Homepage with multiple pages

[satimis]

Hi folks,What will be a good practice to name multiple pages1)Page_1/Page_2/Page_3 etc.links:/path/to/page_1/path/to/page_2etc]Or2)Assign each page with a name e.g. name_1/name_2 etc.links:/path/to/name_1/path/to/name-2etc.TIAB.R.satimis

[jeffman]

It depends on what you're doing with them. If your user will access them only through links and location bar, then content-oriented names might be better. I mean: /path/to/kitchens.html/path/to/bedrooms.htmlIf the pages are being used dynamically by JavaScript or a server-side language like PHP, then a common stem + numbers might work better. I would go with the _ instead of - as it is the usual convention and does not require the shift key.

[Synook]

For normal URLs, Google recommends dashes (http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores/).

[jeffman]

Good to know.

[satimis]

Hi folks,Thanks for your advice.I think name will be better for users making search. How to avoid duplicate names? Keeping them on a list? Referring to the list first before assigning a new name to a new page? TIAB.R.satimis

[Synook]

If you have so many pages that you think naming collisions are a possibility, then you should probably be using some sort of database and dynamically generating output. Nevertheless, filesystems will automatically prevent you from creating multiple files with the same name.

[satimis]

- snip -Nevertheless, filesystems will automatically prevent you from creating multiple files with the same name.

I see. Thanks. It looks similar to saving a text file. Warning will popup on duplicate file name.satimis