SharePoint is becoming more and more popular at my "real job" lately and I've been poking around, developing best practices for what we're referring to the "back end" (the development site) and "front end" for end user portals, used to host final materials for general consumption. The infamous "they" have locked down a lot of the functionality in terms of customization (skins and such) but through trial and error we've come up with some workable sites.
I'm wondering if anyone has any best practices to share with the class.
Some of my team's best practices include:
- For "back end" sites, turn on the "Always check out" functionality. This way, you don't have to remember to check a file out before editing so no one overwrites what you're editing.
- We've also worked out some naming conventions so they make sense on the site and if we need to copy the file off the site and send it to review with Compliance it still makes sense either way.