Box.net - Free online file storage
By Lee Ka
@kaka135 (14994)
Malaysia
May 11, 2007 10:00pm CST
I have been using this website to manage my files online.
It's a very user friendly website, and the speed is fast.
It's free for 1GB space.
The advantages of the website include:
(1) Easy File Management:
You can manage your files in folder views.
Sub-folders can also be created.
The files can be sorted by name, date, size and tags too.
To upload a file, you can either drag-and-drop from your computer, or just use the browse function to select your file.
(2) Public or Private:
You can select to share or not to share your files online.
You can also track the number of downloads for the particular files, and also the updated date.
Before the visitors download your file, they get to know the file size before downloading it.
You can also add files to your public box, and display the following link on your website.
Click on this link to access my public box: http://public.box.net/kaka135
(3) Friends Network:
You can also add your friends to the Box network, so that it will be easier for you to know if your friends have updated their share files.
(4) Post your file to your blog:
I just found out this feature.:p
You must first configure your blog by selecting the Blog Service.
Currently, Box.net only supports for Blogger, WordPress, TypePad and LiveJournal.
(5) Add Box.net widget on your website:
Add this widget to your website to allow easy download for a particular folder.
You can even customize the widget size and default view to be icon view or list view.
URL: http://www.box.net
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1 response
@trinihd (996)
• United States
12 May 07
I've been using esnips and 4shared...they are pretty fast-ish...especially esnips...but I like the way 4shared is set up for sharing with other users...and I especially like the preview option which I recently discovered for 4shared. What I don't like for both is that you can't view the entire file (until you download it) even if it is just a text file or html. I can do that with ripway, but the storage and bandwidth is very small for ripway. Can you view html files with box.net? What about bandwidth, is there a limit with box.net? I will take a look anyway, thanks for sharing the info!
@kaka135 (14994)
• Malaysia
14 May 07
Hi trinihd,
Thanks for your response.
I didn't know about the esnips, 4shared that you used, perhaps I should give them a try too.
I've just checked out the bandwidth for box.net.
For free package, the bandwidth is 10GB per month.
You may take a look on the pricing & plans here:
http://www.box.net/info/pricing-plans
I don't think we can view the contents in the uploaded files there.
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