DivShare has enabled Facebook Connect, so it’s easier than ever ro access your DivShare files. Want to know a bit more about how Facebook Connect works? Read the below excerpt takn from http://developers.facebook.com/connect.php:
Facebook Connect is the next evolution of Facebook Platform - enabling you to integrate the power of Facebook Platform into your own site. Enable your users to…
Seamlessly “connect” their Facebook account and information with your site
Connect and find their friends who also use your site
Share information and actions on your site with their friends on Facebook
The DivShare team is working hard to make sure you can share your files as easily as possible.?‚? Since so many of you are on Facebook, it’s important that we provide you the best publishing/sharing experience there, and you’ll see us continue to make this process easier and easier.?‚? Make DivShare your defacto file tool for FB!
You may have noticed the site evolving over the past couple months. We’ve thrown up a new front page, expanded the width and cleaned up download pages, and now we’re introducing the third evolution of the member dashboard.
In addition to a new layout and design, we’ve also added new functionality based on user feedback we’ve received over the past year. It’s now easier to move files in and out of folders - select the files you want to move, click the move link, then just click the folder you’d like to move it to, or for those of you with a lot of folders, you can find a folder fast by searching for the folder name. We’ve also added the ability to create sub-folders, one of our most requested features. This has been on our development list for awhile and we’re finally integrating it into the new dash. Just like you would on your desktop, you can create a new folder under any other folder, or in your root “all files” directory in a click.
Another highly requested feature is the ability to organize the order of tracks in a playlist or photos in a slideshow. You can now organize both of those, as well as any folder! While in organize mode, simply drag the file you wish to any order in the folder, and that’s the order it will appear in on the download/streaming page.
You’ll also notice new sharing options for linking to your folders and slideshows. You can now link directly to any folder page, which lists all the files in that folder, but doesn’t display any particular file like it did previously when you linked to a file in a folder. The sharing link for folders looks like www.divshare.com/folder/123-abc and can be found under sharing options. Similarly, you can link directly to slideshows by using the “gallery” sharing link.
Finally, as a thank you to all our members, we’re running a promotion this week for 20% off premium plans for all current members. Remove all advertising from the site and download faster for under $1 a month, or brand your Flash video, audio and slideshow players and increase your storage with DivShare Professional. Current users can take advantage of this deal and upgrade by visiting the upgrade page.
We welcome your feedback and questions - simply drop us a line at support@divshare.com. Look forward to more updates and blog posts soon, and have a great day!
This week we’ll be rolling out a lot of new upgrades to our user interface and tech support system. For starters, we’ve redesigned the “share this file” dialog that you see on your dashboard and download pages. The sharing options for each file will now pop up in a sleek new dialog box, and you’ll easily be able to copy the appropriate code snippet for use on your own site. Here’s an example:
Try it out for yourself on any download page and on your dash. The second upgrade we’re announcing today is a new Frequently Asked Questions page, which now covers much more about Flash players, storage and bandwidth tracking and a number of other general questions. Tomorrow we’ll also be launching our new support ticket system, which will further improve customer support for users who run into site errors. And we’ve got plenty more on the agenda this week, including more dashboard upgrades and a new release of our popular Wordpress plugin. Enjoy!
The blog is back, and we’ve got some great announcements about the future of DivShare. Over the past two months, we’ve been building up our network of servers, working with new partners and investors, even turning down some big buyout offers. Today, we’ll start to unveil the new features and changes that will make DivShare the most powerful and professional media and document-sharing tool on the web in 2008.
If you’ve been using the site this week, you may already have noticed a big improvement in download and page load speed. That’s just the beginning of the server upgrades and new features we’ll be rolling out in the coming months. The first round of changes — all of which will make DivShare a faster, more stable site for all our users — will affect the storage and bandwidth allowances on user accounts.
From here on out, free users will get 5 GB of storage space and 50 GB of downloads (data transfer) per month. Premium users will be able to upgrade to as much as 10 times that amount — and take advantage of ad-free pages, hotlinking, FTP uploading and more. You can check out all the plans on the new signup page.
So, the big questions: why are we making this change, and who will this affect? We’ve mapped out the new plans so that less than 1 in 10 current users will need to upgrade. In fact, 99% of users use less than 5 GB of storage, and 90% of users serve less than 50 GB of downloads each month. We’re making the change because a very small group of users is using a very large amount of bandwidth and storage space, and by doing so is degrading the DivShare experience for the rest of our 250,000 members. The new system will keep our servers much faster and more reliable, and members with lots of popular files will still be able to take advantage of DivShare through one of our upgraded accounts.
