Jordan Miller Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Hey fam, would you guys find short links for our IPS forums to be useful? So instead of pasting a long link, or using Bit.ly (for example), a plugin/app is created that generates a short URL for your board. Bitly just started capping how many links you can create in a month on their free account. Thoughts? sobrenome and ZLTRGO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxxius Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I have a short version of my own forum domain. I wonder if I can set it up somehow so that domain can be used for automatic shortening of links posted on social media and so on? sobrenome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Miller Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 9 hours ago, Maxxius said: I have a short version of my own forum domain. I wonder if I can set it up somehow so that domain can be used for automatic shortening of links posted on social media and so on? What do you mean "a short version of my own forum domain?" Like another domain name that's an abbreviation of the original? Would that hurt SEO I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxxius Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Yeah exactly like you said. like like google has goo.gl or youtu.be (but mines 3 letters just like bit.ly) Well what's the difference bit.ly or tib.ly for example? they are not the core domain so how could it hurt seowise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Miller Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 21 minutes ago, Maxxius said: Yeah exactly like you said. like like google has goo.gl or youtu.be (but mines 3 letters just like bit.ly) Well what's the difference bit.ly or tib.ly for example? they are not the core domain so how could it hurt seowise? Good point. What mechanism are you using to forward the URLs from the short URL to the original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13. Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Some time ago, I described how I solved this problem for one of my communities. kmk, Maxxius and sobrenome 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Miller Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 7 hours ago, Mr 13 said: Some time ago, I described how I solved this problem for one of my communities. Awesome! How did you do this? Does it track clicks? Maxxius and sobrenome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIgnat Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I also need this feature to create short urls to share posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIgnat Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 That's the feature I need the most There's a plugin, but it's no longer available https://invisioncommunity.com/files/file/7839-advanced-path-aliases-full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feneroin Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) I'm using bit.ly It do short my loooong forum links Edit: and i customize my short link. Thanks to bit.ly Edited September 5, 2022 by Feneroin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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