I appreciate all of these warnings and even more, I appreciate the explanations. I haven't put my work on a website but I do want to organize in a way that would allow me to do so without reworking everything I've already done. I have not used commas but I'm so glad you mentioned it just in case some day I decided that would be a neat way to name files! (of course, now I won't do that) Do you have any other (brief) recommendations for file naming either so that they work better with Legacy or with the web building function?
Thanks, Kathy On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 5:01 AM, Ron Ferguson <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, Mike, it does only apply when used in websites, but for me good > practice is good practice in all cases and starts at birth!! > > When one first starts out with genealogy and Legacy, how does one know > where > it is going to lead? When I first started out I had no idea that my own > website would by my main way of publishing my work. If I had used commas in > file names I would have had to change every one and reconnect them > individually to their appropriate Legacy Source/Event/whathaveyou. At that > time, thank goodness I knew more about PC's then I did about genealogy. > > I am afraid that I will continue to draw attention to bad practice when I > meet it, I do not regard it as a confusion, but rather in the same light as > those who demand compliance with genealogy "standards", although somewhat > more important. > > Ron Ferguson > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Fry > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 10:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Digitized Files > > On 2010/11/09 03:30, Ron Ferguson wrote: > > > Initially let me comment on the file name which you give at the end of > > your > > post: '6100 Marriage Records, XYZ County, TN' is not an acceptable file > > name > > as it contains commas. Commas are only used to define a path and to > > include > > them in a file name can only cause confusion. > > Don't confuse people, Ron! > > Doesn't this restriction only apply to references within an HTML page? If > you're > not going to publish your data with images on a website, then there is no > problem. > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Etiquette.asp> > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Help.asp> > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp<http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> > > > > -- Kathy Meyer "To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done." --Richard G. Scott, "Finding the Way Back," Ensign, May 1990, 74 Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
