I think they make a database of urls and just use a randomly generated unique key to pull it out
So you would have http://youurl?index.cfm?destination=#randomid# Robert Everland III Web Developer Extraordinaire Dixon Ticonderoga Company http://www.dixonusa.com -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:kgraeme@;facstaff.wisc.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:43 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Shorter urls? http://www.makeashorterlink.com is where you've probably seen it done. I'm not sure how they do it either though. -Kevin Graeme > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Lurie [mailto:ian@;portentinteractive.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 12:27 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Shorter urls? > > > Hi all, > > I've searched the devcenter, google, etc. but can't seem to find any > discussion of how to generate shorter URL strings. I want to take: > > http://www.site.com?action=blah&brand=1&name=blahblah&;.... > > And convert it to > > http://www.site.com/asdfwer234123 > > I've seen it done but just can't remember where. Can someone send me a > url? > > Thanks in advance, > > Ian > -- > Portent Interactive > Effective web sites through Conversation Marketing � > http://www.portentinteractive.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
