Website question

[Anubis]

i have a website hosted at 1 and 1 and im a n00b at this so i have a simple question

i want to be able to point people to my page say "www.my site.com/pics" and have it list the pics that are in that dir like this. example

i tried just uploading the pics and they typing the URL of the dir but i got an 404 error

what do i have to do to make it work

 

[Heisenberg]

You have to enable directory browsing/listing on the web server.

 

[minendo]

Enable directory listing.

 

[Anubis]

and where do i do that from?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Anubis
and where do i do that from?

Should be an option in cPanel.

 

[bradruth]

You have to make it "index.htm" or "index.html" at my school. Here's mine.

 

[Heisenberg]

n/m - didn't see it was hosted on 1and1

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
n/m - didn't see it was hosted on 1and1

is that a problim? is it not possiable on 1 and 1?

 

[Heisenberg]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
n/m - didn't see it was hosted on 1and1

is that a problim? is it not possiable on 1 and 1?

I dunno as I've never used 1and1. I thought you were hosting it on a local box and using something like apache. minendo's post says there should be an option in cpanel to do it.

 

[Anubis]

yea im searching the CP and not finding it

MIM what is it under

 

[minendo]

If it is not in cPanel, see if you have a file named .htaccess in your main directory. If so, make a copy of it on your local machine. Then delete the one off of your webspace. See if that works.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: minendo
If it is not in cPanel, see if you have a file named .htaccess in your main directory. If so, make a copy of it on your local machine. Then delete the one off of your webspace. See if that works.

says permission denied when i try to delete it

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: minendo
If it is not in cPanel, see if you have a file named .htaccess in your main directory. If so, make a copy of it on your local machine. Then delete the one off of your webspace. See if that works.

says permission denied when i try to delete it

Download it. Open it in notepad and put in the line:

Options +Indexes

Save and upload to replace the original one.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: minendo
If it is not in cPanel, see if you have a file named .htaccess in your main directory. If so, make a copy of it on your local machine. Then delete the one off of your webspace. See if that works.

says permission denied when i try to delete it

Download it. Open it in notepad and put in the line:

Options +Indexes

Save and upload to replace the original one.

that aint happeneing either, i cant delete it or over write it

 

[RossMAN]

1and1 - repeat after me

Since you don't have access to cPanel I'd say .htaccess is your best option.

Which FTP client do you use?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1and1 - repeat after me

Since you don't have access to cPanel I'd say .htaccess is your best option.

Which FTP client do you use?

im useing smartFTP

and i have access to a 1and1 Controll pannel,

 

[RossMAN]

Does the 1and1 control panel have a "file manager"?

 

[cpals]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1and1 - repeat after me

Since you don't have access to cPanel I'd say .htaccess is your best option.

Which FTP client do you use?

He said it won't let him overwrite or delete the htaccess file...

Your best bet would just to create a html file with all the pics listed.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: cpals

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1and1 - repeat after me

Since you don't have access to cPanel I'd say .htaccess is your best option.

Which FTP client do you use?

He said it won't let him overwrite or delete the htaccess file...

Your best bet would just to create a html file with all the pics listed.

yes but thats a pain in the arse if i chage pics often

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: cpals

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1and1 - repeat after me

Since you don't have access to cPanel I'd say .htaccess is your best option.

Which FTP client do you use?

He said it won't let him overwrite or delete the htaccess file...

Your best bet would just to create a html file with all the pics listed.

yes but thats a pain in the arse if i chage pics often

Can you set up subdomain redirects in your cPanel?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: cpals

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1and1 - repeat after me

Since you don't have access to cPanel I'd say .htaccess is your best option.

Which FTP client do you use?

He said it won't let him overwrite or delete the htaccess file...

Your best bet would just to create a html file with all the pics listed.

yes but thats a pain in the arse if i chage pics often

Can you set up subdomain redirects in your cPanel?

i beleive so

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: cpals

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1and1 - repeat after me

Since you don't have access to cPanel I'd say .htaccess is your best option.

Which FTP client do you use?

He said it won't let him overwrite or delete the htaccess file...

Your best bet would just to create a html file with all the pics listed.

yes but thats a pain in the arse if i chage pics often

Can you set up subdomain redirects in your cPanel?

i beleive so

Place all of the pictures in one folder. For example name that folder pics. Set up a subdomain pics.yourdomain.com and have it point to the pics folder.

 

[cpals]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: cpals

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1and1 - repeat after me

Since you don't have access to cPanel I'd say .htaccess is your best option.

Which FTP client do you use?

He said it won't let him overwrite or delete the htaccess file...

Your best bet would just to create a html file with all the pics listed.

yes but thats a pain in the arse if i chage pics often

Can you set up subdomain redirects in your cPanel?

i beleive so

Place all of the pictures in one folder. For example name that folder pics. Set up a subdomain pics.yourdomain.com and have it point to the pics folder.

I don't see how that would fix anything, unless I'm missing something.

Also, I'm sure there is some cgi script (hotscripts.com) that can just list all images in a domain.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: cpals

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: cpals

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1and1 - repeat after me

Since you don't have access to cPanel I'd say .htaccess is your best option.

Which FTP client do you use?

He said it won't let him overwrite or delete the htaccess file...

Your best bet would just to create a html file with all the pics listed.

yes but thats a pain in the arse if i chage pics often

Can you set up subdomain redirects in your cPanel?

i beleive so

Place all of the pictures in one folder. For example name that folder pics. Set up a subdomain pics.yourdomain.com and have it point to the pics folder.

I don't see how that would fix anything, unless I'm missing something.

Also, I'm sure there is some cgi script (hotscripts.com) that can just list all images in a domain.

Worked for me. In my situation Gallery automatically redirects all traffic to the main page. By setting up a subdomain and pointing it to a certain folder, I was able to get directory listing. None of the other ways would work.

 

a quick php script will display links to all photos in the directory