[aprssig] Web page index?

[Arnie Shore]

Static pages like that degrade over time as changes are made to that
directory, and it's forgotten that it needs to be reflected in the
page.

Listing the directory contents is a minor php task;  let me know
off-list if needed.

as

On 11/19/11, Andrew P. <andrewemt at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Note that most modern word-processors (Microsoft Word, OpenOffice Writer,
> etc.) can read a plain text document and save it as an HTML document, to get
> around the ugliness Keith noted. It can then be edited by those same
> programs to make later changes. It's still not super-fancy multimedia HTML,
> but you don't need it for that kind of information.
>
> And you can use anchor tags to put a document table-of-contents at the top
> of a document.
>
> Simple and easy.
>
> Andrew KA2DDO
> ------Original Message------
> From: Keith VE7GDH
> To: aprssig at tapr.org
> Sent: Nov 19, 2011 8:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] Web page index?
>
>
> Bob WB4APR wrote...
>
>> Anyone know the HTML to cause a directory listing?
>
> Speak with your server administrator. There are settings in httpd.conf
> (Directory - Options - Indexes) that allow or deny directory listings.
> However, getting it enabled isn't a replacement for having proper
> navigation on the site.
>
>> I have a directory on my web page of all the original APRS docs. But
>> I don't know the HTML to cause a list to be displayed. Anyone?
>>
>> For example, there are dozens of files of the form:
>>
>> http://aprs.org/APRS-docs/METEORS.TXT or
>
> That file doesn't exist, hence the 404 error. The real file is...
>
> http://aprs.org/APRS-docs/METEOR.TXT
>
>> http://aprs.org/APRS-docs/SPACE.TXT etc
>
> That one does exist.
>
>> which outta just be able to be listed, without me having to make a list of
>> URL's?
>
> http://aprs.org/APRS-docs/
>
> The above URL yields a 403 error. as they suggest, file and folder
> ownership and permissions could be a factor too.
>
> As I suggested above, just allowing directory browsing isn't a substitute
> for having good navigation. If you really want people to find files, there
> should be links to them, with logical directions from the home page to
> sub-sections on the site and links directly to pages that you want people
> to find.
>
> While text files "work" (they can be viewed in a browser) they don't
> allow use of navigation. In my opinion, they are "sloppy" for web use,
> forcing the visitor to rely on the "back" button to get to the previous
> page,
> and it is even sloppier hoping visitors will find a file even if directory
> listings are allowed.
>
> Consider getting a web designer involved even if just for half an hour.
> There are many on this list as well as professional ones. You can have
> all the information in the world on a site, but if no-one can find it...
>
> 73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
> --
> "I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"
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