Tips and Tricks

This portal talks about tips and tricks discovered while using Dropbox. Articles may use technical language. Tips and tricks could vary from interesting workflow combinations involving Dropbox to unique uses for the application.

Tricks within Dropbox

~~Old style photo gallery~~ No longer supported. Existing gallery views will be converted to shareable links after Oct 8

Removing Dropbox links via the mobile app - You can do so by simply renaming the file on your device. This will break the link. Caution: Links will re-activate once name is reverted

Exclude folders from syncing - Selectively exclude folder/s from within your Dropbox folder from syncing to the cloud.

Dropbox Forum Extender - Courtesy of Richard P., this enhances your Dropbox forum experience

Release Notes and all Builds - Access previous versions of the desktop application. You can see the all the stable and experimental builds here.

URL tricks:

To force a download of your file or folder, append ?dl=1 to the end of your Dropbox Link. Note that a folder will be downloaded as a zip file.
eg:
```
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xxxxxxxx/123.jpg?dl=1
```

To view the file (you cannot do so with folders) with the web browser directly without the Dropbox interface in your link, you can replace the www. portion of the url with dl. .
eg:
```
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xxxxxxxx/123.jpg
```
will become
```
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/xxxxxxxx/123.jpg
```

Cross Platform / Web

Small webcam server with Dropbox upload - Upload your webcam pictures directly to Dropbox using a small pocket router with USB port.

Backup Box - Automatic scheduled transfers between your FTP or SFTP servers, Box.com, MySQL and other databases, Microsoft SkyDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox accounts.

How to use Dropbox for Events

Upload files to Dropbox using Email

Download stats for public files

Send file from Google Documents to Dropbox

Sync folders outside of the Dropbox folder with Dropbox

Hosting Websites with Dropbox

Sync Two Dropbox Accounts on the Same Machine Works for both Mac OS X and Windows.

More Cross-Platform/Web tips available at Cross Platform Tips And Tricks

You might also want to check out Dropbox Addons for details on third party extensions to Dropbox.