File Naming Conventions

Naming rules and best practices.

Folders

• Lowercase only: casa-marianella
• Hyphens for spaces: wolf-creek-ranch
• Descriptive: community-housing-center
• No special characters: Avoid _, #, @, etc.

✅ Good: casa-marianella, ut-lecture-2024 ❌ Bad: Casa_Marianella, project#1

Markdown Files

Must match folder name exactly:

✅ casa-marianella/casa-marianella.md ❌ casa-marianella/project.md

Images

• Lowercase: header.jpg
• Hyphens: 01-exterior-view.jpg
• Descriptive: detail-closeup.jpg

Special names:

• header.jpg / header.png - Thumbnail
• thumb.jpg / thumb.png - Alternative thumbnail

Categories

• ALL CAPS: HOUSING, SUSTAINABLE
• No punctuation
• Singular or plural (be consistent)

Next Steps

• Category Guidelines
• Adding a Project