Folder to store images and pdfs

[altralaser]

Hi,

I have some png files which I would include into my website. For that I'm using the <img/> tag. And I would also include a few pdf files. For that I'm using the <a> tag.
Now I want to know whether there's a special folder in which I should store these documents? Or can I simply create a path called "images" and another path called "pdffiles" under the root folder?
I will upload the files only via FTP, so no upload function of the CMS is needed.

Thanks in advance!

[chandra]

You can do what you want .

But think it's better to use the CMSMS scheme (images to /uploads/images and pdf to /uploads/pdf).

You don't know what you will do in the future on your website and some modules need this scheme.

[JohnnyB]

As chandra said, you can do whatever works best for you.

Something I do differently is if the image will be used as part of a template, I use a directory called /images/ that is not inside of the /uploads/ directory. I do the same with any external CSS and Javascript files -- I keep them out of the /uploads/ directory.

[altralaser]

OK and is there also a scheme for zip or exe files?

[chandra]

Something I do differently is if the image will be used as part of a template, I use a directory called /images/ that is not inside of the /uploads/ directory.

Yeah, was the scheme in previous CMSMS versions and make sense for me cause editors should not have access to template related files.

[chandra]

is there also a scheme for zip or exe files?

/uploads/zip
/uploads/exe

[Wishbone]

I put template images in uploads/images/templates, and template JS files in uploads/images/js .. I try to keep everything non-cmsms in /uploads, so if I have to re-install CMSMS (hacked, corrupted), I just remove everything that's not in /uploads and re-install.. Keeps everything organized.