{"id":2150,"date":"2013-04-07T13:43:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T20:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brainlitter.com\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2013-04-07T13:43:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T20:43:51","slug":"whats-in-a-name-giving-your-sharepoint-web-applications-and-platform-a-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2013\/04\/07\/whats-in-a-name-giving-your-sharepoint-web-applications-and-platform-a-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in a name?  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Here&#8217;s ours: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.itgroove.ca\">https:\/\/go.itgroove.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Why Go?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s short<\/strong> \u2013 less to type, helps with keeping URL\u2019s shorter (that can sometimes be a factor in some environments with firewalls, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simple<\/strong> \u2013 easy to remember, easy to type, easy to explain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organic<\/strong> \u2013 it can be used in a sentence &#8230; &#8220;it&#8217;s the place you go, to find your stuff&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sassy<\/strong> \u2013 it\u2019s easy to brand \u2026 example below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2013\/04\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/brainlitter\/2013\/04\/image_thumb.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"651\" height=\"245\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Common Names to Avoid?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SharePoint<\/strong>: for the love of God or Allah, don&#8217;t call it <a href=\"http:\/\/SharePoint\">http:\/\/SharePoint<\/a>.\u00a0 What if you change platforms one day (though seriously, who would leave SharePoint? ;). And if you have some open source religious zealots, they will refuse to use it just by the name of it.\u00a0 And, sadly, there are folks out there that don&#8217;t like SharePoint due to past experiences &#8230; Not because the platform failed but because it was implemented poorly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intranet<\/strong>: SharePoint can be so much more than an Intranet so why confuse those who connect to it or stunt it&#8217;s potential?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Portal<\/strong>: see Intranet<\/li>\n<li><strong>ServerName<\/strong>: Seriously?\u00a0 Whenever you see this, you can count on the fact that SharePoint was installed in demo\/standalone mode &#8230; You can count on other stuff being poorly thought out as well.\u00a0 Try load balancing with this name as well \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good Names<\/h2>\n<p>So, I like &#8220;go&#8221; and a number of our clients have adopted this (along with &#8220;my&#8221; when scaling out ups\/my sites).\u00a0 But that doesn&#8217;t mean other names aren&#8217;t possible.\u00a0 When planning your web application names, think about the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keep it short<\/strong>: lengths of URL&#8217;s can matter so the shorter the better<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep it generic<\/strong>: don&#8217;t stunt the potential of the framework\/platform with the name<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seek out a personality<\/strong>: something that logo&#8217;s well.\u00a0 You need to &#8220;sell&#8221; the platform to your users, so a sassy logo\/personality goes a long way to introducing something new\/flashy\/hot<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get permission\/feedback<\/strong>: it&#8217;s not a lot of fun going back and updating documentation, system settings, etc., if a name you chose was not cool with management or your project stakeholders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note, this isn&#8217;t a technical discussion.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not going to go deep into discussions about web applications vs. managed paths, SSL, etc. when scaling up or out.\u00a0 I simply wanted to share how we named our SharePoint web applications and subsequently became the same advice we give our clients. 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