Character Limitations

The following sections contain the character limitations that apply to various user-specified parameters in Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003.

Portal Site

• Portal site name   The portal site name is limited to 80 Unicode characters.

  The portal site name can consist of all alphanumeric characters except for the following: \ / : * ? " < > |

• Portal site description   The portal site description is limited to 200 Unicode characters.

  The portal site description can consist of all alphanumeric characters, as well as the following: # % * + \ | " ? $ @ [ ] { } ⌂

• Portal site logo   The URL for the portal site logo is limited to 256 ASCII characters.

  The URL for the portal site logo can consist of all alphanumeric characters except for the following: # % * + \ | " ? > < $ @ [ ] { } ⌂

  The following file formats are supported for the graphics file: .gif, .bmp, .jpg, and .png. TIFF files are not supported.

• Portal site URL   The URL for the portal site is limited to 255 characters for the entire URL, including virtual directories.
• Account name for portal site owner   The account name is limited to 128 characters.
• E-mail address for portal site owner   The e-mail address is limited to 255 characters.
• Location for creating SharePoint sites   The URL for creating sites from the Sites Directory is limited to 2,048 ASCII characters. In addition, no component of the URL, such as the virtual directory or virtual server, can exceed 128 characters.

  The URL must end with /_layouts/language/scsignup.aspx.

Backward-Compatible Document Library (Web Storage System-Based)

• Document library friendly name   The friendly (display) name cannot exceed 100 characters in length.

Alternate Portal Site Access Mappings

• Mapping name   The mapping name has a maximum length of 64 Unicode characters and must not be null.

• The following character limitations apply for the default, intranet, extranet, and custom URLs:

  • Each URL has a maximum length of 255 Unicode characters and a minimum length of 5 characters.
  • The user can enter the URL in any combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, but the URL is always saved in lowercase.
  • Each URL must be different from all other URLs.

Content Index

• Content index name   The content index name must be less than 50 characters.

  The content index name cannot contain the following characters: + ~ # ' % * ( ) = [ ] { } | \ " < > . ? / @ & or the euro symbol or a space.