If you mean for yourself, yes.
If you mean can other people see a file on your pc..no..you would need to have that pc setup as a webserver on the net which is doable if your ISP allowed you to. (note ISP, not your webhost as you would be the webhost)
My Mac is already setup as a webserver (Dynamic DNS)
I can view webpages on it from anywhere.
So if it’s possible… How would it be done? I’m not even sure what to Google
How would it be done?
wht do you mean? you just said, “I can view webpages on it from anywhere.”.
If you know that from experience, than why are you asking how to to do it?
OR
I would like to be able to link to files located on an external drive from my posts.
Are you talking about linking to files like on a share?
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linking to files necessitates that they are web accessible. doing it any other way is like linking to a share. shares arent generally used across the web since .. since well, we have web accessible, which is better.
If the files are web accessible (and thats a server set up question and not a wordpress question) than you link to them the same way you link to anything else.
Yes I am talking about linking to files on a share. (A drive connected via USB and mounted.)
It would be a lot easier if you got a big hard disk and then made those files accessible thru your site. The problem I see using paths is that each Mac will look locally for them – on their own MAC not yours.
Each PC will not have a clue what to do with them as the file/folder structure is very different from the MAC.
Also, browsers will not allow you to access local files from the web..that’s a security constraint. If you find a workaround, post it.
Theoretically you can do it. All P2P software and bit torrents do.
Good luck.
The problem I see using paths is that each Mac will look locally for them – on their own PC not yours.
thats why we dont “do” shares across the web.
this means something to me: file://///hiver/Music/music/Beethoven/Complete_BBC_Symphonies/ and it’s also something you cant follow since its completely useless to you.
p2p isnt web, its net 🙂 (to be technical)
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PS: I could, of course, use an IP and make that more user friendly, and maybe thats something you might think about? In my own example, it would be a 10.10.x anyway, so it still wouldnt help you to follow it.
My Mac is already setup as a webserver
Hey, this is just a thought, but would it work if you created a directory with a symlink in it, in the root of your blog that links directly to the external disk content? Something like:
ln -s /dev/usbdeviceid/ /var/www/html/wordpresslocation/newdirectory
(obviously i am not sure of the file paths in OSX)
or …would you even need a new directory? is it possible to just create the symlink as long as permissions are correct on the usb drive content?
I wonder if there would be any security implications if the only thing on the usb drive is content you want accessible by the web?
Or you could just copy the contents of the usb drive to a web accessible folder in your wordpress installation.
now I am curious. Is there a correct (safe) way to do that?
It would be a lot easier if you got a big hard disk
How about the 4TB drobo I’m referring to? 🙂
Hey, this is just a thought, but would it work if you…
You’re going above my head there but it sounds like you’re on the right track. Can you explain that in a bit more layman’s terms?
I can’t copy the files to a folder within my WordPress installation though as the WordPress drive is WAY to small for the files in question.
or …would you even need a new directory? is it possible to just create the symlink as long as permissions are correct on the usb drive content?
that would work, thats one method of making is web accessible. follow symlinks would need to be enabled, obviously.
http://macdesignpro.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=44890
its not a wordpress problem, btw.
4TB!!!!???
Good Lord, man!
Ummm… any chance I can have your URI once you get it working?
..just kidding! – sort of.
🙂
“its not a wordpress problem, btw.”
agreed… sorry..
I’m no networking expert but this can’t be to difficult. Don’t big fancy servers have racks upon racks of drives that are connected a seperate server? How does the server access those racks?
that would work, thats one method of making is web accessible. follow symlinks would need to be enabled, obviously.
http://macdesignpro.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=44890
Hmm I’ll have to give that a read.
4TB!!!!???
Good Lord, man!
Ummm… any chance I can have your URI once you get it working?
Hehe. Sorry. This is to be a direct connection to my own personal computer’s files for close friends only.
I just read the article that Whooami was kind enough to link to. I think that is a good jumping off point for your solution.
Possible source of action for your success:
1) research synbolic linking (basically a “shortcut” in windows terms) in Mac OSX. (UNIX)
2) research enabling “follow symlinks” in apache
Best wishes!!
Hehe. Sorry. This is to be a direct connection to my own personal computer’s files for close friends only.
(wink, wink… nod, nod…)
Good luck to you!
🙂
Possible source of action for your success:
Thanks for the tips. I’ll be looking into this in the next hour or so.
(wink, wink… nod, nod…)
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