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Organizing Files for the Web

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Can someone else understand/use your files?

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Tomorrow?

In 5 years?

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File Name + Folder Structure

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File Name

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EXEMPLAR OF A GOOD FILE

NAMING SYSTEM

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STANFORD LIBRARY + MIT LIBRARY

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A good format for dates is YYYYMMDD (or YYMMDD). This makes sure all your files stay in chronological order, even over many years.

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Special characters should be avoided: ~!@#$%^&*()`;<>?,[]{}‘“

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For sequential numbering, use leading zeros to ensure files sort properly. For example, use “001, 002...080, etc” instead of “1, 2...80, etc.”

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Do not use spaces, because they are not recognized by some software.

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Instead use underscores (file_name), dashes (file-name), no separation (filename), or camel case (FileName).

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Folder Structure

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Hierarchy

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Projects

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Global

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Local

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Local

Project

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There’s no single right way to do it; as long as it works for you and you are consistent.

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