Organization of Files/Folders
Before you begin creating new webpages, take
a few moments to think about what types of data you will providing on your website....biographies, census, obituaries,
etc. It is recommended that you create separate folders on your computer for each type of data and put these folders
within another folder that is named after your county...ie. cook_county. This folder can be located within your
HTML editor folder.
When you organize your folders within your webspace, use the same layout and names as what is on your computer.
That way there won't be any confusion later on. We strongly recommend that you use all lower case letters in naming
your files and folders. Some platforms, like Linux, are very case-sensitive, so it's safer to use all lower-case
letters from the very beginning.
More suggestions on how to name files:
Make them descriptive...1850taxlist.html
Do not use special characters...!@#...underscores (_) are fine
Do not put spaces between the words of a file name...knox county.html
Instead use an underscore...knox_county.html or just knoxcounty.html