Internet browsers don’t like accents, special characters, spaces, or other oddities in the filenames of files posted on it, nor do they like extra long ones. For example: ~ ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) + = { } [ ] | \ : ; " ' < > , . ? /  Therefore if your page is titled “Where have all the cowboys gone?” make your filename cowboys.html.  Do NOT name your page Where have all the cowboys gone?.html. (Also, Dreamweaver will not behave properly if you don't make sure the .html is at the end of your filename.)

Remember, the page title and the page name (or file name) are different things, and can be named differently. For example, your project about the disappearance of the cowboy could be titled “Where have all the cowboys gone?” but the files could be named cowboys.html or index.html depending upon where the page is stored.

page title

page (file) name

If you use a picture from the internet, be sure to rename it something that is easier for you to recognize. For example, if you find a picture of a small girl with a doll, whose filename is 2183929712_ed32f7c104_2183929712.jpg, rename it girl.jpg or girl_with_doll.jpg, first, to help you identify it more easily and second, the name of this file is too long. Dreamweaver and web browsers alike won't read it (it won't show up). Remember, it’s all about making things easier for YOU, and therefore easier for everyone. Make sure that picture is in the public domain. Do not violate copyright.

Dreamweaver will change the file name when it is too long by truncating the name and then inserting a # sign with a few more numbers/letters.

 

IMPORTANT!! Web pages disappear all the time. If you use a web page for a reference you need to "print it" as a .pdf file and then link it to your page. This way two years from now when folks looking at your project click on a link that no longer exists the pdf file will show them what you referenced.

Click on File and choose Print	Click on PDF and choose Save as PDF...
Click on Save	Your file should look like one of the two images below