Does anyone know? (creating a shorter URL)

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I am looking for software that you submit a big url and it creates a shorter. Open source and paid or free. Can anyone suggest me the best program available for the purpose?

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So you basically want to host a service like tinyURL? I've never found a script that does this, but it wouldn't be hard to write. If you know any PHP & MySQL, I can help you out with putting a simple script together that would cover it.

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Like pr0gr4mm3r, I am confused as to what you want. If you just want to make a short URL for yourself, TinyURL.com has a button you can add to your browser toolbar. If you have Opera, right click the page and choose "Advanced Options" > "Make a TinyURL from page" from the context menu that pops up.

Hosting a service like this is more problematic, as you'd have to secure the script to stop attacks on your data base -- not a trivial exercise.

Cordially, David
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Okay. I have found something that may be more helpful, if you want to add a link on a page for which you want to convert its URL to something small? Try putting this on your page as the HREF of a link ( element):

javascript:void(location.href='http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url='+location.href)

This should submit the current page's URL to tinyurl.com, then move to the results page at tinyurl.com to get the shorter link they generate. If JavaScript is enabled, that is.

No need to reinvent the wheel.

Cordially, David
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Heyz, try this link. It is called CO.NR (yourname.co.nr) absolutally free. this is what im using now.
http://freedomain.co.nr/
Good Luck!

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