Files
& Folders
- The
folder names in the A+ Library Homepage folder correspond to the link names
on the library home page.
- All documents
in these folders correspond to respective headings or link names.
When possible, use the existing folders. If you need to create a new
folder, please check with the Web Coordinator before doing so.
- Except
for special circumstances (e.g. a major online tutorial, numerous specialized
graphics, etc.), avoid creating URLS that are more than three folders deep. For
example, creating an Education folder in the Course/Subject folder
would be three levels deep. Creating a Secondary Education folder in the
Education folder would be four levels deep and is less functional.
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- Work from files in
the WSG/A+ Library Homepage folder on the library server.
- Create new files as
.htm
- When you create a new
file, give it a descriptive name of 2-10 characters in length.
Do not include hyphens or underscores. For example, the American
Government Research Guide is named amgov.htm
- Before
you make a major revision of a page, place the "original"
in the withdrawn folder for documentation of prior work. Be sure
to keep the same file name and extension for the newly revised page
so links will continue to work. For example, if it is currently
called abc.html, keep the .html extension.
- Be
extremely careful when revising or FTPing older files that are named index.htm
or index.html. If you copy or move with FTP a file named index.htm or index.html
into the wrong folder or directory you may possibly overwrite files or destroy
data.
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- All graphics should
be identified by alt tags that appear like this: [ name of graphic
].
- Graphics files common
to most pages should be included in the Images folder and pages
addressing these image files should have a direct link to them in
the image source tag like <img src="http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/images/greenpaw.gif">.
- Graphics files which
are common to a small group of interrelated pages should be placed
in the folder containing those related files. For instance, graphics
files common to only psychology pages should be placed in the Psychology
folder. Use a relative link for graphics in the same folder. The
relative link for these graphics files should be <img src="filename.gif">.
- To avoid confusion,
graphics file names should be appropriate and reflect the type of
pages they are used in or the function they serve and be 2-10
characters in length without hyphens or underscores. For instance,
a GIF file for the heading of the Education Research Guide could
be named edreshead.gif. Graphics should not be named something
generic such as 25.gif or header.gif.
- If using graphics created
in another software package, include the original editable copy
in a separate folder called "original graphics" in the
folder you're working in.
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