# Nextcloud support

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/nextcloud-support/109728>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [February 21, 2019, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nextcloud-support/109728 "2019-02-21T07:24:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![terraboss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/terraboss/32/579307_2.png) [@terraboss](https://meta.discourse.org/u/terraboss)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nextcloud-support/109728/5 "2019-02-21T16:19:20Z")

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> [@joebuhlig](#):
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> Where do you put this file structure within Discourse?

Usually, I’m linking the Nextcloud folder at the categories pinned introduction topic. But I also like to share folder content within any other post to offer instant access for course material / project files and more.

> [@joebuhlig](#):
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> Will it exist multiple times?

I guess not. Why is this relevant? It might be possible some NC folder sharings could occur multiple times within one Discourse instance.

> [@joebuhlig](#):
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> How much functionality do you need for it in Discourse? Read-only?

Read-only would be perfect. I need the information about file/folder names, file types, sizes, the option to expend / collapse sub folders and a direct download link.

In case the shared folder is password protected, the PW and direct link to NC should be noted somewhere beside the listing view.

> [@joebuhlig](#):
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> How much effort are you willing to put in for this to exist? (Or what kind of budget?)

It’s a complicated and fair question. I’m not very experienced in (web-based) software development and the cash flow is always an issue 🚱 I have no commercial use-case. I’d like to close the gap between course document management and an excellent community experience. Each course has it’s own category Moodle and OpenOLAT have a bad user experience.

> [@joebuhlig](#):
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> Is it really worth it? You could just link to the folder.

I would say, yes.

Having a seamless user experience in discussion and document management is the goal for integrative / barrier-free “groupware”. I would compare it with the back linking (feedback loop) of Discourse’s github commits at the comments section on [github.com](http://github.com). Every time the users need to open the link separately on anther tab / window, he/she will be interrupted and gets confused from different platforms and usabilities.

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