how to short url(link)

munna_dude · 08-27-2007, 01:26 AM

hi all

how to short the url....
it is general query..

for example:
www.google.com
have to short in the form of
munna

is there any possible way

please help me

thank you in advance

reverse · 08-27-2007, 04:07 AM

Not sure what you mean.. perhaps /etc/hosts can help?

rjwilmsi · 08-27-2007, 04:14 AM

You can do this in Firefox by bookmarking www.google.com and adding the Keyword munna to the properties of the bookmark. Then if you type munna and hit enter in the URL bar, you will go to google.

munna_dude · 08-27-2007, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rjwilmsi

You can do this in Firefox by bookmarking www.google.com and adding the Keyword munna to the properties of the bookmark. Then if you type munna and hit enter in the URL bar, you will go to google.

yeah just like this...
actually this i would like to use in orkut to avoid refer code...

i searched for this in google...
there is an website called notlong.com
there if we give munna instead of www.google.com

it may generate short link like
http://munna.notlong.com

but i dont need this..
i just wanna munna instead of http://munna.notlong.com

please help me

thank you inadvamce

floppywhopper · 08-27-2007, 07:49 AM

I think you are asking about
BB Code

where you can take the url
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBCode
and make it like the link I posted above

so you can go here
or here
http://www.bbcode.org/

and learn about how to shorten your urls
http://www.bbcode.org/tags.php#9

regards
floppywhopper

<?Script · 08-27-2007, 03:11 PM

Hmm the question is abit incomplete in my opinion, do you want to use it on youre website like that? on a forum? on a normal forum BBcode parsers would be installed and you could use the tags, for youre own site to make it work like that you would have to write a parser youreself (or download one ofc.)
if you write it yourself this is the code i used for making url's:

Code:

//removes the HTTP:// if its typed, so that url's wont be http://http://url.com
$text = preg_replace('#\[url=http://#isU', '[url=', $text);
$text = preg_replace('#\[url\]http://#isU', '[url]', $text);
//makes text between  and  a link to the url
$text = preg_replace('#\[url=(.+)\](.+)\[/url\]#isU', '<a href="http://$1" target="blank">$2</a>', $text);
//makes a url of the text between  and  to the text between them.
$text = preg_replace('#\[url\](.+)\[/url\]#isU', '<a href="http://$1" target="blank">$1</a>', $text);
//makes the text between [google] and [/google] a search link to google for the topic inside the text
$text = preg_replace('#\[google\](.+)\[/google\]#isU', '<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=$1&btnG=Google+zoeken&meta=" target="blank">Google: $1</a>', $text);
//makes a mailto for the adress between  and  tags
$text = preg_replace('#\[email\](.+)\[/email\]#isU', '<a href="mailto:$1">$1</a>', $text);
//makes the text between  and  a mailto link to *
$text = preg_replace('#\[email=(.+)\](.+)\[/email\]#isU', '<a href="mailto:$1">$2</a>', $text);

munna_dude · 08-27-2007, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by <?Script

Hmm the question is abit incomplete in my opinion, do you want to use it on youre website like that? on a forum? on a normal forum BBcode parsers would be installed and you could use the tags, for youre own site to make it work like that you would have to write a parser youreself (or download one ofc.)
if you write it yourself this is the code i used for making url's:

Code:

//removes the HTTP:// if its typed, so that url's wont be http://http://url.com
$text = preg_replace('#\[url=http://#isU', '[url=', $text);
$text = preg_replace('#\[url\]http://#isU', '[url]', $text);
//makes text between  and  a link to the url
$text = preg_replace('#\[url=(.+)\](.+)\[/url\]#isU', '<a href="http://$1" target="blank">$2</a>', $text);
//makes a url of the text between  and  to the text between them.
$text = preg_replace('#\[url\](.+)\[/url\]#isU', '<a href="http://$1" target="blank">$1</a>', $text);
//makes the text between [google] and [/google] a search link to google for the topic inside the text
$text = preg_replace('#\[google\](.+)\[/google\]#isU', '<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=$1&btnG=Google+zoeken&meta=" target="blank">Google: $1</a>', $text);
//makes a mailto for the adress between  and  tags
$text = preg_replace('#\[email\](.+)\[/email\]#isU', '<a href="mailto:$1">$1</a>', $text);
//makes the text between  and  a mailto link to *
$text = preg_replace('#\[email=(.+)\](.+)\[/email\]#isU', '<a href="mailto:$1">$2</a>', $text);

am creating a redirecting link....
with out http:// and .com
and this link is not using for forum...
it is a general querry

can you help me

thank you in advance

<?Script · 08-28-2007, 12:11 AM

if its on a place where you can use HTML:

Code:

<a href='url'>text to click on</a>

dasy2k1 · 08-30-2007, 07:28 PM

try www.tinyurl.com if you actually want to make a link shorter to post to a website if thats what you mean

eg

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=580073
(this thread)
becomes
http://tinyurl.com/3dtw5s

munna_dude · 08-31-2007, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dasy2k1

try www.tinyurl.com if you actually want to make a link shorter to post to a website if thats what you mean

eg

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=580073
(this thread)
becomes
http://tinyurl.com/3dtw5s

hi
tried this.
but it contains http:// and .com