simple: 1. person submits link via form to make shorter...
2. you insert data into database 3. when inserting one field called maybe "unique" is a random generated alpha numberic string... randomize and compare to existing data to make sure no dupe exists already... 4. write the long URL and the unique string... 5. pass the shorter back to the user.. but first: A. create an index handler that shows form if no string found otherwise looks up table entries to find match ... pauses, displays notice and then pushes them out... that's how I plan on implementing mine when I find a few hours :) -paris Paris Lundis Founder Areaindex, L.L.C. http://www.areaindex.com http://www.pubcrawler.com 412-292-3135 [finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present] [connecting people, places and things] -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:42:58 -0600 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
