Collaboration
How does collaboration work?
Collaboration allows you to share files with others that you designate. Many online storage services force you
to make your files public when you share them. By public, we mean that anyone on the Internet could potentially see them.
This is not useful for collaboration as you normally do not want your intellectual property visible on the Internet. MyOtherDrive
collaboration allows you to create work / share groups, place others in those groups, and only the group members
will have access to the shared files.
The groups that you create can have different levels of access. The most common level of access is view and download
access. This allows members of a group to see the files, and if desired, to download the originals. You can also give add,
delete, and modify permissions to the groups.
The first step to collaborate is to invite friends to your account. Click on the '+Add' button below the friends list. From
here, enter the email addresses of the friends you would like to add. They will receive a personalized email on your behalf
inviting them to join MyOtherDrive (if they are not already a member) or an invitation to accept if they are a member.
Once your friends list is built up, click a folder in the tree (on the left) to share. Next, click the 'Share' button on the
main toolbar. It will bring up a window that will allow you to add, delete, and rename groups. It will has the options to
assign permissions to the groups for the folder. Finally, you can assign which friends belong to which groups by clicking the
'Membership' button. Note: you can change folders while the 'Share' window is open.
Now that you have your groups, friends, and permissions set up, you can begin collaborating. There are two main ways to
go about this. First, you can collaborate directly from the file management application. You can click on your friends, and then
click the 'View Now' button to see the folders that they have shared with you (you can also double-click on the friend for this).
In this type of collaboration, you can use the features to move files (or folders), copy files (or folders), delete files (or folders),
between accounts. This saves you from downloading and then uploading to move files into your account. Note: some of these options may
not be available depending on the permissions you have given the group.
Another form of collaboration is to share an HTML page to others. For example, let's save you have at set of pictures you
would like to share. You can copy the URL (HTTP address) of the folder containing the pictures to the clipboard or email
the hyperlink to others. When they click on this link, they will be prompted to enter their MyOtherDrive username / password
and then they will see the folder in a browser view. From there, they can navigate the folder by going into subfolders, or clicking
on images to see larger versions. They can download the original image if desired (their group must have download access to
the folder). This works for any file type, not just photos.
See collaboration help for step-by-step instructions.