A method is described of converting a file system path corresponding to a resource to a uniform resource locator (URL) corresponding to the resource. After receiving the file system path, the following information is obtained related to the resource located in the inputted file system path: the protocol prefix, domain name, the port number if different than default, and the URL fixed subdirectory structure if any. This information may be obtained, for example, by reference to a URL provided to a conversion module. The URL is then manufactured by first assigning the protocol prefix as the left-most characters of the URL. Then, the domain name, a colon ":" and port number if different than default, any subdirectory structure, and a latter portion of the file system path are added to the protocol prefix. Finally, any back slashes ".backslash." are converted to forward slashes "/" to complete the conversion to the URL.