To set it up, RDP to your server, create a folder in the root of C: or D: and call it something meaningful (I went for ‘dirhtml’) and unpack the downloaded portable version into it. There is an installer version as well which you could set up in a similar way.
You can now run the main windows program – dirhtml.exe and create your settings to suit the layout you want. If you have Advanced Admin Console installed you can manage the settings through there too.
This works fine and I used this for quite a while. It nicely creates a set of web pages through a directory structure of documents that allows easy navigation. However, to date I have had to perform this process after adding or changing documents in the folders. By creating a batch file using an option on the Input / Output tab, this can now be automated through Directory Watcher.
Back on the Add Mail Address dialog in Directory Watcher, you can now add the path to your batch file.
If you add or remove a document, your web site will be automatically updated. Unfortunately, Directory Watcher does not trigger on file renaming, but this is something you get used to. You do not need to have an email alert as well if you do not need this.
The net result is my own very simple on-line document library using two WHS Add-Ins and a bit of freeware. I still need to work through the template options in ‘dirhtml’ and see if I can make something more presentable, but the function is there anyway.
Over to you on your ideas on how to get the most out of some of the simpler add-ins.
