• Picking a URL for your application
  • Unacceptable Names
  • Questionable Names
• Requesting your subdomain
• Setting your domain name in the Betty Blocks UI
• References

Picking a URL for your application

All applications on the Low Code Solutions platform will have a custom URL when published to production. The URL format will be app-name.*.wisc.edu, examples of this could look like app-name.wisc.edu, app-name.lcs.wisc.edu or app-name.apps.lcs.wisc.edu.

Selecting a subdomain name for your application is a crucial step in the application development process. We advise application developers to work with their S/C/I/D communications and or marketing areas to produce a name that makes sense for their application and marketing goals. Here are some guidelines you can use to help your selection process.

Unacceptable Names

Any word or phrase, at any level alone or in combination, that is offensive.

Offensive words or phrases include those that are: obscene, sexist, racist, sarcastic or otherwise disrespectful of persons, groups of persons, or the units and activities of the university. This includes not just words or phrases in English, but in other languages as well.

Questionable Names

The determination that a name is questionable is a judgment call. It is not a rejection of the name, but a determination that the name should be reviewed by the appropriate decision-makers.

There are three general cases:

• Any word or phrase that may be offensive.
• Any word or phrase that appears to be non-business-like.
• A non-business-like name is one which is inappropriately humorous, or which might confuse the user. A name should accurately represent content or purpose and not adversely affect the perception of the unit or the university.

Any word or phrase that is out-of-scope for the unit that is requesting it.

A name is out of scope if:

• the name implies a function which the unit or service does not perform, or
• the name implies a function which other units or services also perform.

Requesting your subdomain

For developers who are part of a distributed IT organization, reach out to your IT contact for help in registering your hostname and configuring your SSL certificate.

For developers who do not have a distributed IT organization, please contact the Low Code Solutions Service Team, serviceteamforlcs@office365.wisc.edu, and we can assist you in acquiring and configuring your hostname.

Setting your domain name in the Betty Blocks UI