Storing information online

[Klaus]

Even though its a folder on my HDD, I can still access it without giving permission to people to using LC?

Sure, why not?
That is the way Dropbox works with "shared folders".

And even if my computer isn't on, I can still upload to Dropbox and edit things as needed

Is this a question, too?

[bogs]

Opaquer wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 01, 2020 6:06 am
And even if my computer isn't on, I can still upload to Dropbox and edit things as needed

Is this a question, too?

Not sure I fully understood that one either

If your computer isn't on, how would you do anything with Dropbox? If, on the other hand, you meant something along the lines of ~

"If my computer is not on, can other people still access the files on Dropbox, or if I am away from my computer but have another means of accessing the internet, can I still upload to Dropbox and edit files there..."

Then the answer would be "yes", you could still upload / edit files, since Dropbox is not locally stored on your computer.

[Opaquer]

Yup, that's exactly what I meant! In my head, that's what I was trying to say, but I think it didn't quite come out that way .

Thanks for all the help and advice all - looks like Dropbox is the way to go!

[JackieBlue1970]

The problem is I've never done this before and have no idea how to . Also at the moment I'm only planning on releasing this to a few friends, nothing major, so I don't really want to have to pay for it. Also I don't have a raspberry pi or anything like that

Need to get acquainted with using and working with databases. You can download MySQL (or other open source DB) and install it locally. Install the tools and such with it. Follow a tutorial to create a basic database. Then experiment with LC to connect and access the data - inserts, updates, deletes. LC makes it quite easy - I've only used live code a couple of weeks and have had no issues.

Right, so with MySQL I can have a local database that LC can have access to over the Internet, but I'll have to leave my computer on for it to be accessed?

As much as I didn't want to use Dropbox, I can't think of any other free ways of doing it, though I'll keep looking at some paid options since they aren't crazy expensive. I guess I'll see how I go with it

No. I’m talking about learning MySQL and LiveCode before moving the dB over to a server.