Naming files

The rules for naming files on PCs and Macs are fairly flexible. You can use spaces and symbols like $, # and !. Web servers are not as accomodating, however, so the general rule for filenames is:

• use only letters (upper or lower case), numbers, the hyphen (-) and underscore (_) when naming files and folders
• never use spaces in filenames (replace with hypens or underscores)
• remove all punctuation marks from filenames
• remember that filenames on the WHOI server are case-sensitive (index.html and Index.html are two different files)

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