Title: Directory Listing Blank
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Directory Listing Blank

 *  Resolved [jscooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jscooper/)
 * (@jscooper)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-listing-blank/)
 * I’ve tried on numerous pages and with numerous directories. The shortcode simply
   doesn’t do anything.
 * [fileaway sub=”mystuff” directories=”on”]
 * I generated the shortcode using the tool… except for the directories attribute,
   which doesn’t seem to be an option. Could it be my theme? I’m using twentytwelve.
 * I even tried removing and reinstalling the plugin. Is there something wrong with
   the shortcode builder? Because the code it generates doesn’t specify a lot of
   options I’m setting such as Type and Base Directory. Should those be explicitly
   set in the shortcode?
 * Thanks,
 * Jeff
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/)

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 *  Thread Starter [jscooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jscooper/)
 * (@jscooper)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-listing-blank/#post-5569425)
 * So I’m guessing there’s something wrong with the shortcode builder. When I type
   the following in manually, it works (sort of):
 * [fileaway type=”list” theme=”minimal-list” sub=”mystuff” directories=”on”]
 * However, it still displays as a table, not a list.
 * Thanks,
 * Jeff
 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-listing-blank/#post-5569427)
 * No, there’s nothing wrong with the shortcode builder. And you can’t have directories
   =”on” and type=”list”. Directory tree nav is always in a table, and thus overrides
   your type=”list” setting. The reason you don’t see the directories attribute 
   in the shortcode generator is because you’re in the List generator, not the Sortable
   Data Table generator.
 *  Thread Starter [jscooper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jscooper/)
 * (@jscooper)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-listing-blank/#post-5569431)
 * Ah, ok. Thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [thomstark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomstark/)
 * (@thomstark)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directory-listing-blank/#post-5569433)
 * No prob.

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