It seems so close to working but right after it asks if I want to create the
folder it errors and says OneNote was unable to create the folder. I guess
there is some sort of permission problem somewhere, but it's getting real
late, I'll have to look at it more tomorrow. Thank you so much though for
pointing this out, it seems very useful for a number of ideas I have. I think
tomorrow I'm going to see if I can get Windows to map a drive to the
documents folder, maybe that will make the permissions a bit more straight
forward. Any ideas?

"hey_tommy" wrote:

> You can use Office Live Small Business to get this functionality for free -
> and I am currently using that solution myself and can confirm it works
> excellent.
>
> Go to http://smallbusiness.officelive.com/ and create an account (using your
> existing Windows Live ID account - or you can set up a new Window Live ID if
> you like).
>
> Once there, go to the Business Applications section (which is basically the
> SharePoint portion of your Office Live account) - you'll find it under the
> 'More' menu option in the top navigation bar.
>
> The first time you click there, you'll be asked to wait while the Business
> Applications feature is activated (a few minutes - basically, it's creating a
> new SharePoint workspace).
>
> You can then use the default 'Documents' document library in the default
> Document Manager application - or alternatively, add a new application and/or
> a new document library.
>
> With the basic, free service, you can have up to 5 different users including
> yourself. Each user login is based on an email address, but if that email
> address doesn't already have a Live ID associated with it, that user will be
> required to create one (and keep in mind you can create a Live ID for ANY
> email address - not just the Microsoft ones ending in hotmail.com or
> live.com). Also, your Business Applications area (ie, the SharePoint portion
> of your Office Live Small Business account) allows you up to 50 MB of
> storage.
>
> You can upgrade either the storage or the number of users (or both) for a
> *very* reasonable price - you'll see links to it in the associated areas - or
> conversely, you can go to Add/Manage Services option in the top navbar's
> 'More' submenu.
>
> To create a shared notebook in your document library of choice, make note of
> its URL when you've navigated to it via clicking its tab in your business
> application - and strip away the 'Forms/AllItems.aspx' at the end.
>
> In OneNote, select to create a new notebook, choose a name and a template
> (or use the blank template) and click Next. Then select 'Multiple people will
> use this notebook' and 'On a server' radio buttons - and next once again. And
> finally, enter the URL you've noted (once again, with 'Forms/AllItems.aspx'
> stripped from its end) - make note of the full path URL being show right
> below the URL text field - it's basically that same URL you pasted, with your
> notebook's chosen name as the subdirectory - and this is what you'll give out
> to other users (and what will appear in the email that's automatically
> created for you to send out to your partners if you leave the checkbox below
> checked when you hit 'Create').
>
>
> Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further questions,
>
> Tom
>
>
> "RSlaton" wrote:
>
> > I would like to share a notebook with some family members in order to
> > collaborate notes. We aren't networked so I can't put it on a network drive.
> > Everybody needs to be able to edit the notebook so just emailing them the
> > onenote file isn't feasible either. And I can't afford to buy a server
> > computer with sharepoint and all that. I have played around with trying to
> > share it with SkyDrive and Live Workspaces but it doesn't seem to work that
> > way. Is there some sort of hosting site that will work with OneNote that I
> > don't know about? Or are there places that will sell you a little space on a
> > sharepoint server?