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Re: Re[2]: web file naming conventions... Unconventional
Subject:Re: Re[2]: web file naming conventions... Unconventional From:Barry Kieffer <barry -dot- kieffer -at- EXGATE -dot- TEK -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:52:17 -0800
> For files, I always stick to the old 8.3 DOS format. There are still
> people using DOS browsers and you can cause them problems if you have
> "blahblah1.htm" and "blahblah2.htm" in the same directory.
>
Hold on there!
blahblah1.htm and blahblah2.htm both violate the 8.3 DOS format.
"blahblah1" and "blahblah2" are nine characters long.
