tinyurl is great for posting on forums and the like, but I don't think I would use it for commercial purposes.
I'm not sure the way their system works, but it seems like it would be easy to make a URL-forwarding system using nothing but application.cfm and index.cfm. application.cfm would contain a lookup system that would intercept the incoming url and look it up against a database of short-to-long url conversions. index.cfm would do a server-side re-direct to the long url. simple. >http://tinyurl.com/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mark Leder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: May 19, 2005 14:07 >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Short URL / URL redirection > > >Hi all, > >I'm wanting to figure out how to take a long CF URL and convert to a short >URL for use in emails, etc. Any methods, best practices, etc. I really >don't know where to start. > >Thanks, >Mark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:207230 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
