Do you have any suggestions on how to manage a site with
folders?
It's an excellent idea to organise your site with folders (directories). I recommend
putting a lot of effort into designing a logical system based on the user's view -
rather than say, departmental structure, though that might play a role. Your
navigation system should then be able to take advantage of the file structure, and
good keywords will appear in the URLs themselves, helping users figure it out.
For example, there are two logical places for images:
in a dedicated images directory, if they are going to be used on more than one
page, e.g. logos and navigation icons.
in the directory of the page using them, if they are only going to be used on the
one page.
At least I find this scheme works well for me.
Also, it's important to note that the images do not have to be in the same
directory as the page using them; just use relative URLs to access them, e.g.