Learn how to make the most out of the Dropbox Community here 💙.
Forum Discussion
Solved
Create public URL for recording to enter songwriting contest
I'm entering a songwriting contest online and I need to create a public URL for each song to paste into the entry form. I've copied Dropbox links to the songs and pasted them, but when I hover the cu...
Hey cbcollins, is this what you're seeing before or after submitting the links?
Sometimes a link will behave like a link after it's been submitted or sent, like when you paste a link to an email, for example.
It pastes like text, but then shows up as a link after the email's been sent.
You can test this on your end through an email, if you want and it should work.
Best of luck with the contest!
Megan
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi cbcollins, how are you today?
You'd need to manually change the link, by adding raw=1 at the end.
When you say that it does nothing, have you also tried accessing the link, using an incognito tab on your browser, and signed out of all accounts? What happens when you paste the link there?
Keep me posted!
Hi Megan,
Thanks for responding to my question. I only have a few hours left and I need to post 4 public URLS of songs I'm entering. It shouldn't be this complicated. Why do I have to go incognito to accomplish this? When I copy the link below a song on Dropbox and paste it into the online entry form, it ends with "dl=0". When I hover the cursor over it, it doesn't respond like a link. If I highlight it then right-click it, it takes me to the song on Dropbox and plays it.
Isn't there a simple solution to this without going incognito? The judges need to be able to click on the link and hear the song. I have no way to give them further instructions.
Help!!!
- Hannah
Hey cbcollins, is this what you're seeing before or after submitting the links?
Sometimes a link will behave like a link after it's been submitted or sent, like when you paste a link to an email, for example.
It pastes like text, but then shows up as a link after the email's been sent.
You can test this on your end through an email, if you want and it should work.
Best of luck with the contest!
- Thanks, Hannah. I think that's exactly what happened. It didn't become a working link until I submitted the form. Now why in the world does Dropbox never mention that? I searched everywhere! The deadline to enter the contest was midnight last night. I got it done by 11:43 pm! But it's done. Now . . . we'll see.
cbcollins
