Putting files on-line for easy access from anywhere - how?
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Chaps,
I am sure this is a very simple one. But bear with me.
I have two excel spreadsheets I need almost constant read and write access to.
I have access to the internet at home and at work, and in other locations as well. However, not always on the same computer.
Is there any way I can put these files on the internet somewhere, where I will always be able to go to them and look at them and add to them. (They are a log of events.)
I WAS holding them on a memory stick, but the memory stick was lost in an aircraft baggage transfer and wasn't backed up, and I would like something a bit more reliable.
Am I asking the impossible? The files are very small (both <50k). But I would need to be sure that I am the only one with access, and that they weren't deleted or lost accidentally.
Oli.
I am sure this is a very simple one. But bear with me.
I have two excel spreadsheets I need almost constant read and write access to.
I have access to the internet at home and at work, and in other locations as well. However, not always on the same computer.
Is there any way I can put these files on the internet somewhere, where I will always be able to go to them and look at them and add to them. (They are a log of events.)
I WAS holding them on a memory stick, but the memory stick was lost in an aircraft baggage transfer and wasn't backed up, and I would like something a bit more reliable.
Am I asking the impossible? The files are very small (both <50k). But I would need to be sure that I am the only one with access, and that they weren't deleted or lost accidentally.
Oli.
Email to yourself, or get yourself a simple bit of webhosting that you can just drag and drop to via FTP (99% of web browsers will support FTP so you can simply enter the address and then drag/drop to your desktop)
check with your broadband ISP, you might find they offer you some FOC, if not, from £33 a year you can join the hundreds of PH'rs with a
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Drop me a mail if you have any queries.
J
check with your broadband ISP, you might find they offer you some FOC, if not, from £33 a year you can join the hundreds of PH'rs with a
Register1 VDS
As recommended by 51 PH'rs and rising
Drop me a mail if you have any queries.
J
If you have a Gmail account (Google Email) there are several ways to use your mail account as an on-line hardrive.
One is called Gmail Drive and uses your Gmail account as a virtual hardrive and another is Gspace which is an add-on extension for Mozilla's Firefox browser. Uploads seem to be limited to 10Mb with any of the programs I've seen.
Gmail Drive:www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial125.html
Gspace extension:http://tinyurl.com/po8kv
If anyone wants a Gmail account PM me with your first and last name and I'll send you an invite. (assuming it still requires one.)
One is called Gmail Drive and uses your Gmail account as a virtual hardrive and another is Gspace which is an add-on extension for Mozilla's Firefox browser. Uploads seem to be limited to 10Mb with any of the programs I've seen.
Gmail Drive:www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial125.html
Gspace extension:http://tinyurl.com/po8kv
If anyone wants a Gmail account PM me with your first and last name and I'll send you an invite. (assuming it still requires one.)
For small files (you say <50k) then try here: http://box.net/
1 Gb for free and accessible anywhere you've got access to a web browser. I use it for all those little bits of HTML, CSS, etc. that I'm always reusing.
1 Gb for free and accessible anywhere you've got access to a web browser. I use it for all those little bits of HTML, CSS, etc. that I'm always reusing.
zcacogp said:
qube_TA said:
... run a SMB or FTP service on that PC ...
Erm, sounds very logical, but what is SMB and FTP? (Techno numpty - very sorry.)
Oli.
Sorry, to access web sites you use Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (http://), FTP is the File Transfer Protocol (ftp://) which is used to send and receive files if you install an FTP service you'll be able to go ftp://YOUR-IP-ADDRESS from another PC and connect to it, you'll then be able to download the files from your PC.
SMB is a Windows shared drive, you can use it to access the contents of a drive or folder over the internet.
If your PC is behind a router or Firewall they'll need to be configured to allow this to happen.
However thinking about it, you probably got given some webspace with your broadband package, just store the files on that, far easier.
Matthew
sounds like something you could use google spreadsheets for: http://spreadsheets.google.com
Trooper2 said:
If you have a Gmail account (Google Email) there are several ways to use your mail account as an on-line hardrive.
