Looking for a better index than index.html

Question

So I have a small web server where I store my php/javascript pages.

These pages are mainly just samples and practice files, but I am looking for a way to show previews of the pages.

Currently I use the default Apache index.html, which just provides a list of all the files in the directory.

I am looking for a page that has tiles of all the web pages and providers a preview of the file.

Or anything else that you may recommend as better.

Thanks

Have you read this: http://perishablepress.com/better-default-directory-views-with-htaccess/? — j08691, Aug 29 '12 at 19:02
Seems to let you play with index.html not do anything fancy with it. — Dan Ciborowski - MSFT, Aug 29 '12 at 19:16

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '12 at 19:10

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Here's two that are close to what you want. You can probably customize them a bit.

PHP Directory Listing Script

PHP Directory Listing

answered Aug 29 '12 at 19:10

Nilpo

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Second Link has a good sample of pictures, now how can I auto generate images..... – Dan Ciborowski - MSFT Aug 29 '12 at 19:16
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To include thumbnails of pages, you will also need to implement a method of getting those screenshots. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/757675/website-screenshots-using-php – Nilpo Aug 29 '12 at 19:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 29 '12 at 19:14

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there may be a browser that has an option to output a screenshot of a given page that u could run on the server when the index file is requested but u would probably want to cache the screenshot

answered Aug 29 '12 at 19:14

Jay

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This is an apache server, why would I want to run a browser on it...? – Dan Ciborowski - MSFT Aug 29 '12 at 19:17
because a page may be dynamic and to generate a preview of it would require a browser to load the page and save the contents of the viewport to an image – Jay Aug 29 '12 at 19:59

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 29 '12 at 19:15

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You can use imagegrabscreen to create page preview http://php.net/manual/en/function.imagegrabscreen.php

answered Aug 29 '12 at 19:15

Philippe Boissonneault

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Says its only useable in Windows. I would rather just use the snipping tool if I am going to be manually taking screenshots. – Dan Ciborowski - MSFT Aug 29 '12 at 19:19

Looking for a better index than index.html

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