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From: "John Harris" <>
Subject: Exhibit Fie Names
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 11:42:41 -0700


Since I will be using Second Site to make CD & a Web site, I will need to
use external exhibits. Also since Second Site outputs all its exhibits to a
single folder, renaming all duplicate files, I will need to use a single
folder system (no tree) to avoid confusion in tracing errant exhibits back
to the image file in TMG.

So, I need to devise a file naming system:
Below are my ideas, but I have never done this before.

Citation & Source Exhibit filenames
<year>_<sir name, given name>_<document type>_<etc>_<page #>
Ex: 1860_McCrady, John_Census

Person Portraits filenames
<sir name, given name>_<year>
Allows for the sorting out the Portrait Images

Place Maps filenames
<country, if other than U.S.>_<state>_<county>_<city>_<place>

What are the restrictions on the exhibit file names when using TMG, & SS
(with XP operating system)?
Maximum Length?
Spaces or Underline?
I don't want to use an underline unless necessary.

Anybody have their own way of naming files?

John Harris





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