Basic Web Page File Creation Rules

File Naming Rules

For file that will remain on a PC or a Mac, you pretty much can name files anything you want. You can have spaces, capital letters, etc.

On the Internet, the file system is a little less accomodating. Here you will need to make sure that your file names are set up a certain way.
Here are some good guidelines.

Use all lowercase letters

File names should have no spaces

Text files should end in

.html or .htm

Image files should end in

.jpg or .gif

Other Good Rules to Follow

Keep all your image and html files in a single folder on your computer

Maintain this same relative relationship when you upload to the net

Stuff specific to ALRI.ORG

Please only upload files of type:

gif

jpg

htm

html

Please do not upload files greater than 200k. We have limited space and increasing our space allotment requires budgeting more money for this. If you would like help reducing the size of your image files please feel free to contact me. I love teaching basic web graphics.

Those using Real Audio files please consult with me before starting uploads.

Any file named index.html will become your "home" page. This allows you to simply type:
http://alri.org/ltc/xxx
in your web browser and it will open the file in xxx named index.html automatically.

WS_FTP allows you to make additional directories.
Please only create new directories within your own home directory.
Click here for more detailed info on using WS_FTP to upload your files to the server.

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