This is not just a SharePoint restriction. Extremely long URLs are usually a mistake. *URLs over 2,000 characters will not work in the most popular web browser.* Don't use them if you intend your site to work for the majority of Internet users. This goes for search engines as well.
Regards, Paul On 12 September 2013 11:42, Nigel Witherdin <nigel_wither...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Worth noting that there are URL size limitations in SP2010: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff919564(v=office.14).aspx > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:00:33 +0800 > > Subject: Re: Best Prectice for naming sites > From: sharepointse...@gmail.com > To: ozmoss@ozmoss.com > > > I does "do it" for... Search Engines though. Having many words in the URL > that are dash delimeted is good for SEO, improves search engine ranking. > What's wrong with long descriptive names in a page URL? > Are you trying to conserve bytes being sent across your network cables? > > If you were to do this though - I too prefer a Client-Side implementation > of this compared to event receivers on pages libraries. > > Going back to the original question of "naming sites". Call them whatever > makes most sense to you. I agree with the point of keeping URLs short. The > site name should be descriptive enough for users to know what the site's > purpose is. also recommend not using spaces or any other funny characters > in URLs as they get http url encoded, such as spaces being turned into %20 > etc. I also recommend you tell your users to enter a description when > creating sites. Here's another good article on the topic > http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/simple-naming-conventions-improve-end-user-experience-sharepoint-sites > > Sezai. > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Web Admin <web.ad...@syd.catholic.edu.au > > wrote: > > I'd prefer to do it client-side and override the incumbent method for > populating the page name field. Limiting its length would probably be the > easiest approach. my-first-news-article-i-ever-did-write-.aspx just doesn't > do it for me. ;) > > Regards, > > Paul > > On 11 September 2013 12:40, Nigel Witherdin > <nigel_wither...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > ItemAdding event receiver on the SitePages library maybe? > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 08:29:59 +1000 > Subject: Re: Best Prectice for naming sites > From: web.ad...@syd.catholic.edu.au > To: ozmoss@ozmoss.com > > > I wish there was an easy way to enforce the same rules for pages. :) > > Regards, > > Paul > > > On 10 September 2013 18:07, Nigel Witherdin > <nigel_wither...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > I think the site title can be whatever you like, but I generally keep > the URL for the site to be short (gen 6 letters or less), and without > troubling characters like spaces. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 10, 2013, at 5:36 PM, "Zahra Zamanikia" < > zahra.zamani...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > There are different ways for naming sites, I just need a hint which way is > the best one ? > > Thanks, > Zara > > _______________________________________________ > ozmoss mailing list > ozmoss@ozmoss.com > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss > > > _______________________________________________ > ozmoss mailing list > ozmoss@ozmoss.com > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss > > > > _______________________________________________ ozmoss mailing list > ozmoss@ozmoss.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss > > _______________________________________________ > ozmoss mailing list > ozmoss@ozmoss.com > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss > > > > _______________________________________________ > ozmoss mailing list > ozmoss@ozmoss.com > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss > > > > _______________________________________________ ozmoss mailing list > ozmoss@ozmoss.com http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss > > _______________________________________________ > ozmoss mailing list > ozmoss@ozmoss.com > http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/ozmoss > >
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