This directory contains images that are used in one or more places throughout the site.
As elsewhere:
- Files should be named with one or two words, with a hypen or underscore betweeen words.
- Filenames should be shorter (rather than longer and more descriptive)
- Keep in mind that context is also provided by the folder name
- Image filenames should reflect what the image is of, not what the image is for
- An example is
train-engine.jpgnottransportation.jpg
- An example is
As elsewhere:
- Filenames must all lower case letters
- Filename must not contain spaces nor other punctuation (except hyphens or underscores)
Naming conventions (this is a work-in-progress):
Board Members (and other portrait photographs)
: lastname.jpg for public board members and other people
: last-i.jpg (iff lastname is short or common)
: lastname-xyz.jpg for agency board member, and xyz is agency acronym
Smaller images (archetype examples)
: org-logo.png
: xyz-seal.png (where xyz is agency acronym, and image is presumably circular
: something-badge.png (stylized thumbnail, but see item below)
: icon-something.png (stylized thumbnail, but see item above)
: word.png (short graphical text)