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Order vs. Chaos
Creative Inventions and Robotics
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Order vs. Chaos
Why is it important to organize materials and
computer files?
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Order vs. Chaos
Why is it important to organize materials and
computer files?
Who will find the needed parts first?
Builder #1
Builder #2
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Order vs. Chaos
Why is it important to organize materials and
computer files?
Who will get the most customers?
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Set up your work folders.
Never leave your files on
the desktop. Files left on
the desktop will get deleted.
Desktop
documents
C: or
Hard Drive
your name
yourname-lab-book.ppt
yourname-web-page.html
images
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cat.jpg
ball.gif
song.wav
movie.wmv
File Structure
File Names
1) Use long descriptive, hierarchal names like
Bad:
file.html
Good:
school-date-name-description.html
2) Use all lower case text. (Unix vs. Windows)
3) Use “-” between words.
Do not use “_” or “ “
Bad:
biy_hot_shot.html
biy_hot_shot.html
Bad:
biy hot shot.html
Good:
biy-hot-shot.html
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Website Map and Navigation
Home Page
Favorite
Stuff
Hobbies
Friends
Heroes
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Favorite
Web sites
File Structure Folders
Web Site
index.html
Section ‘n’
Section 1
sec-1.html
Sec1 Images
sec-n.html
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Sec1 Images