Directory Indexing

Here is a sample of a server-generated directory.

Windows httpd allows you to create HTML catalogs of your directories, in order to tell users what's in them. A catalog can be held in document or generated by the server on-the-fly.

In the latter case, the server will automatically extract the <TITLE>...</TITLE> text from HTML documents in the directory and use that for the description field! The server-generated directory listing can contain the following configurable items:

Icons which are mapped to various file types. You choose the icons and their mapping to file types. The icons themselves can optionally be hyperlinks to the files, as well as the filenames.
A descriptive string for each file, which you specify. It is even possible to have the descriptive string be an HTML link to a hidden document that gives a detailed description of the file. If given for an HTML document, this overrides the automatic title extraction.
A hidden "readme" file for each directory that is automatically displayed as part of the directory listing.

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Robert B. Denny <rdenny@netcom.com>