Google Drive has become one of the best cloud storage service to store your data and access it from anywhere you go. If you are searching for an alternative to host your basic components of your blog such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Images or any other static material then Google Drive is a best option to do so. You can easily host your blog component using Google Drive in few clicks. In this post I am going to explain you how to host your website on Google Drive.
Advantage of Google Drive over Free Hosting site
- 15GB of free space which is huge to host your files.
- 24*7 Uptime.
- Free from ads.
- Highly secured.
- Integrate with other Google drive component such as Google Form.
- Manage file revisions.
- Easy to manage.
To host your files Google Drive is a great alternative but there are some limitations.Firstly, You can upload and publish anything that runs in client ,that means, in your case the browser but we can’t host anything that require server side technology. You can’t host server side scripting languages like PHP, MySQL.
Secondly, The final generated URL is too long to remember www.googledrive.com/host/…..
Also, You can’t change the default Google Drive URL to your custom domain name URL.
Follow the steps below to host your files on Google Drive.
Step 1. Create a new folder and share it as “Public on the Web”.
Step2. Upload your HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Images and all other resources to the folder.
Step3. Select the file and right click on it. Click on Share to get URL like this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5WcDwqa_gOXLTRZSnN4SHQyeU/view?usp=sharing/view?usp=sharing. Copy the file id.
Step 4. Copy the file id (Red font in step 3).
Step 5. Generate and share URL that looks like www.googledrive.com/host/0B5WcDwqa_gOXLTRZSnN4SHQyeU.
Feel free to share your ideas and feedback. I’d love to here about in comments section. If you have any queries please do let me know in comment section.
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You can also use dollar one web hosting for image saving it is also save your maximum data thank you.
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