Pancake.io - another way to host a website with Dropbox

I just wrote about DropPages, a site that allows you to easily set up a simple website using your Dropbox account. As I was searching for some other information about DropPages, I found an article about it on Lifehacker (and awesome resource for everything) that also talks about Pancake.io as another service to host websites using Dropbox.

Pancake.io is very easy to use. Use your Dropbox account (or get one if you don't have one already) and then create a Pancake.io account. Pancake will then request permission to create a single folder on your Dropbox account where the files for your site will be stored. Text files in that folder will be viewable online. Text files that you create in that folder will be turned into a web page. If you want to update the page, just open the text file in any text editor, change it, and save it.

Pancake also supports PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and JPEG, PNG, and GIF files.

This is another easy way to create small web sites for teachers or students. The simplicity of it makes it easy for anyone to get started with a web page.








PS - If you don't read Lifehacker, you really should. They have articles about technology, finances, cooking, home stuff and so much more.

DropPages - host web pages for free within Dropbox

DropPages is a service that allows you to easily set up a basic website for free using your Dropbox account.

DropPages is easy to use and set up. Simply create a site folder inside Dropbox that matches the domain name. The domain name format will be yoursite.droppages.com. For custom domains, you'll have to upgrade your account for a fee. Then you share the folder and get started. There are themes and it automatically generates navigational elements so all the pages are linked.

You are subject to data transfer limits in Dropbox (10GB per day for free users) and if you go over this limit your account will be suspended. This means DropPages is really only useful for a small simple site.

If you are looking to create a simple, small website, DropPages may be an option for you.



Related:

Google Sites - free website hosting. Has class web site templates and integrates with all of Google's apps. 

Free web sites for teachers

Besides Google Sites, there are other sites that allow teachers to create free web sites for their classes. Try out Classjump. ClassJump.com provides teachers web sites free of charge, where multiple classes can be managed and updated using an easy to understand interface. No knowledge of web site programming is needed to get your class or classes set up and quickly providing up-to-date information for your students and parents.