Thursday, 8 January, 2009
Effective Wuala Usage: Share Files in Transfer Folders
In this series called "Effective Wuala Usage", we would like to show you how current users take advantage of Wuala. In other words we simply want to show you how Wuala can make your life easier every day.
Today we want to start with introducing you to the concept of "Transfer Folders". In case we want to temporarily provide fellow students or colleagues at work with files, which we do not want to permanently store on our Wuala account, we use Transfer Folders. That means that we simply create a folder called "Transfer" in the "my files" section of Wuala as shown in the screenshot below.
In the next step, if we want to send a file to a friend named "Robert", we simply create a new folder called "Robert" within the Transfer Folder and add all files we want to share with Robert. We share this folder through a secret link. To achieve this, we right click on the folder "Robert", then choose "Share..." and finally click "Set..." next to "Weblink:". Then we either use the predefined key phrase or we manually enter a new one. We click "ok", then "save" which will make the "Robert"-folder turn red and everything is ready to go.
Now if we want to share these files by e-mail, in a Facebook message, in a chat or in an online forum, we simply right click on the "Robert" folder, then chose "Copy Link" in order to copy the link into the clipboard. Then we can simply enter the link into our message by pressing "CTRL + V" on our keyboard. An example of a Transfer Folder called "Wuala Tutorial" containing two images can be accessed at this link: https://www.wuala.com/andi/Transfer/Wuala+Tutorials?key=tutorials. As soon as we feel that Robert has received our files and we do no longer need to host them on our Wuala space, we can simply delete them from our folder or we could delete the complete "Robert" folder.
What are key advantages of using Wuala to share files?
Today we want to start with introducing you to the concept of "Transfer Folders". In case we want to temporarily provide fellow students or colleagues at work with files, which we do not want to permanently store on our Wuala account, we use Transfer Folders. That means that we simply create a folder called "Transfer" in the "my files" section of Wuala as shown in the screenshot below.
In the next step, if we want to send a file to a friend named "Robert", we simply create a new folder called "Robert" within the Transfer Folder and add all files we want to share with Robert. We share this folder through a secret link. To achieve this, we right click on the folder "Robert", then choose "Share..." and finally click "Set..." next to "Weblink:". Then we either use the predefined key phrase or we manually enter a new one. We click "ok", then "save" which will make the "Robert"-folder turn red and everything is ready to go.
Now if we want to share these files by e-mail, in a Facebook message, in a chat or in an online forum, we simply right click on the "Robert" folder, then chose "Copy Link" in order to copy the link into the clipboard. Then we can simply enter the link into our message by pressing "CTRL + V" on our keyboard. An example of a Transfer Folder called "Wuala Tutorial" containing two images can be accessed at this link: https://www.wuala.com/andi/Transfer/Wuala+Tutorials?key=tutorials. As soon as we feel that Robert has received our files and we do no longer need to host them on our Wuala space, we can simply delete them from our folder or we could delete the complete "Robert" folder.
What are key advantages of using Wuala to share files?
- It enables you to attach files to your Facebook messages, LinkedIn messages, to share files in chatrooms, etc., which would not be possible otherwise
- You can send large files with unlimited size by e-mail and don't have to fear your or the recipient's size limit for e-mail attachments
- You can track how many times your files have been accessed on the web and in Wuala
- An advantage over sending large files via Skype or other Instant Messaging Tools is that by sending them with Wuala + E-Mail, you don't disturb the other party, thus you don't interrupt her workflow.
- In contrast to many other services, you can exactly control who will have access to your files because only those who know the link or the key phrase will be able to view and download what you shared. In case the secret link ever gets into the wrong hands, you can simply change the key phrase in order to restore privacy.
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Very good idea for a blog post series! Can't wait for more :-)
Thank you very much. We are planning to provide you with more ideas on a weekly basis.
Thanks. This can be very useful with big files (eg 400mb). Free services often have some quotas. You also have transparent control of the share (time period, access ..).
This was exactly what I was trying to point out in my little tutorial. Thanks for summarizing it here.
Nice post.
Often not known:
- You can already search inside a single group
- You can group your friends
- You can have direct access to files via http by... hm, maybe I'll leave that to you if you want to tell that or not since no Logos etc. would get displayed
- The cutest video on Wuala is http://www.wuala.com/Raphi/Fun/videos/Mac-K%C3%A4tzchen.mp4
Thank you for the inputs. I will try to mention some points next week. If you have ideas for other "case study blog posts", please send me a quick e-mail with further details. That would be really helpful.
Andi, I use this a lot to share files with friends (I call the folder 'Send to'). One of the biggest advantages for me over say Skype is that my friend doesn't need to be online at that time, and that I don't disturb him during his workflow (he doesn't have to click on Accept etc.). I think this should emphasized.
Great series :) ++
Thought I'd give it a try and have at it .. here are my results E1
.. https://www.wuala.com/MadNav/Transfer/Zim?key=Invader
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Testing in progress and if you leave nice comments I may have more in store ;)
The use of "Transfer" or "Send to" is arbitrary just to help clarify .. I initially was under the impression that if I
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