Creative File Storage Best Practices

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  • dMullins0

    This is the method I prefer...

    Top-level Folders:
    3-letter client name
    All four digits of the year

    Project Sub-folders:
    - Internal project number
    - dash (don't use underscores, use dashes with spaces around them so you can jump between words if needed for renaming, etc.)
    - Short name (New Corporate Pocket Folder)

    Assets within project folders:
    - _assets (logo files, source materials from client like head shots, etc.)
    - _docs (any docs you need to have locally; e.g., copy for flowing)
    - project-type folders (www, psd, staging, etc.)

    So, for example:

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