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+# Flat theme for nginx's fancyindex module
+
+[![](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/alehaa/nginx-fancyindex-flat-theme.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/alehaa/nginx-fancyindex-flat-theme/issues)
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPLv3-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](LICENSE)
+
+
+## About
+
+The [fancyindex module](https://github.com/aperezdc/ngx-fancyindex) of
+[nginx](http://nginx.org/) has the powerful capability to be customizable.
+Instead of using an external application, this gives us the ability to use use
+just the webservers capabilities to generate beautiful directory listings.
+
+This theme provides a simple, flat interface based on
+[Bootstrap 4](https://getbootstrap.com), [Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com)
+and (for easy navigation in galleries)
+[lightbox2](http://lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/). In combination with
+the browser's preview capability, accessing the majority of files should be
+possible, giving the user easy access without a single line of server-side
+dynamic code.
+
+
+## Usage
+
+1. Get the latest ressources from [GitHub releases](https://github.com/alehaa/nginx-fancyindex-flat-theme/releases)
+   or build them on your own by running `make` inside this repository and copy
+   these files into any location accessible by *nginx*.
+2. Configure your vhost to use the theme's ressources for fancyindex:
+    ```
+    # Fancyindex
+    fancyindex             on;
+    fancyindex_header      "/theme/header.html";
+    fancyindex_footer      "/theme/footer.html";
+    fancyindex_show_path   off;
+    fancyindex_name_length 255;
+    fancyindex_exact_size  off;
+    fancyindex_localtime   on;
+
+    location /theme {
+        alias /srv/www/fileserver/theme;
+    }
+    ```
+
+
+## License
+
+The nginx-fancyindex-flat-theme is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but **WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY**; without even the implied warranty of **MERCHANTABILITY** or
+**FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE**. A Copy of the GNU General Public License
+can be found in the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file.
+
+© 2018 Alexander Haase