On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Joshua Slive wrote: > <Quote Rich Bowen> > 2.0 now has a very nice explanation of how the automatic directory > ordering and searching works, but there is, as far as I can find, no > description of this behavior in the 1.3 docs. I'm writing such a > description, and wondered where the best place to put it would be. In > the 2.0 docs, it is stuck in at the top of mod_autoindex.html, which > seems like a somewhat logical place, but means that you have to scroll > for some time to get to the listing of directives. However, if this is > where folks want it, I'll put it in there. > </Quote> > > The directive listing should not be shoved down. If the "Summary" grows > beyond a few paragraphs, then it should be split into sections and placed > below the directive listing. So it should be > > 1. Header stuff > 2. Summary (1-3 paragraphs) > 3. Directive Listing > 4. More details (as many sections as required) > 5. Directive definitions.
Just for the record, this ordering seems to be the way that it is handled in /mod/mod_mime.html and it works very well there. I think that rearranging the 2.0 autoindex docs in this manner would be a very simple undertaking. Any objections if I go ahead and do that? -- Who can say where the road goes Where the day flows Only time --Pilgrim (Enya - A Day Without Rain) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]