Posted by Jim S on 12/19/06 17:21

On 19 Dec 2006 06:34:55 -0800, Andy Dingley wrote:

> Jim S wrote:
>
>> At present all my html files (inc index.html) are in the root directory.
>
> Then split your html files up into subdirectories. This has several
> advantages:
> - Smaller groups of related files are easier to manage (no more
> "hundreds in a directory" clutter)
>
> - Related groups can give you more structured URLs, such as
> http://example.com/section1/
> This also lets you skip the page name when you can just use a directory
> and the default document (it's not the only way to do this, but it's
> easy, convenient and a benefit of good structure)
>
> - Root is cleaner, and there's a few magic files in there that you
> might want to keep obviously visible, without clutter.
>
>> This must be the shortest path length,
>
> Shortest path length is no path length

Thanks Andy. I'm sure you are right. I wish I had had this advice when I
started.
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Jim S
Tyneside UK
http://www.jimscott.co.uk

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