Best Naming Practices

Maintaining organized files and consistent folder structure is key to creating a productive workflow. Organizing files is especially important in web development because a URL contains paths, which effectively provide directions to your files. Improperly cataloging or even naming these files can lead to complete failure in loading your site.

Avoid multiple subdirectories if you can. It reduces the speed of your site.

Please watch the video below, which does an excellent job describing proper file structure for creating websites.

Important Pay special attention to file-naming conventions. Naming your files certain ways can cause your site to break.


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