Publish on Dropbox and Host Your Website Online
Dropbox is one of the cloud data storage services supported by Silex
Please note that there are other options like github pages, see this section for other hosting options
Here is how to publish your website to Dropbox and then make it available online
- Publish your website as described here, choosing a publication folder in your Dropbox
- go to dropbox.com and download (see the screen shot bellow) the folder in which Silex has published your website (it should contain
index.html,assets/,js/,css/
- with the .zip you have downloaded from Dropbox, go to https://www.netlify.com/ and create an account
- click the "Add a new project" button and drag and drop the zip file in the zone with this text in it "Drag a static site folder here", see the screen shot
Pancake is a paid service which will watch your Dropbox folder and publish it online to your domain or their domain
- Publish your website as described here, choosing a publication folder in your Dropbox
- create an account and open your dashboard, then create a new project. Select Dropbox and connect your folder
Your website is live and accessible online with an address given by netlify, e.g. yourname.netlify.com. For a real professional hosting it is recommended to by a domain name and a paid plan to a hosting company like indie hosters, Gandi or netlify.