Since the name of media items (images) is not used in the url, what is the purpose of the name? Is see the following:
Is displayed in the media section's tree
Tooltip when hovering over a MediaPicker2 property
Tooltip when hovering over items inside MediaPicker2's list of images (when browsing and selecting)
Anything else?
Based on this knowledge, are there any best practices as to how to name the media items (images)?
Capitalization
Spaces, hyphens, or underscores?
Same as the underlying filename maybe?
Include filetype extension?
I have to admit I find it really confusing (and frustrating) that we both have a Name and a Filename, but only Name can be changed. Why can't the Filename be changed, since in many ways it is more significant (url and visibility to the website users, and from an SEO point of view). Sigh!
Maybe some of the oldtimers around here can shed some light on the history of the media library and its design? Would be nice! :-)
Not sure on the history of the media section etc. but I tend to use Name for a human readable description of the image and use it for the image alt text which is better from an accessibility pov.
Media Item Name - purpose and best practices?
Since the name of media items (images) is not used in the url, what is the purpose of the name? Is see the following:
Anything else?
Based on this knowledge, are there any best practices as to how to name the media items (images)?
I have to admit I find it really confusing (and frustrating) that we both have a Name and a Filename, but only Name can be changed. Why can't the Filename be changed, since in many ways it is more significant (url and visibility to the website users, and from an SEO point of view). Sigh!
Maybe some of the oldtimers around here can shed some light on the history of the media library and its design? Would be nice! :-)
-Tor
Hi Tor,
Not sure on the history of the media section etc. but I tend to use Name for a human readable description of the image and use it for the image alt text which is better from an accessibility pov.
Kerri
Thanks for the input, Kerri! Our site is multilingual and that means we have to use content from the doc types for the alt texts, etc.
-Tor
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