File Sharing

[wegotitugetit]

im currently working on a project for work it is in excell i need to send this file online and if i need to update it or my collegue does we can download it re edit it and then re upload it so it is constantly been updated the downside is we have almost filled up 30 pages and its getting bigger and bigger by the day and idea on how this could be achived

 

[AboutLee]

im currently working on a project for work it is in excell i need to send this file online and if i need to update it or my collegue does we can download it re edit it and then re upload it so it is constantly been updated the downside is we have almost filled up 30 pages and its getting bigger and bigger by the day and idea on how this could be achived

Will they be uploaded to a site? if so you can compress the entire folder to a zip folder. Right click on the folder and click send to then click Compressed (Zip) Folder. Im also sure you can send zip folders via email.

Hope it helps

 

[JasonRS]

Try these, they all allow free acounts, and Box.net is set up for collaboration.

http://box.net/

http://www.getdropbox.com/

There's also

http://www.mesh.com

 

[budfox]

You could just use a basic FTP service.

Assuming you have some webspace somewhere then FTP is almost certainly part of the deal.

Just use a free FTP client like Filezilla, log in to your webspace and drag/drop your file.
Give everyone else the FTP login details and off you go.

 

[admirable]

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/groove/HA101656331033.aspx

 

[Craikeybaby]

What about Google Docs? Instead of redownloading it all the time edit it in situ?

 

[wegotitugetit]

What about Google Docs? Instead of redownloading it all the time edit it in situ?

exceeded the file limit

 

[wegotitugetit]

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/groove/HA101656331033.aspx

thats for 2007 ?
im running 2003 didnt really want to buy the lastest version
according to that it comes with grovve from what i can tell is this correcr ?

 

[wegotitugetit]

drop box has done the trick but i have hit another issue will start a clean thread

 

[neil_g]

You could just use a basic FTP service.

Assuming you have some webspace somewhere then FTP is almost certainly part of the deal.

Just use a free FTP client like Filezilla, log in to your webspace and drag/drop your file.
Give everyone else the FTP login details and off you go.

^
what id do.

 

[wegotitugetit]

^
what id do.

we need to do this so we can edit it online now we realised it is no good uploading and downloading any ideas how to do this

 

[neil_g]

host it somewhere (on a server in your office etc) that allows incoming VPN connections? would maintain windows file locks then etc etc.

 

[admirable]

Can you not do this on a webpage using MS Office web components?

 

[wegotitugetit]

host it somewhere (on a server in your office etc) that allows incoming VPN connections? would maintain windows file locks then etc etc.

if i host would that not mean i would have to upload or download every time then once it is edited as there will be 2 seperate users using the excell

 

[JasonRS]

If you don't want to be downloading / uploading all the time, and it's beyond the file size limits of the free services such as Google Docs (which has quite small file limits) then you need to re-think what you're trying to do.

I'd use a terminal services based solution hosted in your office (but I'm biased because of who I work for) which will allow for the doc to be accessed from anywhere as long as you could make a VPN connection to the office. It also maintains all the necessary file locks etc.

Dependant on how long this project is set to run for, you could probably get away with doing it on eval software, os all you'd need to find is a machine to run it on temporarily.

 

[wegotitugetit]

it will be a long term run system hopefuly so i have 2 options by what you are saying jasonrs which would be more suitable i have unlimited web hosting with unlimited accounts to but i only use it for web sites and thats it so unfamiliar with the vpn side of things

 

[neil_g]

if i host would that not mean i would have to upload or download every time then once it is edited as there will be 2 seperate users using the excell

no. all a VPN connection does it provide a connection to external users to your network.

there would only be 1 copy of the file that all parties could edit.

 

[sjmcdonnell]

try www.freedrive.com