Using Sparkleshare (our own Dropbox) to share WIP assets
Apparently using dropbox to share assets is a pain because you don't have much storage and it reduces your own dropbox space between other things. We set up a Sparkleshare (cloud storage) to replace it, this allows you to upload, keep in sync and share your assets with other members of the team. In addition a version of a file cannot be deleted so you'll have the full history of your work. It is super simple to use too!
To download it go to the Sparkleshare's website and choose the right version for your OS. Once installed you can add the shared folder by choosing Add a hosted project then choosing On my own server. Then fill the address field with "ssh://sparkleshare@stark.kangz.net" and the remote path with "/home/sparkleshare/unv-assets". At this point Sparklshare gives you a key that looks like "ssh-rsa <meaningless text>" please paste it in the forum using like this (this is my key, as an example):
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ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDbkpLWhn5LxBozk/vjHp60nCc0SquOxg+EjTFvJboY0GU2OYlLK6VyrpVeKNn7U2TOSgbVsJacaKFc59+ZmklAkwuezCNhjJpxX3lT99dX+gxknQaONH8H7cdAcj59hmCkalMfXJIZXrj0aWzNqV8Aund/5Hf99/2Mn1F07nzT8+20OLrrpkRfnwuIX3rLlNBbf0xG3Ll8LnnmQp7XzWG7KQpo43MYo+eM2KF5I+WUDNcX6Af3/N3bhfm8PNWJKEFTc6wbWLHRk/T4r5wHaQDUVYyejRsMi0ARtGQVFY7ecHoud0B1uvHSny726G6VT5b/3DW9ELhyWeYWWA/Cwxzl rostam
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which will show as
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ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDbkpLWhn5LxBozk/vjHp60nCc0SquOxg+EjTFvJboY0GU2OYlLK6VyrpVeKNn7U2TOSgbVsJacaKFc59+ZmklAkwuezCNhjJpxX3lT99dX+gxknQaONH8H7cdAcj59hmCkalMfXJIZXrj0aWzNqV8Aund/5Hf99/2Mn1F07nzT8+20OLrrpkRfnwuIX3rLlNBbf0xG3Ll8LnnmQp7XzWG7KQpo43MYo+eM2KF5I+WUDNcX6Af3/N3bhfm8PNWJKEFTc6wbWLHRk/T4r5wHaQDUVYyejRsMi0ARtGQVFY7ecHoud0B1uvHSny726G6VT5b/3DW9ELhyWeYWWA/Cwxzl rostam
Once you have done that I can give you access to the shared folder and you will be able to find a unv-assets directory inside your Sparkleshare folder.
Guidelines to use this folder are:
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Create a folder with your name and put everything you do in it.
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Even if it is not limited in space, try not to put huge, useless files
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In particular do not work directly in the Sparkleshare folder.
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Also try to not change big files often (because we keep all the history all the versions of the big file are kept around).