Difference between revisions of "Network/URL Shortener"

Revision as of 21:19, 19 April 2015

The URL shortener has three modes of operation.

• URL is like this: http://ml256.org/w320
  • This will result in a redirect to this URL: https://256.makerslocal.org/wiki/Special:ShortUrl/320
  • The Wiki's ShortUrl extension will then take you to the correct page.
  • To find the short URL for a Wiki page, look at the "Tools" section on the left side. You can copy the short URL to your clipboard from there.
• URL is like this: http://ml256.org/b4750
  • This will result in a redirect to this URL: https://256.makerslocal.org/?p=4750
  • WordPress will then rewrite that URL to the "pretty URL" and take you to the right article.
  • To find the short URL for a blog post, look under the title of the blog post. You can copy the short URL to your clipboard from there.
• URL is anything else on ml256.org (something that doesn't start with a w or a b)
  • This results in a redirect to the ML256 homepage.
  • Maybe we can make a service for members out of this later.