[brlug-general] view photos over http?

[Joe Fruchey]

Yes, it's a Linux box... I should've specified.

The default is to view the directory listing, but that's not very
helpful as I can't *see* the photos that way.

On 10/9/06, Blake Gardner <blake at modiphy.com> wrote:
>
>  Don't rely on your web host strictly as backup storage, at least read up on
> there policy of backups. dont automatically assume your backups are being
> backed up lol.
>
>  Anyway if its a Linux/apache host you can enable directory indexing for
> that folder, and you will be able to browse /photos/ and get folder/file
> listings and view pictures.
>
>  Go into your /photos/ folder and create a file called .htaccess and put
> this inside of it
>
>  Options +Indexes
>
>  Yes its got a dot in front of the file name, its a hidden nix file.
>
>  Joe Fruchey wrote:
>
> I have a hosting account at DreamHost that was just upped to 400GB! So
> I want to move all my photos there as an off-site backup. Once that's
> done, I want to be able to browse them via the web. I don't want
> anything fancy like albums, tags, ratings, etc. (That's what I have a
> Flickr account for), just something to let me see the photos similar
> to how a local browsing app would function.
>
> I've looked at Gallery, but the folders have to be manually added.
>
> Oh, and the organization theme is like:
>
> /photos/2006/2006-10-09,Kids_at_the_park/P1040950.JPG
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
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