Directory Structure

...for database driven site

[rayw]

We have several different sites that basically use the same template. In our attempts to catch up with the rest of the world, we'd like to make these sites data driven using the the .net framework.

Anyway, my question is about how to organize the directory structure of the site. all the pages on the site use the same frame, but the content section may include specific html for layout. i plan on using url rewriting (though i'm still trying to figure that out), but with that i'm not sure how the directory structure of the site should be laid out. Does it make sense to create folders which contain the pages to the site? Or have a handler page that includes the appropriate content page (again, containing the specific html for that page, grabbing the actual data from the db).

Hopefully that makes a bit of sense. Any tips, pros/cons, suggestions regarding this subject would be much appreciated.

[bill]

I'm a fan of cruft-free URLs, so everything on my new sites gets its own folder. Not only are the URLs cleaner looking, but you can switch the back end technology at any time and no one will be the wiser.

If you're talking about directory structure in terms of the site's structure then I'd suggest you take a look at these threads:

Information Architecture for the Small Site - part 1 [webmasterworld.com]

Information Architecture for the Small Site - part 2 [webmasterworld.com]