Using FP2003 SP3

My Home page has the extension .html and the rest of the pages have .htm
as their extension. Somewhere I read that .html is preferable for all
the pages in a Web site. Is there any thing to justify this
preference? If there is justification the next question would be how
find a way to batch rename .htm to .html and retain the links!

I wouldn't say it was preferable at all to have it one way or the other. The
only difference is that .html is traditionally used on UNIX/Linux servers
and the .htm extension is traditionally used on Windows-based servers. The
requirements on the default home page may be specific so that's where the
file extension and name of the file really count, but otherwise it's your
preference and choice. I haven't seen anything that would force me to say
one over the other from performance or seo perspective.


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Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Expression

"Malcolm Walker" <mewalker [at] uwclub.net> wrote in message
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> Using FP2003 SP3
>
> My Home page has the extension .html and the rest of the pages have .htm
> as their extension. Somewhere I read that .html is preferable for all the
> pages in a Web site. Is there any thing to justify this preference? If
> there is justification the next question would be how find a way to batch
> rename .htm to .html and retain the links!

Thank you for your prompt and informative response.

Mark Fitzpatrick wrote:
> I wouldn't say it was preferable at all to have it one way or the
> other. The only difference is that .html is traditionally used on
> UNIX/Linux servers and the .htm extension is traditionally used on
> Windows-based servers. The requirements on the default home page may
> be specific so that's where the file extension and name of the file
> really count, but otherwise it's your preference and choice. I haven't
> seen anything that would force me to say one over the other from
> performance or seo perspective.
>
>

My server requires only the Index page to have .html. All other pages are
..htm and work fine.

Ken

"Malcolm Walker" <mewalker [at] uwclub.net> wrote in message
news:O3A0sfUWIHA.1184 [at] TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Using FP2003 SP3
>
> My Home page has the extension .html and the rest of the pages have .htm
> as their extension. Somewhere I read that .html is preferable for all the
> pages in a Web site. Is there any thing to justify this preference? If
> there is justification the next question would be how find a way to batch
> rename .htm to .html and retain the links!

There really is no preference. The only thing that really matters is that
your home page filename and extension match what your host has listed as
your home page, and often times you can use the control panel from the host
to change the name of the default document.

There really is no difference between htm and html- the preferred extension
was html but due to the 8.3 naming convention that Billy G created, html was
truncated to htm


"Malcolm Walker" <mewalker [at] uwclub.net> wrote in message
news:O3A0sfUWIHA.1184 [at] TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Using FP2003 SP3
>
> My Home page has the extension .html and the rest of the pages have .htm
> as their extension. Somewhere I read that .html is preferable for all the
> pages in a Web site. Is there any thing to justify this preference? If
> there is justification the next question would be how find a way to batch
> rename .htm to .html and retain the links!

Don't blame Microsoft-the 8.3 filename system was baggage carried over from
the days of CP/M and Digital's RT-11 OS.

WIKI before you leap, Mikey M -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3_filename

"Similar 8.3 file naming schemes have also existed on earlier CP/M and on
some Data General and Digital Equipment Corporation minicomputer operating
systems."






Bob Lehmann


"Mike Mueller" <MyName [at] ecinet.net> wrote in message
news:%23cGQRVeWIHA.5448 [at] TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> There really is no preference. The only thing that really matters is that
> your home page filename and extension match what your host has listed as
> your home page, and often times you can use the control panel from the
host
> to change the name of the default document.
>
> There really is no difference between htm and html- the preferred
extension
> was html but due to the 8.3 naming convention that Billy G created, html
was
> truncated to htm
>
>
> "Malcolm Walker" <mewalker [at] uwclub.net> wrote in message
> news:O3A0sfUWIHA.1184 [at] TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Using FP2003 SP3
> >
> > My Home page has the extension .html and the rest of the pages have .htm
> > as their extension. Somewhere I read that .html is preferable for all
the
> > pages in a Web site. Is there any thing to justify this preference? If
> > there is justification the next question would be how find a way to
batch
> > rename .htm to .html and retain the links!
>