File names for Paizo PDF

[Nikosandros]

I would like to suggest naming the files for PDFs of Paizo products with the name of the product instead of the product code. Maybe this might be slightly impractical with multiple files versions, but it is (IMHO) totally warranted for singe files products (or versions).

The product code is not very meaningful for the end user and every month I end up renaming a bunch of files. Not a big deal, but still somewhat inconvenient.

Would this be possible?

[Chris Lambertz]

The file names are pretty embedded into our process for PDF creation (especially in the case of PDF counterparts of hardcover books that contain hyperlinks where the document name is critical for those features to work properly), delivery and internal reference. We have no plans to change the naming conventions for PDFs currently.

[Jürgen Hubert]

Frustrating - I don't mind if the product code is included, but whenever I buy multiple PDFs I have to go on a renaming orgy which requires me to:

1. Open the file
2. Check what product this file represents
3. Close the file
4. Rename the file

If the file name included the product title, I could skip steps 1-3.

[0xTJ]

Jürgen Hubert wrote:

Frustrating - I don't mind if the product code is included, but whenever I buy multiple PDFs I have to go on a renaming orgy which requires me to:

1. Open the file
2. Check what product this file represents
3. Close the file
4. Rename the file

If the file name included the product title, I could skip steps 1-3.

Personally, I like short file names that aren't too much. I've settled on a system of placing the files in folders with the name of each book, then making symlinks from the PDF files into another folder, where I give the symlinks the full book name. To me, that gives the best balance of formal cataloguing and usability.

Instead of having to open each file, I find it easiest to copy the name from the title in the pop-up before clicking the download button. Then when you're asked where to save it, you can paste in the name (or in my case make a new folder with that name).