In every Unix account there is a directory or folder called www-docs. This directory is where all of your WWW documents must go. All html or multimedia files, must go here or in a subdirectory of www-docs.
In order to make your URL as short as possible, you should name your home page index.html. This way your URL will be http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~your_unix_username. If you name your home page index.html, your URL will be something like this: http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~your_unix_username/your_first_html_page.html.
You can have an index.html in each subfolder (subdirectory). This way, you need only reference the folder name in your URL. Example www.users.csbsju.edu/~jgramke/Help instead of www.users.csbsju.edu/~jgramke/Help/index.html retrieve the same page.
All html files must end in .html, or .htm. Your graphics and other multimedia files can end in whatever filename extension is appropriate for their format.
Do not use spaces, commas, apostrophes, or other non alpha-numeric characters. You may however use the dash (-) or the underscore ( _ ) characters. These characters make good use of spaces.
Remember that your filenames and directories are case sensitive. If you have a file called demo.html for example, typing Demo.html will not retrieve the file.
Revised 1-06-98 www.users.csbsju.edu/~jgramke/Helpsheets/fname_rules.html Created by jgramke@csbsju.edu