Click: on the wizard graphic below to discover it's uses.
Basic User Data
These fields are data the web server uses to generate default web pages to help you personalize what the rest of be used ONLY for generating the web pages.
Allow Folder Listing
When the WebServer is asked to look at a a folder as a resource "/" for example, it will look for one of the following files in the following order.
index.html
index.htm
index.php
default.html
default.htm
default.php
If you wish to allow file sharing (On by default) You need to check this box. In this case when the web server is started it checks for the existence of a subfolder in the web server's working folder called "share". If a person follows a link in the share folder, they will see an automatically generated web page that will show all files and subfolders held within. See extra shares for more information
Listing is too cute
This is a terribly annoying "feature" added for no reason but the sheer joy of it. If this is checked it will cause a script to be loaded that will animate a kitten which then chases the mouse around the web page.
My Web Folder
This is the folder the web server will serve files from. It will automatically generate subfolders called
Any file in the Scripts folder is considered as an executable CGI script. If scripting is disabled, all files here will be invisible to the outside world.
Any file or subfolder in the Share folder (if sharing is enabled) will be presented in a directory style format as a remote user browses it.