Hide parent directory in Apache
Apache can generate directory indexes, automatically, similar to the Unix ls command or the Win32 dir shell command. With default settings, parent directory will be displayed too. If you want to hide...
View ArticleCreate XML from directory list with Apache
In Apache world, the index of a directory can come from one of two sources - a file written by the user, typically called index.html or a listing generated by the server. If you enable automatic index...
View ArticleStyling Apache directory listings
In this post you will find how to make stylish listing generated by the Apache server. This is not just another CSS solution. The trick is in configuring Apache to generate XML directory list and to...
View ArticleApache hides directories with .htaccess file
Placing .htaccess file to the directory will hide it from the parent directory index. Simply said, directory with .htaccess file will be hidden by default in Apache 2.2 and later. To display...
View ArticleSymbolic link and Apache directory listing
This post explains how to set (and enable) document root as a symbolic link for Apache web server. By default symbolic link is not enabled and error message will be displayed instead of requested page....
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