7.1. Making Better Indexes in Apache
There is a wide range of possibilities; some are demonstrated at ... /site.fancyindex :
User webuser
Group webgroup
ServerName www.butterthlies.com
DocumentRoot /usr/www/site.fancyindex/htdocs
<Directory /usr/www/site.fancyindex/htdocs>
FancyIndexing on
AddDescription "One of our wonderful catalogs" catalog_summer.html
catalog autumn.html
IndexIgnore *.jpg
IndexIgnore ..
IndexIgnore icons HEADER README
AddIconByType (CAT,icons/bomb.gif) text/*
DefaultIcon icons/burst.gif
#AddIcon (DIR,icons/burst.gif) ^^DIRECTORY^^
HeaderName HEADER
ReadMeName README
</Directory>
When you type go on the server and access http://www.butterthlies.com/ on the browser, you should see a rather fancy display:
Welcome to BUTTERTHLIES INC Name Last Modified Size Description
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<bomb> catalog_autumn.html 23-Jul-1998 09:11 1k One of our wonderful catalogs
<bomb> catalog_summer.html 25-Jul-1998 10:31 1k One of our wonderful catalogs
<burst> index.html.ok 23-Jul-1998 09:11 1k
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Butterthlies Inc, Hopeful City, Nevada 99999
(This output is from Apache 1.3; the year is displayed in four-digit format to cope with the Year 2000 problem.) How does all this work? As you can see from the httpd.conf file, this smart formatting is displayed directory by directory. The key directive is IndexOptions.
7.1.1. IndexOptions
IndexOptions option option
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