Guidelines:
File names:
Only use the lowercase characters [a-z], the numbers [0-9] and the hyphen character [-] in folder and file names.
- Some servers are case sensitive and if you forget capitalization in a url, it won't work.
- Some browsers and software don't handle special characters well
- The underscore character is harder to see when it is underlined,
- Some search engines rely on a dash (hyphen) to separate words and an underscore makes it look like one big word.
- Typing a hyphen is a single key-stroke, whereas the underscore requires the Shift modifier key.
Use natural language and not abbreviations
eg logo.gif not l2.gif
See:
TheSiteWizard.com/webdesign/create-good-filenames.shtml
motive.co.nz/guides/design/naming-folders-and-files.php
Google webmaster tools etc.
Headers - Metadata:
Don't use stop works in titles: e.g.
"I, a, about, an, are, as, at, be, by, com, de, en, for, from, how, in, is, it, la, of, on, or, that, the, this, to, was, what, when, where, who, will and with."
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last updated 11 June 2007
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