On 21/05/2015 8:46 AM, James Cameron wrote:
> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 08:22:11AM +1000, David Duffy (AVD) wrote:
>> I have all our datasheets on a Linux server accessible via Samba and
>> Windows Explorer.
> Set up a web server and point it to the collection of datasheets.  On
> a Linux server I would use Apache.
>
> (If your local area network is private, nothing more to do.  If your
> network is wide open to the world, with routable IP, configure the web
> server to block non-local requests to the collection.  Else the
> spiders will come in and index your stash.)
>
>> Can you expand on you web browser method?
> Open your new web server using a browser.  The collection should be
> shown.  Scroll, tap on a datasheet and a PDF viewer should start.
>
> I also have a stylesheet and file indexing configuration loaded on the
> web server that makes the collection easier to browse and tap on with
> a tablet; no need to zoom the view.  It is Apaxy by @adamwhitcroft.
>
> If I had too many datasheets, I'd index them with server side software
> which provides a search feature.  I've not spent time on that yet.

Ah, I understand what you mean now.  Funny how I've never bothered to=20
use a browser to access them.  I'll have to check out that theme.

I do use browse the code repositories (instead of Tortoise) though.=20
That's quite handy sometimes.
David...

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