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.htm vs. .html
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2008
I'm often asked which is better: .htm or .html. This (extremely!) short article discusses the differences between the two file types and which is the correct one to use.
So what's the difference and which is best?
The short answer
There is none. They are exactly the same.
The long answer
Both .htm and .html are exactly the same and will work in the same way. The choice is down to personal preference, providing you're consistent with your file naming you won't have a problem with either.
Depending on the configuration of the web server, one of the file types will take precedence over the other. This should not be an issue since it's unlikely that you'll have both index.htm and index.html sitting in the same folder.
We always use the shorter .htm for our file names since file extensions are typically 3 characters long.
Posted Aug 2, 2008 11:56 AM by Andy Crathorne | Permalink | Send to a Friend
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Comments (4)
hull web design wrote:
Exactly my sentiments.
Posted on 08-Aug-08 at 11:41 am | Permalink
Soula Digital Design wrote:
I have to say we personally prefer html because of people typing stuff in, I know it will only be a very, very small amount of people but it's better than them seeing an error page.
I do agree that keeping extensions to 3 characters is a good diea though.
Posted on 18-Aug-08 at 8:34 am | Permalink
webdesign wrote:
i have to agree on that.
Posted on 10-Sep-08 at 1:54 pm | Permalink
Isabelle Newton wrote:
I agree - not a lot of difference at all apart from the default filenames scenario.
Posted on 10-Nov-08 at 1:10 pm | Permalink
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