How to add a new directory under domain root?

[mfouwaaz]

Hello

I have a folder titled images folder in www root, intending to hold some
images.

However, the folder is not visible when I try to look at images in it.

e.g. 

http://192.168.1.68/imagesfolder/
-- gives a 404 Not Found error.

<img src="http://192.168.1.68/imagesfolder/button-closed.png" width="20"
height="20" alt="myimage" />
-- gives a broken image

The root (/usr/share/nginx/www) works perfectly though.  Even the image
shows up clearly if I put it in the root folder.

Do you know how I can fix this/  I have been changing the folder name
and permissions to no avail.  I was kind of groping in the dark with the
locations directive too -- I have no much knowledge in that area.  I
have pasted the configuration file below.  I added the last location
directive shown and then reloaded the configuration file and restarted
nginx as shown.  Any guidance is much appreciated.

sudo /etc/init.d/nginx reload
sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart

Thanks!
Fouwaaz

=====================================================

user www-data;
worker_processes 5;
pid /var/run/nginx.pid;

events {
	worker_connections 768;
	# multi_accept on;
}

http {

	##
	# Basic Settings
	##

	sendfile on;
	tcp_nopush on;
	tcp_nodelay on;
	keepalive_timeout 2;
	types_hash_max_size 2048;
	# server_tokens off;

	# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
	# server_name_in_redirect off;

	include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
	default_type application/octet-stream;

	##
	# Logging Settings
	##

	access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;

	##
	# Gzip Settings
	##

	gzip on;
	gzip_disable "msie6";

	# gzip_vary on;
	# gzip_proxied any;
	# gzip_comp_level 6;
	# gzip_buffers 16 8k;
	# gzip_http_version 1.1;
	# gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json
application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss
text/javascript;

	##
	# If HTTPS, then set a variable so it can be passed along.
	##

	map $scheme $server_https {
		default off;
		https on;
	}

	##
	# Virtual Host Configs
	##

	include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
	include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;

	server {
           location ~ \.php$ {
           include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
	   if ($uri !~ "^/images/") {
           fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
 	  }
	
	}
	location ^~ /imagesfolder {
	    autoindex on;
	}

}


}


#mail {
#	# See sample authentication script at:
#	# http://wiki.nginx.org/ImapAuthenticateWithApachePhpScript
# 
#	# auth_http localhost/auth.php;
#	# pop3_capabilities "TOP" "USER";
#	# imap_capabilities "IMAP4rev1" "UIDPLUS";
# 
#	server {
#		listen     localhost:110;
#		protocol   pop3;
#		proxy      on;
#	}
# 
#	server {
#		listen     localhost:143;
#		protocol   imap;
#		proxy      on;
#	}
#}

Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,220689,220689#msg-220689