The Internet
Dot-com
Use a hyphen.
Em-dashes
On Web pages, em-dashes should not be closed up to surrounding text. Put a space before and after the em-dash for better text flow.
Do not hyphenate.
Home page
Not homepage.
Internet
Use this capitalization.
Login
Together, as one word, “login” is a noun:
- My login is my email address.
Log in
Space the words apart for verb use:
- I am already logged in.
Net, the (in reference to the Internet)
Online
Not on-line or on line.
Podcast
Do not hyphenate.
URLs and email addresses
Unless at the beginning of a sentence, an email address should be set in lowercase letters with no spaces between elements:
- jdoe@upenn.edu
When citing a URL or email address in running text, do not enclose in angle brackets. The use of “http://” at the beginning of a URL is not necessary if the address uses www:
- www.upenn.edu
- http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu
Never break a URL at the end of a line:
- For more information about a bunch of things, see the Penn Medicine giving blog,
http://penn-medicine-giving.blogspot.com/
World Wide Web
Note capitalization.
Web, the (in reference to the World Wide Web)
Note capitalization. It is capitalized because it is a title that refers to a rule set. (“Internet” is capitalized because it is a location, a proper noun.
Web browser, Web feed, Web page
Note capitalization.
Webcast, Website, Webmaster
Note capitalization.