The cloudHQ extension for Google Chrome has been upgraded to simplify backup and replication setup!

Now, you can setup synchronization and replication of any of your data between your Google Docs, Dropbox, Basecamp and other cloud services, directly from a Google Docs interface.              

• Easy set up synchronization or replication of your Google Docs files or collections with Dropbox, Basecamp, or SugarSync. You can even sync with another Google Docs account in seconds!
  
  
• Sync your Dropbox, Basecamp, or SugarSync files and folders (Box.net and Evernote sync coming soon!) with Google Docs with a few clicks! For example, you can replicate a newly shared Dropbox folder or document directly into Google Docs.
  
  
• Check the status and get a list of latest synchronized files directly from your Chrome extension - no need to visit cloudHQ.net!

Click here to install it.

We had a bug that, for some accounts, Dropbox and Basecamp txt files were not converted into Google Docs format. So these txt files were not editable in Google Docs.

We have fixed the problem and now converting of txt wiles to Google Docs format works for ALL accounts.

This also means that our Google Chrome Extension will be allow you to edit any Dropbox and Basecamp txt files directly from a Google Docs interface.

cloudHQ Team.

Our father is not very computer savvy so to explain him the point of cloudHQ we told him the following story…

While cloud computing and keeping files over the web in sync have only been around for a just a couple of years, the concept is not a new one.

Back in the 1930s when there were no computers, a company could have multiple offices located in different parts of a town, or even across cities. Each office is responsible for a certain function in the company, but they also need to share documents between offices.

To do this, they had secretaries copy and re-type documents to be sent via courier to the other offices around town. The courier will be responsible for delivering the updated set of documents to each office, keeping them ‘in sync.’
 
Now, offices are not in different parts of a town, but they are in the cloud; the offices are different cloud services like Google Docs, Dropbox, SugarSync, and Basecamp. The documents that need to be shared between offices are held in different cloud services like Google Docs, Dropbox, and Basecamp, making it an even tougher situation than before. Also documents need to be protected against fires, floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters.

So what’s the 21st century solution?

The old reliable courier is now cloudHQ, keeping your documents and files updated across computers and different cloud services automatically – without your secretaries having to re-type them!

Also because documents are now replicated and reside in multiple cloud services they are 100% protected against malicious or accidental deletions.

Try cloudHQ today and give the courier a rest :) Keep your Google Docs, Dropbox, and Basecamp assets safely backed up and synchronized.

With cloudHQ, all of your Basecamp projects attachments and messages can be stored on Dropbox secure servers and on your computer (PC or Mac). Furthermore, when you add or modify a file on your local hard disk, it will be automatically uploaded into a Basecamp project. No more worrying about whether your local copy is different from one in your Basecamp project. And, last but not least, you can access all your Basecamp projects directly from your mobile phone via Dropbox mobile application.

Here are short instructions how to setup sync between Dropbox and Basecamp:

Sign Up to cloudHQ

If you are a new cloudHQ user click “Sign up Now” button.

Select “Use Google Gmail ID” to create an account using your Gmail account. Or Select “Use Google Apps Domain” if you have Google Apps domain.

Click “Create Account” button.

Now, you will be forward to Google page asking you to allow cloudHQ to learn your Google account email.

Start synchronization wizard

After you are logged into cloudHQ, you will be asked whether to setup sync. Click on “Yes”. 

The first step is to add Basecamp. Click on “Basecamp” image button to add Basecamp service to cloudHQ.

Now you will be forwarded to page asking you for Basecamp credentials. 

• Type Basecamp account URL
• Type Basecamp user name
• Type Basecamp password
• Click “Add Basecamp Account” button

After successful authorization, you need to specify which Basecamp projects to sync.

To synchronize only Basecamp attachment, select Basecamp folder “Files”. This folder contains all project attachments.

At this point, Basecamp is configured.

