Comments on: indices: prettying up apache directory listings

By: cjjesus

cjjesus — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:34:37 +0000

i have a simple .htaccess i been tested:

# For the PHP file to execute in a header, need to have a major type of text
AddType text/html .php
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php

IndexOptions FancyIndexing XHTML FoldersFirst

HeaderName /css/header.php
ReadmeName /css/footer.php

# custom error documents
ErrorDocument 401 /css/h.php
ErrorDocument 403 /css/403.php
ErrorDocument 404 /css/404.php
ErrorDocument 500 /css/500.php

# or quick custom error “document”..
ErrorDocument 404 “ERROR – BEIF@servererror – 404 There is nothing here.. go away quickly!

By: Balt

Balt — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:54:37 +0000

Looks really nice! Trying to get it to work on OS X 10.6 with apache 2.2.17 and php 5.3.4… looks like the header php does not get executed as php though. Any idea where to start looking?

By: Adam Johnston

Adam Johnston — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:24:00 +0000

I came across quite a few solutions to the ugly Apache lists – this is the only one that I got working quickly and effectively. Also, from a tech solution perspective, it is the most elegant!
Many thanks to you sir.

By: BenC

BenC — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:23:15 +0000

As an intellectual exercise, I’m trying to get this working with mod_python instead of php. I’m having trouble getting the “HeaderName header.py” to treat header.py as a cgi script. I’m a bit new to mod_python so I definitely have it set up wrong. Two Questions: 1. how should /indices/.htaccess be setup and 2. Do I need to call “req.write(‘header html here’)” or call “print ‘header html here’”

By: gse

gse — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:26:52 +0000

Ah, that’s a different htaccess file, the “secondary” one. And on my server I do run with Options -Indexes in that file. I don’t even remember why!

By: nitro2k01

nitro2k01 — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:55:11 +0000

Yep, you did, here. Of course, that was probably a typo but I found that thread when Googling for info on HeaderName/ReadmeName. But it’s still incorrect, and RHF ended up “solving” the problem by doing “Options Indexes” and “AllowOverride None” in the Apache config file.

So, anyway, I managed to do what I wanted, and I actually didn’t use Indices, but I rolled my own. Which was my plan from the beginning. I was just looking for info on how to get everything to work. See my tweet for the URL. (Don’t want to add another URL to the comment so it’s marked for moderation :p )

By: gse

gse — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 04:16:56 +0000

Did I write -Indexes somewhere? Hm, that does seem wrong. Yes, plus sign is what I use…

By: nitro2k01

nitro2k01 — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:10:41 +0000

A little tip to those who can’t get the PHP code to execute, especially on web hosts: Don’t include the AddType and AddHandler lines. I blindly assumed they needed to be there and tried everything else. Also Scott, your post in the Ubuntu forum, where you first mentioned those lines, has another strange thing in it… “Options -Indexes”. Should be “Options +Indexes” , right? :)
Just Indexes doesn’t do it for me; it need to be +Indexes.

By: gse

gse — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:17:03 +0000

Sorry, no other ideas other than the usual — be sure that you’re running a recent enough version of Apache, check your logs for telltale warnings and errors, etc.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:26:38 +0000

Oops, yes, what I said was not actually true, which is why everything works when I upload it to my hosting provider: the above listed .htaccess file *is* in the folder that contains header.php and footer.html.

Any other ideas? Thanks!