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Naming Conventions and Standards...
Old 05-09-2006, 02:53 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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When looking at Ruggs and Zorlac's images for the first profiles I found it a little confusing to figure out where/how each image is used. There are about 250 images in Ruggs profile and 188 in Zorlacs. And it's fantastic that we will have so many buttons available, but that's a lot to look through... And when myself and others get going there will be many more.

Can we come up with some naming convention standards for Profile names, Button Names and Image Names to make it easier to know exactly what a button/image is intened for?

Looking for suggestions here. Here's mine, and maybe you have some better ones... In general, it would be nice if things could be grouped together. Names could go from General --> to more Specific.

Profile Names:
GameName-ProfileName-CreatorName

Profile Examples:
  • Lockon-A10-wbc.tbc
  • PF-B25-wbc.tbc
  • BF2-Sniper-wbc.tbc
Button Image Names:
TabName_Control/ActionName_Action/Object

Image Examples:
  • Flight_Brakes_Parking.gif
  • Flight_Brakes_Wheel.gif
  • Flight_Brakes_Arm_Autospoilers.gif
I am currently putting the images for each tab in separate subfolders to keep them organized. If my images are named well, I am just using them for the Button Names in the Profile. That way I know there probably won't be any dups, and a button/image are tied directly together.

Again, not being critical here. Just trying to get organized since it looks like I'll use TouchBuddy for every game that I can. And if we get organized from the beginning we won't have such a hard time customizing our profiles. IMO everyone is welcome to take any of my button images and use them in their own custom profiles however they want.

All input is welcome. Even if you think I'm an organization nut!
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