Share a folder
no. 2
The only access Foldocs needs is a link. The folder is public, like the site made from it.
In Google Drive
- Make a folder for your site, say
My site. - Right-click it, choose Share, and under General access pick Anyone with the link, as Viewer.
- Copy the link: that is all Foldocs needs to find the folder.
- Create a free Google API key for the Drive API (the README has the three commands). The key only identifies Foldocs to Google; it opens nothing.
Google Docs and Word files both work; a Word file stays a Word file, or Drive converts it on upload.
In Nextcloud
Create a read-only share link for the folder, with a password if you like, and give Foldocs the link. No key, no account, no app to register. Pages are Word files (.docx): set Collabora or OnlyOffice to save as Word. A share has no descriptions, so photos get no captions.
What public means
Everything in the folder is on the site. That is the point, and the one rule to remember.
| Do | Don't |
|---|---|
| Keep drafts in another folder until they're ready | Park a draft in the site's folder |
| Empty the trash of anything that never belonged | Trust the trash to hide things |
| Share the folder as Viewer | Give the link edit rights |
A link-shared folder isn't listed anywhere: search engines don't index it, and its address can't be guessed. The site doesn't lead back to it either, unless its theme chooses to, as this one does. Image addresses are fingerprints, never a file's ID.
Check it
Open the link in a private window: what you see there, Foldocs sees. Unshare the folder, and the site stays as it was until you share it again. Foldocs never empties a site because it can't read the folder.