Gmail Drive:www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial125.html
Trooper2, Gmail Drive:www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial125.html
I tried this one, and it does exactly what I need it to - many thanks!
The only problem now is that although I set up the filter as it instructed me, and it puts all files stored in my 'archive' folder when viewed on-line, whenever I access my eMail via the POP link (i.e. download to outlook on my machine), it downloads all the files which I have placed into the GMail drive.
Is there any way around this?
Oli.
zcacogp said:
Trooper2 said:
If you have a Gmail account (Google Email) there are several ways to use your mail account as an on-line hardrive.
Gmail Drive:www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial125.html
Trooper2, Gmail Drive:www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial125.html
I tried this one, and it does exactly what I need it to - many thanks!
The only problem now is that although I set up the filter as it instructed me, and it puts all files stored in my 'archive' folder when viewed on-line, whenever I access my email via the POP link (i.e. download to outlook on my machine), it downloads all the files which I have placed into the Gmail drive.
Is there any way around this?
Oil.
Sorry I missed this yesterday.
You have to set up a filter in Outlook as well. I figured the easiest way to tell you how is to take screen captures of the instructions in Outlook Help. The first one will tell you how to set up a mail "Rule" (filter) so that the Gmail Drive files are downloaded into a file other than your Inbox- I made a new file and called it Gmail Drive.
The second photo will show you how to enforce the rule you create on any of the "GMAILFS" subject lines that are already in your Inbox.
The Outlook instructions make it sound harder than it is, once you start its pretty intuitive.
Trooper2,
Thanks. This would solve the problem of the message arriving in the inbox, but would simply mean that the message in question is simply moved straight to another folder (i.e. a deleted items box). BUT I would still be downloading it - non? Is there any way around the actual downloading issue? (Would have to be done at the googlemail end of things, rather than the outlook end of things, as I understand it.)
Munky,
USB key - yes, a good idea until BA lose your baggae at Heathrow with the USB key in it ...
(See here: www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=141&t=302805)
Oli.
Thanks. This would solve the problem of the message arriving in the inbox, but would simply mean that the message in question is simply moved straight to another folder (i.e. a deleted items box). BUT I would still be downloading it - non? Is there any way around the actual downloading issue? (Would have to be done at the googlemail end of things, rather than the outlook end of things, as I understand it.)
Munky,
USB key - yes, a good idea until BA lose your baggae at Heathrow with the USB key in it ...
(See here: www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=141&t=302805)
Oli.
BliarsGoing said:
La, la, nobody's listening... Just Hotmail them to yourself Oli. As long as you log onto the account once every thirty days job's a good un
Bog off Rob, the whole world's listening. 
And even if they aren't, I'll just talk to myself. Garunteed a sensible conversation that way! Oli.
zcacogp said:
Trooper2,
Thanks. This would solve the problem of the message arriving in the inbox, but would simply mean that the message in question is simply moved straight to another folder (i.e. a deleted items box). BUT I would still be downloading it - non? Is there any way around the actual downloading issue? (Would have to be done at the googlemail end of things, rather than the outlook end of things, as I understand it.)
Munky,
USB key - yes, a good idea until BA lose your baggae at Heathrow with the USB key in it ...
(See here: www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=141&t=302805)
Oli.
Thanks. This would solve the problem of the message arriving in the inbox, but would simply mean that the message in question is simply moved straight to another folder (i.e. a deleted items box). BUT I would still be downloading it - non? Is there any way around the actual downloading issue? (Would have to be done at the googlemail end of things, rather than the outlook end of things, as I understand it.)
Munky,
USB key - yes, a good idea until BA lose your baggae at Heathrow with the USB key in it ...
(See here: www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=141&t=302805)
Oli.
When you set up your "Rule" in Outlook you can select "Do Not Download"..
IIRC you will have 6 options to choose from...
GreenV8S said:
If you're using GMail Drive or equivalent, surely it's best to do it using a dedicated GMail account that you don't use for sending / receiving any other email, otherwise you have to go round the houses to avoid downloading your saved files to your local mail client.
^^^^^^See my post above^^^^^^^..
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