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Naming Your Web Pages
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Usually when you start out, you need to have a "home" page. This page is usually something like- index.htm
- index.html
- index.shtm
- index.shtml
- index.phtm
- index.phtml
- index.asp
- index.aspx
- index.cfm
- index.php
- default.htm
- default.html
- default.shtm
- default.shtml
- default.phtm
- default.phtml
- default.asp
- default.aspx
- default.cfm
- default.php
More Web Page Naming Conventions
When working in Frontpage, it is very easy to use a space in the name of the web page. Don't do it though. Don't use a space in the file name. This will be translated to something else in the URL and might cause more problems. Consider using a underscore (_) or dash (-).Also, I would keep the file names lowercase. On *NIX servers, they are case sensitive - meaning that image.JPG is not the same as image.jpg. This sometimes will cause some problems if you link to aboutus.html but you named your web page AboutUs.html. On Windows servers, it is not case sensitive, which is one less thing to worry about.
