What are some strategies for keeping the documents of a website organized?
The key to organization is keeping accurate records of filenames of the HTML documents created. This will also make it easy to modify the website later on. When setting up the website be sure to to document the following information: page titles, source of each link and the reasons it was selected, source of graphics, size and type of graphics, and width of horizontal lines. In addition, make sure to keep filenames brief and logical so that they can easily be located. Another good tip is to always use lowercase filenames, this makes it easier for users to access the site. Implementing these strategies into web design will serve as a checklist when stting up a site and later will help modify the website when changes need to be made.
Reference: Bitter, G. & Legacy, J. (2008). Using Technology in the Classroom. Pearson: Boston.
Hi Christie
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you said to use lowercase filenames. I always thought that it didn't matter if there was a upper case letter in the filename, but ten minutes later I found out that it did in some cases. I hate those filenames that use an underscore too. Simple is best.
Cindy
I use this system when creating files on my computer. I create seperate files that then have documents listed in a particular order so that I can locate them faster. Great post.
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