Name of the files

[Luigi Donatello Asero]

I wonder whether it is better to write the name of files which are made of
more than one word separating words by "-" or "_" or not separating them at
all.

 

[SpaceGirl]

I wonder whether it is better to write the name of files which are made of
more than one word separating words by "-" or "_" or not separating them at
all.

... or periods. I tend to have filenames like "logo.top.news.jpg"

 

[rf]

I wonder whether it is better to write the name of files which are made of
more than one word separating words by "-" or "_" or not separating them at
all.

..

 

[Luigi Donatello Asero]

.. or periods. I tend to have filenames like "logo.top.news.jpg"

Do you mean for example

http://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/de/ferienwohnungen.auf.sizilien.in.san.gregorio.di.catania.html
?

 

[SpaceGirl]

made

Do you mean for example

http://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/de/ferienwohnungen.auf.sizilien.in.san.gregorio.di.catania.html
?

Yes, but I'd trim the name down... it's not exactly memorable.

See: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss98/filenaming.html (from
a random google)

 

[Luigi Donatello Asero]

http://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/de/ferienwohnungen.auf.sizilien.in.san.gregorio.di.catania.html

Yes, but I'd trim the name down... it's not exactly memorable.

That should be better. (ferienwohnungen means "holiday lodgings")
http://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/de/ferienwohnungen.auf.sizilien.html

See: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss98/filenaming.html (from
a random google)

Well, I found also this
http://www.mvhs.net/iTeam/nomenclature.html
But the 2 sites seem to give different recommendations about the use of
capital letters!
So, what is better
http://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/de/ferienwohnungen.auf.sizilien.html
or
http://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/de/FerienwohnungenAufSizilien.html
?

 

[SpaceGirl]

http://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/de/ferienwohnungen.auf.sizilien.in.san.gregorio.di.catania.html
That should be better. (ferienwohnungen means "holiday lodgings")
http://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/de/ferienwohnungen.auf.sizilien.html


Well, I found also this
http://www.mvhs.net/iTeam/nomenclature.html
But the 2 sites seem to give different recommendations about the use of
capital letters!
So, what is better
http://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/de/ferienwohnungen.auf.sizilien.html
or
http://www.scaiecat-spa-gigi.com/de/FerienwohnungenAufSizilien.html
?

You should never use capital letters or spaces in filenames. Other than
that, honestly it's up to you!

 

[Wÿrm]

I wonder whether it is better to write the name of files which are made of

more than one word separating words by "-" or "_" or not separating them at
all.

use "-" if you are using your search engine keywords in filenames. Google
interprets "-" as space...

 

[Luigi Donatello Asero]

use "-" if you are using your search engine keywords in filenames. Google
interprets "-" as space...

Thank you.

 

[Psyonicdreams]

A little long, but good

Bad!

You should never use capital letters or spaces in filenames. Other than
that, honestly it's up to you!

I still remember my first attept at a site I spent ages getting it all
looking right on my PC, but I had given the files names like
Projects.htm and all the files were linked with thinks like
projects.htm. Everything was fine on my PC, but as soon as
it was one the server it thinks that Projects and projects were
different files and of course everything broke, I was not a happy
bunny! 8o( These days 99% of the time I remember it must be
lower case. As for the spaces I used to use them like:

http://www.aspexdesign.co.uk/psy_page_robots.htm
http://www.aspexdesign.co.uk/psy_page_frames.htm
(They have _'s in them)

But these days most of them I just keep as short as possible i.e:

http://www.aspexdesign.co.uk/robots.htm
http://www.aspexdesign.co.uk/frames.htm
etc.

 

[SpaceGirl]

A little long, but good


I still remember my first attept at a site I spent ages getting it all
looking right on my PC, but I had given the files names like
Projects.htm and all the files were linked with thinks like
projects.htm. Everything was fine on my PC, but as soon as
it was one the server it thinks that Projects and projects were
different files and of course everything broke, I was not a happy
bunny! 8o( These days 99% of the time I remember it must be
lower case. As for the spaces I used to use them like:

http://www.aspexdesign.co.uk/psy_page_robots.htm
http://www.aspexdesign.co.uk/psy_page_frames.htm
(They have _'s in them)

But these days most of them I just keep as short as possible i.e:

http://www.aspexdesign.co.uk/robots.htm
http://www.aspexdesign.co.uk/frames.htm
etc.

I think some older browsers have a limit to the number of characters that
can be placed in the address box - so if you have
areallyreallyreallyreallyreallyreallexcessivelytupidlylongfilenamelikethis.a
sp?param=lotsof&stuff=passedvia&q=uiriestring might break your browser!

 

[Whitecrest]

I wonder whether it is better to write the name of files which are made of
more than one word separating words by "-" or "_" or not separating them at
all.

There are several naming conventions. It is all personal preference.
The important thing is to name things with logical names.

 

[Mitja]

use "-" if you are using your search engine keywords in filenames.
Google interprets "-" as space...

The same is true for other punctuation: ".", ",", "/", etc. Underscore ("_")
is excluded from this list.

Do it as you like, users hardly care. Use what makes sense to YOU - you are
the maintainer, you've gotta know the names.

 

[Toby A Inkster]

I wonder whether it is better to write the name of files which are made of
more than one word separating words by "-" or "_" or not separating them at
all.

Are you going to have to read them out over the phone? If so, use
whichever punctuation is easiest to say over the phone in your native
language.

Are you going to print the URL on paper a lot? If so, avoid underscores
as they can get confused with underlining.

 

[Toby A Inkster]

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss98/filenaming.html

Ignore point #4. It's braindead.

 

[Deryck]

Ignore point #4. It's braindead.

Thanks. I couldn't see the logic of that (maybe 5 years ago when the page
was last touched?). Presumably it is enough that one should be consistent
(eg all .html or all .htm) unless one enjoys making difficult for oneself?

Deryck

 

[Andy Dingley]

Ignore point #4. It's braindead.

Why ? Have you read the latest words from M$oft (posted hereabouts
just today) about dire consequences if you feed one of their b0rken
products with a content-type that appears to disagree with the
extension.

Maybe this is all broken and rubbish, but we're just the poor schmucks
who have to work around it, not just sit there telling Bill he's got
it all wrong. If keeping .htm gives me an easier life, then I'll do
it.

 

[SpaceGirl]

Toby A Inkster <[email protected]> wrote in message

Why ? Have you read the latest words from M$oft (posted hereabouts
just today) about dire consequences if you feed one of their b0rken
products with a content-type that appears to disagree with the
extension.

Maybe this is all broken and rubbish, but we're just the poor schmucks
who have to work around it, not just sit there telling Bill he's got
it all wrong. If keeping .htm gives me an easier life, then I'll do
it.

What the article fails to mention are scripts... such as .asp, .aspx, .php
etc....

 

[SpaceGirl]

And png. And others. LOTS of them.
What prevents me from having .foobar files - if the content type is correct,
everything should be ok. I still wouldn't try it with the "doc" extension
and text/html as content-type, or something like that - that's asking for
trouble.

Because IE is dumb, basically. It wont work, even if the content type is
right.

 

[Mitja]

What the article fails to mention are scripts... such as .asp, .aspx,
.php etc....

And png. And others. LOTS of them.
What prevents me from having .foobar files - if the content type is correct,
everything should be ok. I still wouldn't try it with the "doc" extension
and text/html as content-type, or something like that - that's asking for
trouble.