Hantsweb Technical Guidelines

Naming directories and files

When naming your web pages you should be aware that we use the UNIX file system, which is case sensitive. This means when naming directories and web pages please ensure all file names are in lower case and do not contain blank spaces, hyphens or underscores. This makes the filename easier to remember and less prone to user error when typing a URL.

The home page of your web pages and each directory should always be named index.html. By using this file name the home page is automatically displayed without having to type index.html at the end of your web address. For example the full Hantsweb homepage address is www.hants.gov.uk/index.html, but you can reach it by only typing www.hants.gov.uk. Please ensure you use the index.html file name and not index.htm as this does not produce the same results. We use this method as it supplies an easy to remember web address for users and printing on publicity.

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