Free Text Host

The Free Text Host website is a new project by Dagon Design. The site allows visitors to host text without having to sign up or give any personal information. One possible usage for this is to host code snippets, but it can be used for just about anything really. Options include the ability to enter a password to allow you to edit or delete your text, and the choice to use preformatted text and make links clickable.

Try it out

• Free Text Host

Changelog

• 10-22-07 - Option added to make links clickable, and to enable/disable preformatted output. You can also now edit the text with the edit/delete password.
• 10-20-07 - First public release

Usage

Just enter your text and the verification code (to help prevent spam) and you will be given a randomly generated URL that only you will know.

There is currently a 50000 character limit. I will see how this works before I raise it higher.

Options

If you choose, you can enter a password when submitting your text. This password will allow you to make changes or delete your page. If you do not include a password, the page cannot be modified.

You can also choose to use preformatted text, which means extra whitespace and linebreaks will appear exactly as you type them, and a fixed width font will be used.

Lastly, you can choose to make links in your text clickable. These links will contain the nofollow attribute.

Questions/Answers

Privacy Information

Only one cookie is used on the site, and it is for the verification code. The only information it contains is the code itself, and it is used to help prevent spam.

This site does not use any Javascript or Flash, and it has no tracking or logging features.

Is my hosted text visible by others?

Only if you give them the URL, or they guess it. The URL contains a 10 digit random alphanumeric ID, which allows for up to 3656158440062976 unique IDs, so it would be hard to guess.

The hosted text pages also use the noindex, nofollow, and noarchive robot directives to prevent search engine robots from indexing them.

Can I print my text?

Yes. If you print your page, it will only print the text itself. Everything else will be removed from the page.

Can I edit/delete my text?

Yes. When you enter your text, you have an option for a password. If you enter one, you can use it to edit or delete your page later.

What if I lose my URL?

Then it is lost. This is by design.

Possible Future Features

These are things that I may add at a later date. I plan to keep the interface relatively simple though, as it is part of my goal with this project.

• Option to make pages auto-delete after a given period of time

Disclaimer

While the generated pages are relatively private unless you give out the URL, Dagon Design cannot guarantee that no one will see your text by guessing the URL, etc.