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but please don't berude.

I keep seeing urls beginning 'tinyurl'.

How does one do that?

Mary

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Mary Fisher wrote:
but please don't berude.

I keep seeing urls beginning 'tinyurl'.

How does one do that?

Mary

You cu'n'paste the URL into the box.
http://www.geocities.com/adilbookz/U...nyurlcode.html
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
t...
but please don't berude.

I keep seeing urls beginning 'tinyurl'.

How does one do that?

Mary

http://tinyurl.com/

Adam

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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
t...
but please don't berude.

I keep seeing urls beginning 'tinyurl'.

How does one do that?

Mary

http://tinyurl.com/

Adam

Thank you, I'll look into that tomorrow.

If I'm still here :-)

Off to bed now.

Mary

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On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:12:59 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

but please don't berude.

I keep seeing urls beginning 'tinyurl'.

How does one do that?

Mary



Go to www.tinyurl.com

You can download a link for your browser from there. Then in future,
you navigate to where you want to go then press the link button. You
will end up on a Tinyurl page with the compressed URL shown.
However, the URL is also conveniently copied to your clipboard, so you
can just paste directly into the news article.

It generally works OK, but will fail on URLs related to user sessions
that time out.


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..andy

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On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:15:39 UTC, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

Mary Fisher wrote:
but please don't berude.

I keep seeing urls beginning 'tinyurl'.

How does one do that?

Mary

You cu'n'paste the URL into the box.
http://www.geocities.com/adilbookz/U...nyurlcode.html

Why?

Why not use:

http://tinyurl.com

??
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The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

You cu'n'paste the URL into the box.
http://www.geocities.com/adilbookz/U...nyurlcode.html

that seems to be an advert popping wrapper around the real page :-(

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Andy Hall wrote:
On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:12:59 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

I keep seeing urls beginning 'tinyurl'.

How does one do that?

Go to www.tinyurl.com

You can download a link for your browser from there. Then in future,
you navigate to where you want to go then press the link button. You
will end up on a Tinyurl page with the compressed URL shown.
However, the URL is also conveniently copied to your clipboard, so you
can just paste directly into the news article.

It generally works OK, but will fail on URLs related to user sessions
that time out.


When quoting tinyurl links, I always include both it and the 'raw' link,
because if the tinyurl link does fail for whatever reason, the recipient
still has a sporting chance of tracking it down if they are minded to,
by eyeballing the long 'raw' link. many folk don't like clicking on
tinurl links for fear of something nasty at the other end - providing
the recipient knows/trusts me, the full version offers some reassurance
that the link is kosher.

Actually, I've found the tinyurl service really useful for compressing
long links not just in emails and usenet posts but for many other uses
too - eg dictating a link over the phone; copying one down by hand to
pass on to someone; and including in a newspaper small ad (to enable
inclusion of a substantial 'web' version of the ad, or a photo).

David

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Mary Fisher was thinking very hard :
but please don't berude.

I keep seeing urls beginning 'tinyurl'.

How does one do that?

It is one of the means to translate a long URL into a short one. You
just go to http://tinyurl.com/ and paste the long URL into the box,
click the button and it gives you a short URL which you can use in
doucuments or newsgroup postings. You can even add a tinyurl button to
your browser to automate the process.

Following a tinyurl carries the risk that you have no means of knowing
just where the link might take you.

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Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

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Harry Bloomfield wrote:


Following a tinyurl carries the risk that you have no means of knowing
just where the link might take you.

If that really worries you, use the otherwise equivalent
www.makeashorterlink.com. This begins by telling you where you are going
to be directed to, and gives you time to cancel.
Douglas de Lacey

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Douglas de Lacey wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote:


Following a tinyurl carries the risk that you have no means of knowing
just where the link might take you.


If that really worries you, use the otherwise equivalent
www.makeashorterlink.com. This begins by telling you where you are going
to be directed to, and gives you time to cancel.

So does tinyurl actually, if you use the "preview feature" on the home page.

David

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"Douglas de Lacey" wrote in message
...
Harry Bloomfield wrote:


Following a tinyurl carries the risk that you have no means of knowing
just where the link might take you.

If that really worries you, use the otherwise equivalent
www.makeashorterlink.com. This begins by telling you where you are going
to be directed to, and gives you time to cancel.
Douglas de Lacey

Right, I'vegot the ideanow, thanks to (almost) all.

Next question:

How can I send a picture as a tinyurl or makeashorterlink? Do I have to put
it into my website as its own unique file?

If so I'm going to call a grandson to advise - I'm not too hot on
manipulating that!

No - he's not a six year old, when he was I taught him about computing. Now
that he's 21 he knows more than I do. About some things.

Mary

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On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:31:48 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Douglas de Lacey" wrote in message
...
Harry Bloomfield wrote:


Following a tinyurl carries the risk that you have no means of knowing
just where the link might take you.

If that really worries you, use the otherwise equivalent
www.makeashorterlink.com. This begins by telling you where you are going
to be directed to, and gives you time to cancel.
Douglas de Lacey

Right, I'vegot the ideanow, thanks to (almost) all.

Next question:

How can I send a picture as a tinyurl or makeashorterlink? Do I have to put
it into my website as its own unique file?

Yes, they only do what they say on the tin. IE Make URL's shorter. The
(long) URL and the website it points to has to exist to start with.

If so I'm going to call a grandson to advise - I'm not too hot on
manipulating that!

If you've only got a few pictures to share then
http://geocities.yahoo.com/ will give you a bit of free webspace with
a choice of simple background templates, and even has a javascript
upload tool they will download to your computer so you can publish
your pics in a tolerably polished way, free of charge in 15 mins.

Alternatively http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk will give you a free
photogallery to display your pictures, people you invite may look at
them, run them as a slideshow, and more besides, or even order them as
prints on Kodak paper for a few coppers. They will also have a web URL
so you could disseminate the address on usenet should you so choose.

Yahoo does the same as it happens and IIRC their prints are a copper
or so cheaper, start he

http://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.src=ph&.done=http%3a//uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos&.intl=uk

No - he's not a six year old, when he was I taught him about computing. Now
that he's 21 he knows more than I do. About some things.

HTH

DG

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Mary Fisher wrote:

How can I send a picture as a tinyurl or makeashorterlink? Do I have to put
it into my website as its own unique file?

Go to here and upload your pictu
http://tinypic.com/

It will stay hosted there for a few weeks, or indefinitely if
someone looks at it every week or two.