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File Naming Convention

GED-GEN web pages follow a file naming convention.

File Meaning
main.html
main2.html
...

The Surname pages. The number of pages depends on the number of partitions you specify. (You can also specify a different file name for the first Surname page.)

name1.html
name2.html
...

The Index pages. The number of pages depends on the number of entries generated and how many entries you choose per page.

bib1.html
bib2.html
...

The Bibliography pages. The number of pages depends on the number of entries generated and how many entries you choose per page.

rep1.html
rep2.html
...

The Repository pages. The number of pages depends on the number of entries generated and how many entries you choose per page.

f008.html

The Family Group Sheet pages. The family's reference number determines a unique file name. These reference numbers are internal to the GEDCOM file. For instance the eighth family might be numbered F008. In this example the web page is then named f008.html.

f008.html
f008g.html
f008f.html

If you choose to include source citations in a separate frame window, there are two additional files generated per family. The file f008.html will contain instructions for the Internet browser to break the page into frame windows. The file f008g.html contains the family group page displayed in the upper frame window and the file f008f.html contains the footnotes displayed in the lower frame window.

oi256.html

For individuals that are not associated with any family page, a family page is created for them. This file is named using the individual's reference number, since there is no family reference number. For instance individual I256 would have a web page file named oi256.html. The prefix "o" is added so there is no confusion with a family reference number.

gf-f008-01.html
gf-f008-02.html
...

Family Multimedia Gallery pages. These are pages of thumbnail images for family galleries. The family's reference number determines a unique file name, like F008. There can be multiple pages depending on the number of multimedia items in the gallery and how many thumbnails are displayed per page.

sf-f008-01.html
sf-f008-02.html
...

Family Gallery Slide pages. For each multimedia item in a family gallery, there is a corresponding slide page that shows the item in greater detail.

Here the counter (e.g., 01, 02, etc.) indicates consecutive items in the gallery. For gallery pages, it represents a page containing many items (thumbnail images). For example, a gallery containing five items may have only one gallery page (gf-f008-01.html), but will have five slide pages (sf-f008-01.html through sf-f008-05.html).

gi-f008-i256-01.html
gi-f008-i256-02.html
...

Individual Multimedia Gallery pages. These are pages of thumbnail images for individual galleries. Each individual, like I256, is associated with a family, like F008. For instance, the same individual could have a different gallery when he appears as a child on his parent's family page, and as a husband on his spousal family page. There can be multiple pages depending on the number of multimedia items in the gallery and how many thumbnails are displayed per page.

si-f008-i256-01.html
si-f008-i256-02.html
...

Individual Gallery Slide pages. For each multimedia item in an individual gallery, there is a corresponding slide page that shows the item in greater detail.

gs-f008-01.html
gs-f008-02.html
...

Source Citation Multimedia Gallery pages. These are pages of thumbnail images for source citation galleries. A separate gallery is created for the source citations that appear on each family page, for example family F008. There can be multiple pages depending on the number of multimedia items in the gallery and how many thumbnails are displayed per page.

ss-f008-01.html
ss-f008-02.html
...

Source Citation Gallery Slide pages. For each multimedia item in a source citation gallery, there is a corresponding slide page that shows the item in greater detail.

gb-bib-01.html
gb-bib-02.html
...

Bibliography Multimedia Gallery pages. These are pages of thumbnail images for the bibliography gallery. There can be multiple pages depending on the number of multimedia items in the gallery and how many thumbnails are displayed per page.

sb-bib-01.html
sb-bib-02.html
...

Bibliography Gallery Slide pages. For each multimedia item in a bibliography gallery, there is a corresponding slide page that shows the item in greater detail.

Since you can specify a file prefix for the generated files (see the Attributes tab), the above names may carry a prefix. If you choose the prefix "grp" for instance, then the files are named grpmain.html, grpname1.html, grpf008.html, and so on. Except, the prefix is not applied to multimedia gallery files. Note you can also change the file name extension to something other than ".html".