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Tempest · 07-01-2008, 12:00 AM

Keep in mind that this list is just one persons perspective.. Other coders will have things they agree and disagree with..

For example:

#1 - I don't necessarily agree with that. In this day and age, adding script to a page does not mean it has to be .php. In fact, some hosts already have .html set to effectively be php pages. IMO "scripts" should be .php.. Sites themselves should be .html even if they're basically generated via scripts. Directory type sites could be php, but nowadays everyone is using mod_rewrite so that the underlying code can be php but what the surfer sees is .html.

#3, having the domain in urls on the page has some benifits. The coder should have an initialization module that gets called for every page that sets a variable to something like "baseurl".. Then all the links on the page can insert that variable. A good coder will be able to swap out hardcoded domains within a few minutes to an hour depending on the qty.

But overall it's a decent list. #6 is so common it's scary.. Always see that with real noobs. The other thing I really hate is all the files, images etc. that gets put on sites that are no longer used and no one purges them.. Takes a long time to figure out whether they're really required or not.

07-01-2008, 12:00 AM
Tempest Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Location: West Coast, Canada. Posts: 10,217	Keep in mind that this list is just one persons perspective.. Other coders will have things they agree and disagree with.. For example: #1 - I don't necessarily agree with that. In this day and age, adding script to a page does not mean it has to be .php. In fact, some hosts already have .html set to effectively be php pages. IMO "scripts" should be .php.. Sites themselves should be .html even if they're basically generated via scripts. Directory type sites could be php, but nowadays everyone is using mod_rewrite so that the underlying code can be php but what the surfer sees is .html. #3, having the domain in urls on the page has some benifits. The coder should have an initialization module that gets called for every page that sets a variable to something like "baseurl".. Then all the links on the page can insert that variable. A good coder will be able to swap out hardcoded domains within a few minutes to an hour depending on the qty. But overall it's a decent list. #6 is so common it's scary.. Always see that with real noobs. The other thing I really hate is all the files, images etc. that gets put on sites that are no longer used and no one purges them.. Takes a long time to figure out whether they're really required or not.