Naming Images

CAPS or no caps

[fashezee]

I've read previous posts mentioning; including CAP letters when naming files can cause issues
with SEs indexing your site. I would like to know if there is an issue with naming pictures with CAP letters?

[korkus2000]

It could pose a slight problem if you are on a unix host. You are probably the only one calling your images though. The safe bet is to keep all names on a unix webserver lower case.

[Reflect]

Or for that matter any server because you never know when enough MS is enough. Might save time in the future.

Brian

[rewboss]

In a sense, it's not caps per se that are the problem. The problem is that Windows servers are not case sensitive, but Unix hosts are. This means that "file.html" and "File.html" count as the same file on some servers, but different files on others. If you habitually use filenames with caps in them, you can set yourself a trap.

For example, you might test your site offline on your Windows PC, and it works fine. You then upload to a Unix host and suddenly discover a couple of broken links. You're mystified, because all the files are there. It can take you ages to discover, for example, that you didn't take your finger off the Shift key fast enough, and a link that should be pointing to File.html is, instead, pointing to FIle.html.

Or you might have a site on a Unix host and have a file.html and a File.html -- you then move to an NT server, and suddenly one of those files disappears.

You can minimize the risk of that happening simply by being consistent and using lower case throughout when naming files.