commented Jun 6 by Dannii (329 points)
It would be nice if it can, but I'm not sure if it's possible or not. Might depend on the type of shared link. ?dl=0 seems to confuse some of it.
commented Jun 6 by Juhana (246 points)
I've had Parchment run stories from Dropbox without problems. I'm assuming you've tried it and it didn't work?
commented Jun 6 by bg (692 points)
edited Jun 6 by bg
Right, I was getting error messages, and wasn't sure if it was user error or just not possible. On doing some more reading, it looks like Dropbox used to have a public folder, and that is no longer available for new free accounts.
Hmm. Would the website created by "Release along with an interpreter" count as a static web site? Maybe I could go that route--something like Git or Bitbucket lets you host static websites, I think....
commented Jun 6 by Dannii (329 points)
You can also upload either a blorb or Inform's website to textadventures.co.uk. Much easier than Github.
commented Jun 7 by Alex (486 points)
Actually, I hadn't got round to adding blorb support to textadventures.co.uk yet - but it works as of... now!
commented Jun 7 by Dannii (329 points)
Oops, sorry for speaking too soon!
commented Jun 7 by bg (692 points)
I had started setting it up elsewhere already, but will keep it in mind for future reference. Thanks!

## 1 Answer

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answered Jun 11 by anonymous

Toby's Nose plays (Quixe) from dropbox.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23390721/Release/play.html

commented Jun 11 by Dannii (329 points)
The question is more asking about hosting the gamefile in Dropbox and playing it with http://iplayif.com
commented Jun 11 by bg (692 points)
@ anonymous: I'm curious how you got that link. I do have a Quixe version, and when I click "share" in Dropbox on my play.html file, the resulting link doesn't have "dropboxusercontent.com" in it at all.

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