To add Dropbox, click “Droopbox” image button to add Dropbox service to cloudHQ.

cloudHQ will redirect you Dropbox page to authorize cloudHQ to access your Dropbox account.

After the Dropbox is authorized, you need to specify Dropbox RSS feed of your Dropbox account.

To find you RSS fee, do to www.dropbox.com, select “Events” tab, and click “Subscribe to this feed” button:

Click “Copy to clipboard” button to copy Dropbox RSS feed to clipboard.

Go back to cloudHQ and paste Dropbox RSS feed in the specified text box. Click “Save”.

Now, you need to specify which Dropbox folders to sync with Basecamp project.

At last step, click “Start Realtime Continuous Synchronization” button which will start real time synchronization and replication between Basecamp and Dropbox.

Basecamp is a very popular web based project management tool developed by 37signals.

Dropbox  is a service that uses cloud computing to enable users to store and share files and folders from their computers with others across the Internet.

When you’re managing projects in Basecamp, there’s the common issue of attaching and then downloading files to view and edit documents from different team members, contractors, clients and freelancers.

We think that cloudHQ for Dropbox can greatly simplify asset and document management for Basecamp users.  Just enable cloudHQ real time synchronization of files between Basecamp and Dropbox.  And that’s it: set it and forget it.

All of your Basecamp projects will be stored on Dropbox secure servers and on your computer (PC or Mac). Furthermore, when you add or modify a file on your local hard disk, it will be automatically uploaded into a Basecamp project. No more worrying about whether your local copy is different from one in your Basecamp project. And, last but not least, you can access all your Basecamp projects directly from your mobile phone via Dropbox mobile application.

Real Time and Continuos Synchronization by cloudHQ will keep track of files for changes and copy files with a very short delay after the change has occurred.

Here are step by step instructions on how to setup cloudHQ to synchronize your Basecamp projects with Dropbox.

Add Basecamp to cloudHQ

In the Manage Services tab connect Dropbox and Basecamp with cloudHQ

Add Dropbox to cloudHQ

Create a new folder in Dropbox which will store your

Basecamp project(s)

Setup Basecamp and Dropbox Synchronization

In the Synchronize Files tab, enable synchronization. Select your Basecamp account and your Dropbox directory created in the previous step.

And that is all. The cloudHQ will start synchronizing Dropbox with Basecamp. 

Synchronize Basecamp, Google Docs and Dropbox with cloudHQ

The benefits of Basecamp to a business can’t be stressed enough. It’s a robust web-based platform for managing projects and collaborating with different group in the organization or freelancers. Small business and large corporations rely on Basecamp, but it isn’t without its flaws.

 For example, many freelancers and virtual teams use Google Docs to create, edit, and share their work online. Some may also use Dropbox as online storage to access their files wherever they are. The problem that arises is when you tie these cloud services together; in order to view and edit documents over Basecamp, you’ll have to save a copy from Google Docs, attach it to Basecamp, download the file and then open it to review the file. To store an online backup, you’ll have to download the file and then put it on your Dropbox folder or SugarSync. You’ll end up with multiple files and risk having different versions that have different edits.

 Asset management doesn’t have to be this cluttered – with cloudHQ, you can manage all your work documents in a single interface and keep files synched between Basecamp, Google Docs, Dropbox and SugarSync. No need to download and attach files – just edit and save files directly on cloudHQ and keep your assets all in one place.

Consolidate the assets that your freelancers, contractors and team members, or even share documents and files with your clients and customers easily. CloudHQ can contiguously backup all your assets on Basecamp, Google Docs and even Dropbox or Sugarsync easily.

Try cloudHQ today for free. Visit http://www.cloudhq.net/dropbox (if you use Dropbox) or http://www.cloudhq.net/sugarsync (if you use Sugarsync).

When you’re managing projects with different assets in Basecamp, there’s the common issue of attaching and then downloading files to view and edit documents from different team members, contractors, clients and freelancers. When you have to save a copy locally, this poses the challenge of having many different versions of files with revisions, updates and changes that you or your peers may not know of. Documents and files from team members need to be downloaded to be reviewed and modified, and then attached to Basecamp.

