It's not quite as convenient as copying a public link in Dropbox, but you can just copy and paste the unique id string from the share link, like:<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/folder/d/{id}/edit" rel="nofollow">https://docs.google.com/folder/d/{id}/edit</a><p>To:<p><a href="https://googledrive.com/host/{id}/" rel="nofollow">https://googledrive.com/host/{id}/</a><p>And it works.
It's funny. I spent a while yesterday trying to find a free easy and secure way for anyone to publish static websites, but couldn't find anything that was like the Dropbox public folder option. And now Google comes out with this...<p>I guess I'll have to update my post <a href="http://www.zappable.com/2012/11/the-zappable-guide-to-finding-a-web-host/" rel="nofollow">http://www.zappable.com/2012/11/the-zappable-guide-to-findin...</a>
>We look forward to seeing what you create, and we’re happy to answer your questions on Stack Overflow.<p>A little bit OT, but using Stack Overflow rather than their Google Group is kind of odd?
To me this doesn't sound very exciting. To publish static website/contents programatically , why would i bother use this and not Github pages? It's easier and more programmers friendly too, since it's git.
I have made a video tutorial and step-by-step guide here.
<a href="http://www.tweaklip.com/internet/50-publish-static-website-using-google-drive" rel="nofollow">http://www.tweaklip.com/internet/50-publish-static-website-u...</a>