Hello Guys,
I have a huge site, and the problem is a few directories in the site have as many as hundred thousand files linked directly under it. I am very confused. Is this standard? Or should I have lower number of files in each directory? Is there an advisable organization pattern when it comes to number of pages I include under each node?
I hope this makes sense. Thanks. Sam.
Megan posted this at 13:11—3rd August 2007.
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If you have that many pages then it's not normal to have them all as individual HTML pages, no. You should be using some form of a content management system that would make it much easier to manage all those pages.
Otherwise, it if makes sense for those pages to be in the same directory, then that might not be a big problem. As long as it's still easy for you to manage. I did read something just yesterday about how flat directory structures (fewer levels of hierarchy) are better for SEO (see question 10 in that link).
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cliffhanger posted this at 11:11—6th August 2007.
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thanks a ton... that was helpful...
webfriend posted this at 01:34—9th August 2007.
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I had a guy that had a database driven website. Lost the webmaster, continued to make files in html and had 500 pages. So he could run the site I took everything to html/php includes. Put everything in directories(folders)and then had to rebuild the page links ../../happy.html. I hope your not that far into this type of mess but if you are, Good Luck.
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