If you're an Owner or Co-owner of a folder, File Request enables you to create an upload widget and either
- get the widget's link to share with people, or
- embed the widget in your website, blog, or social networking service.
Both features enable you to enhance the ease and efficiency of collaboration, while maintaining your company's security standards and avoiding email's file-size restrictions. And both features allow collaborators to directly upload content to your project folder without needing to log into Box.
Creating a file request link
You can create a Box upload widget, and then share its link.
To create and configure a File Request Link:
- In your Box account window, right-mouse click on the folder you want to share and select File Request. Box displays the File Request window.
- Under Customize Options, check the options you want to enable.
- To see what the widget looks like, click Preview.
- After configuring the widget, under File Request Link click Copy. You can now share this link with other people.
Customization options
- Specify title enables you to add a displayed title to the widget.
- Add instructions enables you to provide and display instructions on the widget for collaborators.
- Allow users to add description displays a field on the widget where collaborators can add comments.
- Require users to provide email displays a field on the widget where collaborators are required to provide their email addresses.
Embedding the upload embed widget
After customizing the widget, you can embed it in a site that supports embedded HTML iframe code.
To embed the upload widget in your site:
- In the File Request window, under Upload Embed Widget, click Copy.
- Paste this HTML code into your site's code.
Note
The file request link and embedded upload widget do not allow people to send folders, and cannot be turned off at the enterprise level. If you want to disable this feature for your enterprise, we recommend using a closed folder structure that's centrally owned by a Box service account. The closed folder structure prevents anyone other than an admin from owning folders.
Known limitations
- You cannot modify the Upload Embed Widget code generated by the Web app.
- Box does not support drag-and-drop in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- Email notifications no longer display the uploader's name in the body of the email. To see who uploaded content, navigate to the folder for which the Upload Embed Widget was created.
- Upload widgets are not optimized for mobile devices.
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