Publicly Share resources

[clangstaff]

I'm just trying to find an easy and long term solution to getting public links to resources and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. We really need a solution in Frog this is a classic example of something Frog3 could easily handle that Learn cannot - why has this still not been developed?

- I've tried this within Office 365 however, due to limitations, linking to one of the OneDrive documents will not allow the end user to download the resource only view this.

- The only solution in Frog to my knowledge would be to add each resource to a 'Site' that is publicly shared and getting the URL from there however, this is long winded and a work around which the majority of staff won't consider.

Anyone got any ideas?

[Graham Quince]

Hi @clangstaff,

I know we have spoken separately about this, but posting some updates here for everyone's benefit.  There are a few solutions:

• Office356 folders are difficult to embed, although Google's are quite easy.  I've written a tutorial here if that's an option: https://frog.frogcommunity.com/google_folder_html
   
• Ideally, we would have Public on the Web for Shared Folders or similar option.  This idea on the ideas portal covers it: https://ideas.frogcommunity.com/ideas/FRG-I-1017
   
• Use a File Drop widget, with the view access set to Group.  The File Drop isn't the prettiest, but you can do clever things with the API: https://www.frogcommunity.com/filedrop
   
• FrogCode applications and widgets each have a resource area.  You'd be able to provide access to these, although each time you added a resource, you'd have to re-deploy the app.

 

Adding in file access is something we're keen to do.  The nature of how Shared Folders are coded means that it is a bit more work than you might expect to provide external access.  We're looking at a couple of solutions as part of Back to Basics, so hopefully I'll have better news soon.