[ian-reeds-games] Re: A webpage for maps
- From: "Allan Thompson" <allan1.thompson@xxxxxxx>
- To: <ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:16:00 -0500
Send space is great for downloading lots of content, but isn't as freindly with
sharing things. They give several links for sharing with various persons, and
some of them you pay out the nose for in allowances which were those direct
download links I had been useing.
So, I got the dropbox set up and will be using that. In the end I think it
works better for this kind of thing.
Just to be sure, to update a map that is already linked, all I should need to
do is paste over the old one with the new one? That should not lose the link to
it?
al
"The truth will set you free"
Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33A.D.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Reed
To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:55 PM
Subject: [ian-reeds-games] A webpage for maps
Hi all, just a quick email.
Thanks for all your suggestions, they are good as always and I've added
them to my list.
Thanks for your maps Austen and Carlos.
Carlos, I haven't downloaded the maps yet but as Allan said they have a
problem unzipping you should double check that they are working
properly. I'll get them tonight when I have time.
Here's my thought on the central location for maps. It's a good idea as
it is difficult to comb through old emails for them.
I can make a page and put a link to each map pack along with the name of
it and the author.
You guys would provide the links, so for dropbox that is just a public
link as Austen has been doing.
Then when you update your map pack you just update the public file in
dropbox so the public link does not change. This way I only have to
update the website whenever a new map pack comes into existance, not
every time it gets updated.
Also download bandwidth and restrictions are handled by dropbox or
sendspace.
Allan, if you can do the same thing with sendspace such that when you
update the map pack people can use the old link to get the updates then
that will work fine. Otherwise consider trying dropbox.
This solution will make it so I don't need to upload files to my server
but just update map pack links, and only do that when new map packs come
around.
Please send me these links whenever they are ready and I'll get started
on that page tonight.
Thanks!
Ian Reed
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