Guidelines for Naming HTML Files and Folders
These tips are intended to save you time as you create and edit your Web pages.
HTML file names should end in the suffix ".html" or ".htm". Whichever suffix you decide to use, please talk to your team members and use the same suffix on all your project html pages. Otherwise it is hard to remember which is which and your project will likely have more broken links in it. Example:
myhomepage.html
kennedy.html
shakespeare.htm
lightbulb.gif
book.jpg
bluebullet.gif
redline.jpg
stopsign.gif
This means that in your file names, folder names, and anchor names there should be:
No SPACES or TABS
No SLASHES or QUOTES
No Other Unusual Characters
Are these HTML file names OK? If not, why?
- district123_home_page
- my homepage.html
- linc_home.html
- 1_4_all.html
- a:b.htm
- Joe'sReview.html
- earthquakes.HTML
- socrates.html
- buy/sell.html
- "alpine"skiing.html
- exercise#1.html
- costs>10bucks.html
- editor.htm
- rnfrst.htm
- image6.JPEG
- why_problem_based?.html
Authors: Laura Mengel, Meg Bingham and Mary Clifford
Collaborators: LInC Leaders
Created: August 1, 1997 - Updated: July 17, 2006
URL: /lincon/tech_web_naming.shtml