It is an API for creating a customized URL shortener inside the Drupal installation itself.
This module is a developer tool that takes URL of any length and produces very short URLs (3-5 characters).
Installation:
Unpack in your modules folder (usually '/sites/all/modules/')
Enable under Administer > Site Building > Modules
Here are some key features of "Short URL":
Can be used for:
· Creating a localized URL shortener for a country/locale that existing URL shorteners do not cover.
· The Drupal system is behind a firewall and content/URLs can not be shared publicly.
· If wanting short URLs to carry your own domain, for brand management purposes, much like TechCrunch.com uses http://tcrn.ch domain for short URLs.
Requirements:
· Drupal 6.x
Limitations:
· It has no user-interface.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
Added:
· Increased unique id of urls to bigint
· Added index on lid column of shorturl_link
· Added check to skip routing attempt for Drupal's internal URLs (should improve performance/scalability).
Fixed:
· Schema inconsistencies.
· shorturl not passing query strings along.
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