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6. Standards

Part 1: Standards

It should be made clear that no new Web standards have been set since 1998 at Earlham. The Web Team is, however, in the planning process for creating and implementing new Web standards. It is an arduous, time-consuming process that requires much thought, consideration and foresight to create standards that will apply to a diverse constituency with such broad interests for using such a multifarious medium.

That said, it should be noted that the following file and folder naming conventions and directory organization patterns are part of our thinking. By following these guidelines, Web content providers can save themselves and the Web Team a lot of extra work:

Part 2: File Names and Extensions

Note: Absolutely NO file or folder name should include forward or backward slashes ( \ ) ( / ). Using either in your file/folder name can cause extreme difficulty, as some operating systems will allow you to use these characters, while others will not. UNIX, which is the operating system of our Web server, WILL NOT ALLOW the use of these characters.

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