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MS Office Forum / Publisher / Web Design / August 2005Display list of files rather than a normal web page.
I have a web site that works fine with index.htm etc for home page and hyperlinks to some folders with all the necessary to display some photos generated with Porta. All works as I expect. What do I need to do to have a link to another folder and just display a listing of files in that folder so that you could click on one (say a PDF ) and it would open? This would allow adding and subtacting files without changeing the index.htm etc.  SignatureJohn G Wot's Your Real Problem? John G, Perhaps this article will explain: http://www.publishermvps.com/Default.aspx?tabid=157 DavidF > I have a web site that works fine with index.htm etc for home page and > hyperlinks to some folders with all the necessary to display some photos [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Wot's Your Real Problem? David, Thanks for the pointer but it does not seem to solve my problem. I am using FTP Explorer to upload my Pub03 generated index.htm and the index files, all works fine. If I create another directory and just put a file in it as described with no index.htm, then put a link like "http://www.mysite.com/myfoldername/mystuff.doc " in a button on the home page, cliking that button gets an error 403 file not found. Forbidden or permission denied. I would like it to display a tree of that folder and sub folders and I have seen it work but just cannot find how to do it. SignatureJohn G "> John G, > > Perhaps this article will explain: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> Wot's Your Real Problem? the file mystuff.doc has to actually existing in the folder ../foldername. You may have to have the host enable directory browsing on /foldername even if you don't have an index in that folder. > David, > Thanks for the pointer but it does not seem to solve my problem. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >>> >>> Wot's Your Real Problem? Directory Browsing may well be the clue I was looking for, because I have seen it just happen apparently with no index.htm but then not since I moved to this provider. Thanks Rob. SignatureJohn G > the file mystuff.doc has to actually existing in the folder > ../foldername. [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >>>> >>>> Wot's Your Real Problem? Just found this example of what I was trying to describe. ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/ How is it generated? I am not looking for anything as complicated but the idea is there. John G > Directory Browsing may well be the clue I was looking for, because I > have seen it just happen apparently with no index.htm but then not [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Wot's Your Real Problem? Hi John, Ask your web host about setting up FTP accounts or folders. The one you reference is a 'public' or 'anonymous' folder which does not require a password to access. Depending on how you want it set up, you might want to consider a password protected folder for your documents. You might still create a page on your site to list the different documents with links and descriptions. Go back to your example and open the README.html file to see how this site did this. I have a reports page on my site that links to PDF formatted reports that can be downloaded, that are all kept in a reports folder. If you left click on the link and you have the Adobe plugin installed on your browser, the file will automatically download and open in your browser. If not, you will get the option of saving to your hard drive. I find this approach easier and more effective for most people as the file names themselves are not that descriptive. DavidF > Just found this example of what I was trying to describe. > [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] > >>>>> > >>>>> Wot's Your Real Problem? Thats different that's an ftp folder...talk to your host to set one up...if they allow it. > Just found this example of what I was trying to describe. > [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> Wot's Your Real Problem? David and Rob, Thanks for your help. I had access to another ISP and web page. It worked how I expected. I dumped the old index.htm and index files and rebuilt them from scratch but looking just the same now if I use a url with the folder name as the last part I get a directory of that folder just as I was looking for. Don't know why but its fixed Thanks Another step forward. SignatureJohn G Wot's Your Real Problem? > Thats different that's an ftp folder...talk to your host to set one > up...if they allow it. [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Wot's Your Real Problem? Take a look here and see if that would work for you. www.vanusa.org Il Messaggio Archive page. Instead of dates, use file names. SignatureDon Vancouver, USA >I have a web site that works fine with index.htm etc for home page and >hyperlinks to some folders with all the necessary to display some photos [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > This would allow adding and subtacting files without changeing the > index.htm etc. |
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