Items on the e-Porfolio site — documents, images, folders, and so on — have both a name and a title.

• Names are actual files names and identify items behind the scenes (and in the URL). Usually, you see the title instead.
• Titles appear in the navigation box (upper left), the folder contents view, and elsewhere.

Having titles in addition to names means that you can use titles for items using spaces and other characters that wouldn't be allowed in a file name.

Having access to the name allows you to create a default view for folders.

creating a default folder view

The default view of a folder is the view that appears when users click on the folder in the navigation box (upper left).

• If an item in the folder has the name "index_html," that item becomes the default folder view. Note that's an underscore not a period between "index" and "html"!
• Otherwise, the folder opens in Contents View. See The Folder Contents View for more information.

An index_html item can have any title, but it's generally best to use the same title for folders and their default views.

• Items with the name index_html do not show up in the navigation box (upper left).
• They do show up in the contents table in Contents View.

Usually, a document is used for the default folder view, rather than, say, an image, or link, or file. Wiki pages in particular behave differently than other items and are best not used as the default folder view page. See Wikis for more information.

The page may contain text and/or links to the items in the folder.

Sometimes, it may be better not to have an index_html — in folders that function primarily as archives, for example. That way, the contents are immediately visible, because the folder opens in Contents View. This also saves you the trouble of updating a folder index page each time the contents change.