i used the following vbscript. it was a real bugger for someone who does not know vbscript. i pieced together code from about 5 different websites. hope it helps. this will not run on apache web server. i am learning javascript and hoping that is can do the same thing
directory listing
<html>
<%
' script by davidlucas@mailbox.co.za
dim category,subfolders,fso,categoryfile, categoryfolderlist, s, x
category = Request.QueryString("category")
categoryfile=Server.MapPath("pix/"&category&"/")
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set categoryfolderlist = fso.GetFolder(categoryfile)
Set SubFolders = categoryfolderlist.SubFolders
if subfolders.count=0 then
%>
<header>
<title>
David & Melanie's Photo Gallery - 404 Not Found
</title>
<body>
<br><h3><p align="center"><b>Whoops! How did you get here???</b></p></h3><br><br>
</body>
</html>
<%
else
%>
<header>
<title>
David & Melanie's Photo Gallery
</title>
</header>
<body bgcolor="#C6E2FF">
<br>
There are / will be too many links to put onto the main page, so here are the baby photos.
<br><br><br>
<p align="center"><b>Brian Sashen Lucas</b></p><br>
<%
For Each SubFolder In SubFolders
s=split(subfolder.name,". ")
%>
<a href="detailed.asp?category=baby/<%=subfolder.name%>&bgcolor=C6E2FF"><%=s(1)%></a><br>
<%
Next
%>
</body>
</html>
<%
end if
%>
file listing
<html>
<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
dim fso, photono, filelist_array, filecount, category, test, categoryfile, categoryfilelist
dim checkfilename, showname, ordered, checkorder, height, textcolor
category = Request.QueryString("category")
bgcolor = Request.QueryString("bgcolor")
showname = Request.QueryString("showname")
ordered = Request.QueryString("ordered")
photono=1
categoryfile=Server.MapPath("pix/"&category&"/")
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
<!--17 -->
set categoryfilelist = fso.GetFolder(categoryfile)
set filelist_array = categoryfilelist.Files
filecount = filelist_array.count
if (filecount = 0) then
%>
<html>
<header>
<title>
David And Melanie Photo Gallery
</title>
<!-- 33 -->
<body>
<br><h3><p align="center"><b>Coming Soon...Under Construction (or my upload failed. come back soon)</b></p></h3><br><br>
</body>
</html>
<%
else
%>
<header>
<title>
David And Melanie Photo Gallery - <%=category%>
</title>
<body bgcolor=#<%=bgcolor%>>
<h3><p align="center"><b> <%=category%></b></p></h3>
<!-- 50 -->
<table border=1 width="100%">
<tr>
<%
for each file in filelist_array
filename = file.name
checkfilename=split(filename,".")
if (checkfilename(1)="jpg" or checkfilename(1)="JPG") then
if (ordered=1) then
checkorder=split(filename,"^")
checkfilename=split(checkorder(1),".")
end if
filename=categoryfile&"\"&filename
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
<!-- 71 -->
textcolor="000000"
height="175"
if (category="David And Melanies Wedding") then
textcolor="aaaaaa"
height="150"
end if
%>
<td height="200"><p align=center><a href="pix/<%=category%>/<%
if (ordered=1) then response.write (checkorder(0)&"^") end if
%><%=checkfilename(0)%>.<%=checkfilename(1)%>"><img border="0" src="pix/<%=category%>/
<%
if (ordered=1) then response.write (checkorder(0)&"^") end if
%><%=checkfilename(0)%>.<%=checkfilename(1)%>" height="<%=height%>"></a><br>
<% if (showname="1") then
%>
<font color="#<%=textcolor%>"><%=checkfilename(0)%>
<%
end if
select case photono
case 4
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 8
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 12
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 16
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 20
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 24
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 28
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 32
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 36
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 40
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 44
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 48
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 52
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 56
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 60
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 64
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 68
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 72
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 76
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case 80
Response.write "</tr><tr>"
case else
End Select
photono=photono+1
end if
next
%>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
<%
end if
' <td width="50%" height="350"><p align=center><a href="lc00001.jpg"><img border="0" src="lc00001.jpg" height="300"></a><br>Full Picture</p></td>
' <td width="50%" height="350"><p align=center><a href="lc00001a.jpg"><img border="0" src="lc00001a.jpg" height="300"></a><br>Mechanism</p></td>
' </tr><tr>
' <td width="50%" height="350"><p align=center><a href="lc00001b.jpg"><img border="0" src="lc00001b.jpg" height="300"></a><br>Clock Face</p></td>
' <td width="50%" height="350"><p align=center><a href="lc00001c.jpg"><img border="0" src="lc00001c.jpg" height="300"></a><br>Side View</p></td>
%>