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The Robman Site Owner
Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 21248 Location: Chicago, IL |
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject: Posting links to ebay & other long URLs |
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You may have noticed that sometimes the width of posts in these forums extends beyond the edge of the screen, so you have to scroll to the right to read all of the post. This is often caused by people posting really long URLs in their posts.
If the URL in question is to an ebay item, there's an easy fix for this. Let's say you've performed a search for an item and the URL for item itself is something like this...
Code: | http://cgi.ebay.com/Atlas-1056-DVR-PVR-5-Device-Universal-
Remote-Control-/380171086859?cmd=ViewItem&
pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5883f66c0b |
(the line breaks are mine, to prevent this post from being too wide)
To get a small URL for this, all you have to do is cut & paste the item number after the domain name. So, for example, the item number in this case is 380171086859 so the new url would be http://cgi.ebay.com/380171086859
If the URL is not for an ebay item, so you're stuck with the long URL, you can always cloak it using BBCode. Using that long ebay URL from the beginning of this post as an example, you would put [url= in front of it and ]name of site[/url] behind it, like this...
[url= type the URL here ]a short name for the site[/url]
Here's a working example using that long ebay URL...
ebay item #380171086859 _________________ Rob
www.hifi-remote.com
Please don't PM me with remote questions, post them in the forums so all the experts can help!
Last edited by The Robman on Wed May 26, 2010 10:56 am; edited 1 time in total |
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spinquick
Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 23
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johnsfine Site Admin
Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 4766 Location: Bedford, MA |
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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I think the problem is the space after url= |
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vickyg2003 Site Admin
Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 7073 Location: Florida |
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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You are missing this bracket
[url= type the URL here ] a short name for the site[/url] |
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spinquick
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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Tried without the space, but did not work. The bracket is there just before the word 'item' . Still don't get it.
ebay item # 320151389005 |
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spinquick
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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OK - it works now! Thanks again |
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The Robman Site Owner
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jrussell234
Joined: 20 Aug 2009 Posts: 8 Location: San Diego |
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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An alternative to long URLs is to use a free function called TinyURL. You can find it at http://TinyURL.com.
Check it out. I and millions others use it to solve long url copy/paste problems. I am sure you all have seen a reference to a url called tiny.. |
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The Robman Site Owner
Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 21248 Location: Chicago, IL |
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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True, but it's a lot quicker to just use BBCode to make a text link in the forum. _________________ Rob
www.hifi-remote.com
Please don't PM me with remote questions, post them in the forums so all the experts can help! |
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