File Naming

Don't start or end your filename with a space, period, hyphen, or underline.

Keep your filenames to a reasonable length and be sure they are under 31 characters.

Prefer lowercase characters.

Avoid using spaces and underscores; use a hyphen instead.

 

Do not use any of these common illegal characters or symbols in your filenames or folders:

# pound

% percent

& ampersand

{ left curly bracket

} right curly bracket

\ back slash

< left angle bracket

> right angle bracket

* asterisk

? question mark

/ forward slash

  blank spaces

$ dollar sign

! exclamation point

' single quotes

" double quotes

: colon

@ at sign

 

Bad filenames:

  • F&A Costs.html
  • my PDF file#name.pdf

Web browsers see:

  • F&amp;A%20Costs.html
  • my%20PDF%20file%23name.pdf

 

Good filenames:

  • index.html
  • my-pdf-file-name.pdf