The new tracking system will go live tonight, but we’ll have a week grace period during which no accounts will be affected if they go over their storage or download limits. On January 24, you’ll need to be below the storage limit to upload a new file, and you’ll need to be below the download limit to serve new downloads.
As always, we love to hear your comments and suggestions, and we’re here to help anyone who has questions about how the changes may affect them. We’ll be updating the blog non-stop from here on out with new features, upgrade announcements, partnership news and more.
Enjoy the faster, more reliable site, and drop us a line any time.
Update: To reiterate, no files will be deleted as part of this change. You can keep all the files currently in your account, even if it’s over the storage limit. However, you will not be able to upload new files until you upgrade or make some extra room. Also, if you’re using a lot of space but not a lot of bandwidth, we can set you up with a custom account — just drop us an e-mail from the Enterprise page.
Today we’re proud to introduce our new Facebook application, Projects. It’s a project-management system built right into Facebook that allows you to share your documents and media with friends inside invitation-only projects. We like to call it the one of the first useful Facebook apps — not that we don’t like Pirates vs. Ninjas. It’s a great way to collaborate with classmates and co-workers who are already your Facebook friends, and to easily keep all your notes, documents, images and other files in one safe place.
We’ve also created a quick screenshot tour that sheds some more light on the process of creating a project, inviting your friends and sharing your files (and wall posts) once you’ve got things going. Another great feature — our Flash documents, video and audio are fully supported, so you can view all those files right on the Facebook page. Enjoy!
Last night we launched a new design for our embedded video player, providing both a graphical overhaul and some new customization options. The new player allows you to switch between an “overlay” and “static” progress bar — you can make the choice by clicking the new “customize” link under the embed code on the video’s download page. Here are some examples of the new styles:
Overlay (default):
Static:
Current embeds will still display in the old player, because the old embed code isn’t perfectly backwards compatible with the new player. If you want to update any of your videos, just head to the download page and grab the new code. We’re also launching the Flash MP3 playlist and a new Facebook app shortly. Enjoy!
Great news for developers — today we’re officially launching the DivShare API for the public. The API, or application programming interface, allows web programmers to interact with DivShare’s server to upload files and get information from our database, all within their own applications.
With the API you can…
• Log in to a DivShare account
• Upload new files
• Retrieve info about current files
• Easily create embeds for video, audio, documents and slideshow
And you can create…
• Apps and widgets for accessing DivShare, like the iPhone App
• Sites that use DivShare as the backend for media and document sharing
• Privately branded media-sharing sites with the help of DivShare Direct
And, of course, the only limit is your imagination. You can read all about it on the new API Documentation page. Though this release is fully functional, it should be considered Beta software while we work out any initial bugs and continue development. If you have questions, check out the API Developers Google Group or drop us a support e-mail.
Hit the Google Group with all your comments, ideas and suggestions. Enjoy!
Our coolest new feature of the day is the document viewer, which allows you to read all your PDFs, Word documents and PowerPoint presentations right on your DivShare download page. When you upload one of these files, we’ll now convert it to Flash — you can view it without downloading and grab the embed code to add it to your own site. Here’s an example of the output for a Word document:
Pretty cool, right? It makes things easier for all of us who have spent a lifetime waiting for Acrobat, Word and PowerPoint to load just so we can check out a document — and it means you can share those files with people who don’t have that software at all. And, of course, you’ll always be able to download the original file.
Try it out by uploading your own documents today, and watch out next week for the public launch of our API, as well as an awesome new Facebook application. If for any reason you don’t want your documents converted, you’ll find an option to turn it off in your My Account preferences. Enjoy!
If you’re lucky enough to have an iPhone, we’ve got some great news. You can now access your DivShare dashboard through our specially designed iPhone interface, available at www.divshare.com/iphone. It’s a great way to keep your files with you wherever you go — you can search your files, download any file in your account and quickly e-mail any file to your friends and colleagues.
We’re also launching our API next week, which will allow you to develop your own apps on top of the DivShare platform. If you’re interested in trying it prior to the official launch, request the Beta client and we’ll hook you up right away.
We’re hard at work on an API to allow developers to interact with DivShare in their own applications, and we’re looking for a few good beta testers to help us work all the bugs out — and, of course, suggest features and changes to make the final product the best it can be. If you’re a DivShare fan and a web developer, drop us a line at support@divshare.com, and we’ll fill you in. Thanks!
