Does anyone have any suggestions about the best way to name images which
will be part of a very large web site?
Any comments on image naming conventions or useful links will be appreciated
also!
Many thanks,
Chris.
Common sense and consistency.
Don't name a picture of the great wall of china "paris-hilton-nude.jpg"
for example.
For SEO considerations, use full words and hyphens between words.
Keep all of your images in an "images" directory. Or name the directory
"img" or "pix" or whatever, but KEEP THE NAME CONSISTENT between web
applications and or websites.
Talk with others in your office or whoever else needs to be in on this
scheme and make sure everyone uses the same conventions.
It doesn't matter what conventions you use, as long as everyone
(including yourself) uses the same conventions.
Document the naming conventions somewhere. The documentation can be very
simple/basic -- just a table of name styles.
I cannot emphasize enough: consistency, common-sense, and communication!
The three-C's. Actually, I just made that up, but it sounds like a good
aphorism, axim, adage, proverb, maxim.
later...