FancyDir

FancyDir styles Apache’s default (and rather ugly) directory listing, turning it into something considerably easier on the eyes. Because it uses Apache’s mod_autoindex FancyDir does not rely on any additional scripting engine such as PHP.

Features

• Requires Apache 2.x with the mod_autoindex module.
• Inline search — dynamically filter your files.
• Breadcrumb navigation — quickly navigate to a parent folder.
• Tested in major browsers (Internet Explorer 7–9, Firefox, Opera and Chrome).
• Degrades gracefully — While some features require JavaScript, if it is disabled users are still presented with a clear layout.

Demo

A demonstration page showing FancyDir’s output can be found at http://bpscott.github.com/FancyDir/.

Updates

• v2.0 — 2011/04/17 — Search is now much faster, removed lightbox effects (they’re so 2008), removed all dependencies on jQuery and dropped support for IE6.
• v1.0.1 — 2008/08/05 — Optimised the search slightly and added more content types to display within the iframe.
• v1.0 — 2008/07/20 — FancyDir’s first release.

Download & Installation

1. Download FancyDir-v2.0.zip
2. Upload the fancydir directory to the root of your domain (so it would be accessible at yourdomain.com/fancydir/)
3. Upload the .htaccess file to the root of your domain, if a .htaccess file already exists then append the contents of the fancydir .htaccess file to your own.
4. Enjoy your fancy directory listings.

Notes

• Sometimes you don’t want list the contents of a directory, in this case create a .htaccess file containing the line Options -Indexes and place it in the directory you don’t want listed.
• FancyDir uses the Silk iconset from famfamfam

License

FancyDir is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Use and modify FancyDir as you see fit but please include a comment marking this as the original source.