wendu Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 hey'a! it's wendu here, with problems, d'oh I'm keeping my own Wp blog, but I can't seem to decide how to name my blog's titles!! the issue is what terms to make with capital first letter and what not? here's examples: Mike and his new bike or Mike and his New Bike or Mike And His New Bike or Mike and HIS new bike I'm so confused.. is there general rules what terms to capitalize? like the word "the" is better as "The"? share and discuss this, please. thanks! Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/172847-blog-entry-naming-conventions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 There is not standard as far as blogs are concerned, but there is if you want to use correct grammar. Why would you want to capitalize other letters? I just don't understand any rationale behind it. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/172847-blog-entry-naming-conventions/#findComment-911022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendu Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Quote There is not standard as far as blogs are concerned, but there is if you want to use correct grammar. Why would you want to capitalize other letters? I just don't understand any rationale behind it. for the very same reason news articles, books and movie titles are capitalized. how boring would this be The lord of the rings when it actually is The Lord of the Rings that's what I'm asking, how to know what words to make capital first letter and what not? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/172847-blog-entry-naming-conventions/#findComment-911130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 A book title is something different, you could follow the same rules if that is what you like. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/172847-blog-entry-naming-conventions/#findComment-911133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendu Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Quote A book title is something different, you could follow the same rules if that is what you like. certainly I would, but what are such rules? I've seen that words like the, and, a, an aren't capitalized, but sometimes The is and it's all so very confusing. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/172847-blog-entry-naming-conventions/#findComment-911140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Book+title+capitalization Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/172847-blog-entry-naming-conventions/#findComment-911145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Quote Quote A book title is something different, you could follow the same rules if that is what you like. certainly I would, but what are such rules? I've seen that words like the, and, a, an aren't capitalized, but sometimes The is and it's all so very confusing. Yikes, really...? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/172847-blog-entry-naming-conventions/#findComment-911157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventheyejosh Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 LMAO this post is so random. We need a subforum of Miscellaneous called Random. For when shit is really, really random. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/172847-blog-entry-naming-conventions/#findComment-911174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Quote There is not standard as far as blogs are concerned, but there is if you want to use correct grammar. Why would you want to capitalize other letters? I just don't understand any rationale behind it. I believe the rationale is that when you are capitalizing things, it becomes more important. A title is important, thus you capitalize it. I usually do not use it though. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/172847-blog-entry-naming-conventions/#findComment-911235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 You've most likely seen 'The' and similar capitalized when somebody else has been using bad grammar, or when companies / organizations capitalize them as that initials part of an acronym.. but generally blog titles are only sub-titles of your web page and shouldn't be capitalized. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/172847-blog-entry-naming-conventions/#findComment-911456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Quote You've most likely seen 'The' and similar capitalized when somebody else has been using bad grammar, or when companies / organizations capitalize them as that initials part of an acronym.. I agree, unless the title starts with 'The'. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/172847-blog-entry-naming-conventions/#findComment-911619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Typically no article (as in article adjective, not article as in a post) is capitalized unless it starts the name. So a, an, the are not usually capitalized. I'm not sure if I would follow the same naming conventions with blog posts as with book titles though.... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/172847-blog-entry-naming-conventions/#findComment-912069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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