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Marty Bingham
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p.1 #1 · How do you shorten a link?

Some posters shorten a link to a single word. How do they do that?

Marty

Nov 05, 2009 at 03:04 AM

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p.1 #2 · How do you shorten a link?

When posting on FM, I use the hyperlink feature built into Fred's site. It's that little globe icon with what looks like a chain link on it. I'm guessing you already knew that, though.

Otherwise, I use Tiny URL.

http://tinyurl.com/

Nov 05, 2009 at 03:36 AM

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p.1 #3 · How do you shorten a link?

Here you go (everything you always wanted to know about links in basic html, brought to you by the folks who set the standards):

Links

Jan C.

Nov 05, 2009 at 05:34 AM

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p.1 #4 · How do you shorten a link?

Scott Sewell wrote:
I'm guessing you already knew that, though.

Actually, no.

It's one of those things that was right under my nose that I never looked at. I've been copying and pasting the links into the text. Oh well............

Thanks
Marty

Nov 05, 2009 at 06:16 AM

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p.1 #5 · How do you shorten a link?

Thanks Jan!

Marty

Nov 05, 2009 at 06:16 AM

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p.1 #6 · How do you shorten a link?

Scott Sewell wrote:
When posting on FM, I use the hyperlink feature built into Fred's site. It's that little globe icon with what looks like a chain link on it. I'm guessing you already knew that, though.

Otherwise, I use Tiny URL.

http://tinyurl.com/

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Nov 05, 2009 at 06:34 AM

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p.1 #7 · How do you shorten a link?

The hyperlink will look really long before you click "send reply", but the final format will display the text as a single word if you used FM's hyperlink function, in case you're still wondering.

Nov 05, 2009 at 06:49 AM

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p.1 #8 · How do you shorten a link?

Thanks guys!

Marty

Nov 05, 2009 at 10:32 AM

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p.1 #9 · How do you shorten a link?

I always wondered about tiny url...but can't they call it something else? I always think of Tiny Tim when I see that...ick.

Nov 06, 2009 at 01:58 AM


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