Making an FTP look better...

[jimbob200521]

My ftp is one of the free accounts from Dart, and so it's got the traditional ftp layout. What I'm wondering is if it's possible to make simple changes to it. I'm familiar with the basics of HTML coding, but that's about it...

I know I can turn my address into a full web page, but I don't want to go that far...things as simple as organizing folders/files in alphabetical order and possibly changing the background color and such would be nice to know how to do. Maybe even change the headers so instead of "Index of /" it could be something a little more...eye-catching.

Also, what are the folders "_private/" and "cgi-bin" for? Can these be removed without hurting/changing anything?

 

[BurnItDwn]

I am confused ... there isn't really a "layout" per say for ftp ... unless you mean the filesystem. For instance, on unix systems .... full paths are always from / where as on windows systems they will be from a drive letter, though that rarely if ever matters, as pretty much all the ftp servers out there use relative paths from wherever the ftp user is chrooted to.

If you want to change the layout, then you need to do it via html, php, or whatever CGI scripting they support.

Also, _private and cgi-bin are usually created by default when installing apache or creating web shares. It *should* be safe to remove them ...

 

[jfall]

I don't think you can do all that much with it

 

[SoulAssassin]

create a "Pr0n" folder and you have everything you need...besides, real men ftp from the command line.

 

[Nothinman]

What I'm wondering is if it's possible to make simple changes to it. I'm familiar with the basics of HTML coding, but that's about it...

No, FTP just presents a list of files, the layout you're seeing is just how your browser presents those files. If you want to change it you'll have to use HTTP and create a real webpage.