JAlbum will automatically create an "Up" or "Parent" link to your web site if it finds some index pages in the parent directory of where you create an album. To be specific, JAlbum searches for files like "index.html", "index.htm", "index.asp", "index.jsp" or "index.php" in the parent directory of the output directory (album directory). If found, you will have an "Up" button generated.

If you generate an album in a location where there is no web in the parent directory and still want an "Up" link to be generated, either modify the skin you use to always add an "Up" link or add an empty "index.html" file in the parent directory of where you generate albums. Modifying the skin is simply a matter of changing

<ja:if exists="parentIndexPage">
<A HREF="$parentIndexPage"><IMG SRC="gifs/up.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="Up one level"></A>
</ja:if>

of an index.htt file to

<A HREF="../"><IMG SRC="gifs/up.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="Up one level"></A>

But then the "Up" button will only work when accessed through a web server.

Yes, you'll have to create a dummy index.html file (can be empty) and put it in the parent directory, however there is another way too: Just define "parentIndexPage" (without quotes) as a user defined variable in the advanced page and set the value to "../" or "../index.html" (no quotes) or something like that (press ENTER when done entering the value!). When you generate an album, you will always have an up link with the value you set.

<A HREF=index.htm> ?? You mean <A HREF="../index.htm"> or <A HREF="../index.html"> right?

You can control how JAlbum produces file extensions (.htm or .html etc) on the Advanced page. A "/index.htm" link will link to the very top of the website while a "../index.htm" will link one level up, "../../index.htm" will link two levels up etc