To add to Dave's comments, it is best when creating file names which may at some time be used on the internet to use only alphanumeric characters, except for the underscore and hyphen. Many other characters can cause problems in links etc. Only recently I had a mapping site which told me to copy of the URL for inclusion in one of my webpages. It contained an ampersand and would not work until changed to the html "&".
Using other characters is something that one may get away with for years, but you change your ISP and then have to change the lot! The other point is that it may work on your PC through your ISP with your favourite browser, but there is no telling if it works on everybody's - they may just see a square with a red cross and not the pic. Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________________________ Update your British Prime Ministers Timeline - Blogs http://www.fergys.co.uk View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 10:46:36 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] File names format The periods can be a problem with some software (particularly some of the older operating systems) but the dashes seem like a good solution. Your file name would be readable and the added benefit that search engines work well with dashes. Unfortunately, it's too late for me. I have got into the habit using the letter casing through my programming and I think it's going to be a HardHabitToBreak ;) Thanks, Dave Bruce Jones wrote: Is there any problem with using periods instead of underscores? i.e., Sam.Smith.letter.jpg Or dashes? i.e., Sam-Smith-letter.jpg On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Dave Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Cathy, It is technically valid to use a space in a file name that will be accessed on the Internet but it can sometimes be confusing for some people and whilst some software will let you address the file using a space others will require that you encode the spaces so "Sam Smith Letter.jpg" becomes "Sam%20Smith%20Letter.jpg" or "Sam+Smith +Letter.jpg" often works. Whether you have to encode the space depends on all sorts of things and a space in the file name could cause problems for some people wanting to save the file onto their own computer. Another reason why you might not want to use spaces is that the name could be confusing when written down on paper. Personally, I prefer to avoid using the underscore because you will notice that some applications and web sites have links to URLs (the unique address given to internet resources) underlined and therefore the underscore isn't always clear. My preference is to use the case of letters to help make the name more readable so "Sam Smith Letter.jpg" becomes ""SamSmithLetter.jpg" but my experience is that you will always get different opinions on this and I haven't found a perfect answer. For example when I take notes I write everything in uppercase so "SamSmithLetter.jpg" becomes "SAMSMITHLETTER.JPG" but fortunately this will often still work anyway (but not always!). Thanks, Dave _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail on your mobile from Vodafone http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/107571435/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