A lot of freelancers and virtual teams use Google Docs, Dropbox or SugarSync to create and collaborate on work documents, but these documents can’t be sent directly to Basecamp. The increasing use of Dropbox as online storage can’t be normally integrated with Basecamp. This ‘file fragmentation’ leads to decreased productivity and unnecessary delays, errors and lost opportunities.

Businesses cannot afford to keep making these mistakes – as the saying goes, “time is money.” There is a way to manage all your assets in Basecamp, Google Docs and Dropbox – cloudHQ. Using cloudHQ, you can manage all your files and documents from a Google Docs interface, all the while keeping your files safely and continuously synchronized with your Dropbox folder and Basecamp project. It allows you to collaborate with all the groups in your company and clients and sync it with your projects on Basecamp.

All your Basecamp, Google Docs and Dropbox files synchronized and ready for collaboration with cloudHQ. Don’t waste your precious time – get cloudHQ now at www.cloudhq.net/dropbox.

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It’s a cloud computing nightmare scenario; you’re presenting to a high profile client tomorrow and you just finished your report on Google Docs after an all-nighter. After leaving the office, your boss calls and has last minute changes to the contents of your report. You rush to your hotel room to make the changes, only to find out that you can’t access Google Docs through your laptop. If only you had a backup on a USB thumb drive or even better, a Dropbox folder.

Companies and individuals alike now rely on Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions more than ever. This reliance on cloud storage and tools presents the issue of the fragmentation of your work and files. Your documents are only editable on Google Docs while your files on Dropbox are not editable directly. Or when using Basecamp, you still need to have the file locally in order to upload it to Basecamp.

 
The solution to this problem is cloudHQ. By synchronizing yours and your company’s SaaS assets, you can work on your documents stored in Dropbox in a Google Docs interface. Not only do you solve the problem of having one or more SaaS services unavailable, you also streamline your processes and become more productive.

The nightmare scenario above could have been easily solved if you used cloudHQ to synch your Google Docswith Dropbox and edit it locally using the editor of your choice. Be smart, synchronize and make your cloud computing solutions work better with cloudHQ. 

Try cloudHQ for SugarSync or cloudHQ for Dropbox now. Also check out the cloudHQ.net Google Chrome extensions at https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search?q=cloudhq.

To a student working on a term paper, a freelancer working with a virtual team, or a company managing multiple projects, Google Docs is a blessing. It allows you to create documents, spreadsheets, forms, and more. Since Google Docs is web-based, everything is saved online and makes working between different computers and devices a breeze. It’s the best way to share documents and work together “on the cloud.”

Google Docs is an excellent tool for collaboration, but it’s not really a service you can use for storage and backup. This is when most individuals and businesses opt for cloud storage services such as Dropbox. But then, Dropbox lacks the collaborative capabilities of Google Docs.

Fortunately, there’s cloudHQ for Dropbox. It’s the simplest way to integrate your Google Docs projects with Dropbox’s online storage and backup. With cloudHQ, you can keep your Google Docs synchronized with Dropbox so that you’ll always have access to your documents, wherever and whenever you need them.

Using cloudHQ chrome extension, you can manage all your Dropbox files directly from the Google Docs interface, making it easier for you to edit your files and have access to them on the cloud. cloudHQ also continuously keeps your Google Docs synchronized with your Dropbox folder, ensuring that your most important documents are backed up and safe.

Through cloudHQ, your business is always available even in unforeseen circumstances. Even if Google Docs is down, you can still access your files on Dropbox. If you’re on a computer without a Dropbox installation, you can still work on your projects through Google Docs.

cloudHQ simplifies your cloud storage management, enabling you and your organization to be more productive. Signup for the private beta of cloudHQ for Dropbox today at http://www.cloudhq.net/dropbox/interest and be one of the first to try out the service when it’s available.