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--- help:how_to_package_and_release_a_file [2020/02/22 10:38] – restore old revision Spirit
+++ help:how_to_package_and_release_a_file [2021/07/18 07:10] – [Hosting] better Spirit
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 ==== Hosting ====
-If it is a finished work, you can contact [[quaddicted.com:Spirit]] to get it hosted at Quaddicted. Feel free to mail it straightaway.
+Upload the final archive to https://archive.org/ or http://www.quaketastic.com/ . The password for uploading at QuakeTastic is "ZigguratVertigoBlewTronynsSocksOff", the username "quaketastic". Then mail the URL to [[quaddicted.com:Spirit]] or paste it in [[https://www.quaddicted.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=636|the forum thread]]. The file will be uploaded to Quaddicted then and at some point also appear in the [[/reviews/|database]].
-If that is not an option, if it is a work-in-progress, you do not want to wait a week before Spirit replies (though he is quick if you packaged everything well and send a direct HTTP link to the file) or otherwise you want to host elsewhere, http://www.quaketastic.com/ is there for you. The password for uploading is "ZigguratVertigoBlewTronynsSocksOff", the username "quaketastic".
+Do not use services that do not support direct download links. And please do not use volatile hosts like Dropbox, Google Drive or any ad-financed free hosting providers. Thanks!
-For permanent hosting you can also freely use https://archive.org/.
-Do not use services that do not support direct download links. And please do not use volatile hosts like Dropbox, Google Drive or any ad-financed free hosting providers.