Hi all.

I was hoping someone could give a little advice for dreamweaver. I'm trying to create a link on my web page that just targets a folder to open the folder and not a file inside it. Can anyone tell how to do this. I know it's probably a little simple for you all but we all have to start somewhere!

I created my slices in Imageready and have loaded the web page in Dreamweaver. In properties I am selecting the 'link' and entering path but it wants me to target a file. I just want to iopen the folder so the viever can browse the images inside and choose which to open.

Thanks

Zippidi

I have never used Dreamweaver to open a folder but I do have a suggestion:

Why not use Dreamweaver to create a photo album for you (you can see an example here: http://www.webimagesinc.com/developm...neWeek2005.htm )

All that is required is to open a new basic page in Dreamweaver, click on Commands/Create Photo Album and let it build all the pages for you.

Dreamweaver will automatically create the Photo Album and will also create an individual page (and all the necessary links) for every picture in the photo album so your user can click on the thumbnail and see the full size pix.

One caution - - make sure that your full size pix are small enough (probably about 400 to 500 pixels wide) so they comfortably fit on the screen or your visitors will be scrolling up and down to see the entire pix.

JohnJ

Thanks veery much for the advice. I admit I'm a little lazy when it comes to reading manuals on software programs... I guess I expect them to be idiot proof so that users like myself can utilize them. I will try your suggestion.

Cheers

Zippidi

That's all you should have to do is create a link that leads to the directory/folder that you want to show in the browser.

Something that might be a problem is permissions. If the server is set up to not allow access to a directory/folder you won't be able to see the contents of the folder. Some servers are set up so that if there is not an index file in the folder you will either see the contents of the folder or you will bolcked due to permissions.

If permissions allow you to see what's in the folder simply use a link like this

http://www.mysite.com/foldername/

and you will see the contents of the folder. Remember, if there is an index.htm file in this folder it will open. So you will need to rename index.htm to something else (Example: index1.htm )

Hope this helps