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    aguinn is offline Platinum level (1000+ posts)
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    Default How do you get "tinyurl.com" links?

    instead of those loooooong http links in some posts, the posters have ingeniously (sp?) added a link using tinyurl.com. how is this done?

    amy
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    Default RE: How do you get "tinyurl.com" links?

    Just go to www.tinyurl.com.

    There's a screen there that asks for the original URL link. You paste it in and it generates a tinyurl version. You then take the tinyurl version, copy it and paste it into your post here.

    Simple! :)

    -m
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    Default RE: How do you get "tinyurl.com" links?

    marvey!
    oh, u so helpful to me tonight!
    thanks again!

    amy
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    mharling Guest

    Default RE: How do you get "tinyurl.com" links?

    Amy -
    Here is another option that I like to use -

    Type [link:your url|a description]

    What you will see is a description of your link that can be clicked on to follow the URL. I like this better because I don't have to go to another site to do it.

    I'll respond to this with an actual example so you can see it.

    Mary
    Lane - April 2003
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    mharling Guest

    Default RE: How do you get "tinyurl.com& amp;amp;amp;amp;quot; links?

    I am linking to Laurie Berkner's CD, Buzz Buzz, on amazon.com.

    Here is the original link:
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...music&n=507846

    Here it is with Tiny URL:
    http://tinyurl.com/5foqg

    Here it is with the method I described above:
    I typed link:www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004S36S/qid=1102046748/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl15/104-1209559-8800734?v=glance&s=music&n=507846|Laurie Berkner, Buzz Buzz (with brackets around the whole thing; can't show them because I don't want the link to show)

    which results in......

    [link:www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004S36S/qid=1102046748/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl15/104-1209559-8800734?v=glance&s=music&n=507846|Laurie Berkner, Buzz Buzz]

    Mary
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    Default RE: How do you get tinyurl.com links?

    Mary, that is really cool. I never would have thought of that, but that makes a lot of sense!

    So if I wanted to link to my website (which is not a long website, but just for practice), I could do this:

    [link:http://www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya|Kaya pics]

    Hey, it works! :) Thanks Mary!

    Eileen

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    mharling Guest

    Default RE: How do you get tinyurl.com links?

    You're welcome! I think it's pretty cool too. I forgot to give Jennifer (JElaineB) credit for introducing me to it. Thanks Jennifer!

    Mary
    Lane - April 2003
    Little sister on the way!!! March 2!

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    Default RE: How do you get "tinyurl.com& quot; links?

    Ok..great tool, but what character or spacing do you use btw the url and description?

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    mharling Guest

    Default RE: How do you get "tinyurl.com& quot; links?

    It's a | - I don't know if all keyboards are the same, but on mine, it's the top character (i.e. press shift to get it) on the back slash key. I don't know it's official name though. Anyone???

    Mary
    Lane - April 2003
    Little sister on the way!!! March 2!

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    Default RE: it's a pipe!

    Mary--
    They're called pipes (or is it singular?), but I can't figure out how to make them work for me. Can you look at my syntax:

    link:paste in copied link|paste in title of CD
    With no spaces between any of the parts hasn't worked for me.

    paste in copied link|paste in title of CD
    With or without spaces before & after pipe hasn't worked either!

    I've tried straight brackets [], curlies {} and parentheses () around the whole thing, too! I'm stumped....

    Can you see what I am missing here? Thanks a bunch!!

    edited to add more things that I have tried...I really want this to work!


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