The underlying site structure, visible if you FTP into the web server, is designed to mirror closely the individual sections of the site visible to the end user, for example where there is a separate section on the site for Documentation there is a corresponding directory called /documentation on the web server which holds all the content realting to that section.

This section should give you a better understanding of the layout behind the scenes so that you can find existing pages quickly and easily and also so that you know where to place new content.

Each directory relating to a main site section (/maintenance, /multimedia, /sde, /documentation, /operation) follows the same internal structure as follows :-

/root - holds all pages relating to the section, each section includes 2 pages by default as follows -

default.shtml - the home page
index.htm - the left hand menu, this is used as a server side include (see Server Side Includes)

../images - images relating to this section only, images used in more than one section must go in the images directory off of the main site root

Note : You might also find other directories inside each section, these usually hold downloadable files/documents relating to specific pages or document sets.

As mentioned previously the directory structure is designed to mirror the pull down menus as follows :-

Software Development - /sde
Operation - /operation
Maintenance - /maintenance
Multimedia - /multimedia
Documentation - /documentation

The links in each pull down menu correspond to the pages in each directory, with the actual pull down menu title linking to each sections Home page (default.shtml).

Here's a complete listing of every directory in the web site root along with a brief description of it's purpose :-

/eurofighter - this is the main root directory for the site. When you first arrive at the site the page you see resides in this folder (default.shtml) along with FAQ, Feedback and Sitemap pages.

/bin - holds the scripts which generate the pull down menus, toolbars.js and toolbardetails.js. For detailed information on the useage of these files see Pull Down Menus.

/documentation - holds all documentation relating to the Eurofighter Simulator project. Each documentation set resides in it's own directory inside this one.

/images - all the images used to build the site are kept here. The only images which aren't stored here are those that relate to a specific section only.

/includes - for more information see Server Side Includes.

/maintenance - holds all content relating to Simulator Maintenance.

/multimedia - holds all multimedia content such as games, screensavers and movie clips.

/operation - holds all content relating to Simulator Operation

/sde - holds all content relating to the Software Development Environment

/sitemaintenance - holds all content relating to any aspect of editing or adding to the site, the page you are on now is in this directory.

/templates - holds some example page templates which might be of use.

Don't delete any of the directories listed on this page, they are essential to the working of this site. It is often good practise to never delete any directories that you didn't create yourself, if you must delete a directory created by someone else make sure you check with them first.