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leebeelee123 · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:38 Post subject:

I've seen a few tinyurls on a couple of forums I use, wondered how that worked!
Nice bit of info that Si, thanks!

Sailor · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 15:30 Post subject:

Have used this many times myself, and well worth having the link. My usual method is to use the WebLink Icon in the bar at the top of the post box, (The Globe with the link chain). Right click on the address, and click on copy. Open up your message box, and click on the WebLink Icon. A box appears with a line starting http. Right click on this and then paste the address into the line, click OK, the box changes, now type in a plain language title. Example:

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=london+eye&countryCode=GB#map=51.50327,-0.11961

or

LONDON EYE MAP

Chris

PoCUK · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 15:59 Post subject:

Aha!

But if you look Chris ... your link isn't the same as mine ... mine, for example, is the full, zoomed in map, because it has the complete URL ...

Yours has missed the back half of the URL :

|17|4&loc=GB:51.50327:-0.11961:14|london%20eye|British%20Airways%20London%20Eye%20(London%20Eye)

... so you get a different map - which is the point I'm hoping I've made here dontknow

Simon

Sailor · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:01 Post subject:

I did not want to extend the page Simon, which I did at first by putting in the link from the TinyUrl website (the 7 or 8 liner). One as it would normally appear, but it extended the width of the page by about 2 feet, and one using the weblink icon. It does work the same Simon, see the example below.

Chris

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?ovi=1&mqmap.x=300&mqmap.y=75&mapdata=%252bKZmeiIh6N%252bIgpXRP3bylMaN0O4z8OOUkZWYe7NRH6ldDN96YFTIUmSH3Q6OzE5XVqcuc5zb%252fY5wy1MZwTnT2pu%252bNMjOjsHjvNlygTRMzqazPStrN%252f1YzA0oWEWLwkHdhVHeG9sG6cMrfXNJKHY6fML4o6Nb0SeQm75ET9jAjKelrmqBCNta%252bsKC9n8jslz%252fo188N4g3BvAJYuzx8J8r%252f1fPFWkPYg%252bT9Su5KoQ9YpNSj%252bmo0h0aEK%252bofj3f6vCP

or

TINYURL EXAMPLE

tazbabe · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:54 Post subject:

ah! i always wondered how that was done!

and yes, i did know that multimap offer a shortened link for forums, but also knew it only gives the generalised map, not the detailed one.

another one of life's great mysteries solved via pocuk!

PoCUK · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:38 Post subject:

Sailor · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 17:53 Post subject:

I see where you are coming from Simon. If the link is stacked as in the example on TinyUrl, it will only show the first line highlighted (piped), but by using TinyUrl this is overcome and we get the shorter link. Great. However, in my version, although piped URLs may not work correctly, one can type in the plain language title. Can the shorter URL thru TinyUrl be done the same.

Chris

PoCUK · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 19:03 Post subject:

Sailor · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 21:54 Post subject:

CHeers Simon.

Chris