Topic: Directing Apache to look for files on external hard drive

[eon123]

This is an extremely basic question as I'm new to Apache and didn't even know it was on my Mac until recently. But I'm trying to redirect where Apache looks for files. I have a database which uses a web viewer to display thousands of images. Currently, when I execute this feature in the database, it uses a script trigger that grabs a URL which by default is set to my computer's IP address. I've been told that I need to redirect where Apache looks for files, i.e., FROM my computer TO my external hard drive.

To this end, I've located where the Apache2 folder is on my computer, and from what I gather I'm supposed to change the configuration by way of a file named: "httpd.conf." Narrowing it down further, I THINK the following lines are directly pertinent to achieving my goal, but I have no idea how to execute from here. Any suggestions?

DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>

[James Blond]

See the default distro layout in the apache wiki

http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/DistrosDefaultLayout#Mac_OS_X_.28Leopard.2C_Apache_httpd_2.2.29:

if you still have a question please ask again

[eon123]

Bare with me here, but I honestly don't now where to begin with understanding the syntax here. Under the header, "Mac OS X (Leopard Apache httpd 2.2):," should I be reading the initial value (ServerRoot, Primary Config Fle, DocumentRoot, etc..) as a vertical column of categories where the backslash "/" separated values to the left of the double colons "::" are specific examples of said categories?

Or should I be reading this as a list in which each row is a stand alone sentence/statement?