Projects Directory Overview

This directory contains several example projects that demonstrate different web-indexer behaviors based on special control files.

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project-a Fully Indexed

A standard project directory with no special control files. Web-indexer will:

Generate a directory index page
Include all files and subdirectories in listings
Recursively index any subdirectories

project-b-skip-index Skip Index

Contains a .skipindex file. Web-indexer will:

Show this directory in parent listings
Not generate an index page for this directory
Preserve any existing index.html file (which exists here)

This directory appears in listings but uses its custom index.html instead of a generated one.

project-c Partially Indexed

A project with mixed content including a private/ subdirectory that contains a .noindex file:

Main directory is fully indexed
The private/ subdirectory is completely hidden from listings
Files in private/ are not accessible through the web interface

Hidden Directory: project-d-ignored Not Listed

There is also a project-d-ignored directory in the source data that you won't see in any listings. It contains a .noindex file, which means:

Completely hidden from all directory listings
Not indexed by web-indexer
Not visible or accessible through the generated web index

This demonstrates the difference between .skipindex (visible but not indexed) and .noindex (completely hidden).

Control File Summary

.noindex - Directory is completely excluded from listings and indexing
.skipindex - Directory appears in listings but no index page is generated
No control file - Directory is fully indexed with generated listings