Comments on: ShortURL

By: Nikolay Kolev

Nikolay Kolev — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:04:08 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions! Expect the new version tomorrow.

By: duka

duka — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:37 +0000

Also, a 301 (permanent redirect) seems more suitable that the wp_redirect default 302 (temporary redirect), and it’s the usual choice for all shorteners (you can see the different services choices here: http://searchengineland.com/analysis-which-url-shortening-service-should-you-use-17204).

By: duka

duka — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:35:24 +0000

Hi Nikolai,

the redirect is working fine, but the_shorturl() or get_shorturl() aren’t. I’ve found that it’s because of a var name in line 15 (should read $id, not $post_id) and now it’s working ok.

Thanks a lot for the plugin, it solves perfectly a problem I had with twitter and external shorteners.

By: Akhand

Akhand — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:58:22 +0000

I propose an option to show the short URL on the page. That way if anybody feels like sharing it they don’t have to have to go through the trouble of a shortener.

I added a quick and dirty function to the script if you’re interested, and could be an input that auto-selects text for the user for easy copy and pasting, but more than anything I just wanted to show demand for such functionality:
http://blowintopieces.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/shorturl_showURLOnPage.patch

Cheerio.…

By: Olli

Olli — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:51:32 +0000

Hey there — how’s development of your plugin working? Lookin’ forward to try it out!

Greetings,
Olli

By: Olli

Olli — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:05:46 +0000

Sounds very great! The top-notch would be a feature like already implemented in the “Synected” plugin: That visitors can generate their own short-url (optionally with an own string after the dash) — however: Let me know if you need some beta-testing, my site is still under heavy development so I’m always able to test things out.

Greetings,
Olli

By: Nikolay Kolev

Nikolay Kolev — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:24:58 +0000

Yes, that’s the idea I’m working on. When you use an alternative domain like mybl.og in your example, the dash/tilde won’t be necessary, which would make the short URLs even shorter.

By: Olli

Olli — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:31:24 +0000

Your plugin looks very interesting, will give it a try soon!

Just a question: Let’s pretend I’m running my Wordpress blog under http://www.myblog.com — would it be possible to use a second, shorter domain which also is mine (e.g. http://www.mybl.og) to show the shortened URLs of http://www.myblog.com?

Greetings from Germany,
Olli

By: Nikolay Kolev

Nikolay Kolev — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:33:37 +0000

I’m working on it realdy — it mimics WordPress.com’s interface.

By: mitja

mitja — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:59:58 +0000

I propose an option to show the short URL on the page. That way if anybody feels like sharing it they don’t have to have to go through the trouble of a shortener.

Cheerio.

By: Nikolay Kolev

Nikolay Kolev — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:21:03 +0000

I guess you have an older version of PHP. I'm gonna roll out a fix in a bit. I will ping you once it's available. The new release will also add support for Tweetable, which is pretty decent and will automatically tweet your new posts using your own URL shortener.

By: ralph Miller

ralph Miller — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:01:08 +0000

Here’s the error message
Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: unrecognized character after (?< at offset 10 in /wp-content/plugins/shorturl.php on line 87

By: ralph Miller

ralph Miller — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:52:04 +0000

I activated the plugin and used both the_shorturl(), or get_shorturl() in this form in my single.php template file and nothing showed up.

By: ralph Miller

ralph Miller — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:10:58 +0000

I use HootSuite.

By: Nikolay Kolev

Nikolay Kolev — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:12:40 +0000

Which WordPress plugin for Twitter are you gonna use? Or are you doing it via TwitterFeed or FriendFeed external services?

By: ralph Miller

ralph Miller — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:42:52 +0000

Thanks for that information. How do I go about getting the short url for my own use? For instance, if I wanted to post a short url in Twitter for one of my posts?

By: RaynerApe

RaynerApe — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:15:19 +0000

Now you need a short domain for your linking purposes. Ni.ck not existing/taken?

By: Nikolay Kolev

Nikolay Kolev — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:07:42 +0000

As of release 0.4.2, the plugin doesn't have any custom settings - it just silently creates, handles, and exposes to services your short URLs without any bells and whistles. If you want to promote your own short URLs, then you currently have only one option - to use either the_shorturl(), or get_shorturl() function in your blog's template.

By: ralph Miller

ralph Miller — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:23:10 +0000

I unzipped the packet, uploaded and activated the plugin. For the life of me, I can’t see the plugin anywhere in the settings, or where to actually use the plugin. Please help.