Shortening a link

suey71

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question but How do you shorten a link?

I have a website and when I write in my blog I like to link the article to a product on my site. So I cut the link at the top of the web page and paste it into my blog page.

For example,

I copy a link that says, ("bla, bla, bla, etc, etc, etc")

but I want to shorten the link to (Dog).

How do I do it in non techie talk?

Thanks.

ruanaidh

Normally when editing the HTML source of a web page.

Search for your link "bla, bla, bla, etc, etc, etc" and replace with whatever word you fancy.

It should be inside the <a href> tag like <a href="imaginarylink">bla, bla, bla, etc, etc, etc<a/>

Try the W3C for more info on HTML tags: http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

drBill

• Copy the link(URL) from the address bar
• Go to tinyurl.com
• paste the URL into the box on that web page and press enter
• you will be given a much shorter version of the URL. E.g. the address for this thread will get shortened from http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=20561
  98331 to http://tinyurl.com/4bc5749

There are other websites which offer this service besides tinyurl.com , that's just the one I've gotten into the habit of using.
And naturally the caveat is that if tinyurl.com ever go out of business, your shortened links will no longer work.

Abelloid

suey71 wrote: »

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question but How do you shorten a link?

I have a website and when I write in my blog I like to link the article to a product on my site. So I cut the link at the top of the web page and paste it into my blog page.

For example,

I copy a link that says, ("bla, bla, bla, etc, etc, etc")

but I want to shorten the link to (Dog).

How do I do it in non techie talk?

Thanks.

Like this

<a href="http://www.website.com/page.html">dog</a>

suey71

Thanks for the replies but you will have to dum it down a little.

So here goes.

Mods feel free to delete this link if deemed inappropriate.

I want to shorten this link,

http://www.happyjane.ie/products/view/tenga-hard-deep-throat-cup/

to this, Tenga.

<a href="http://www.happyjane.ie/page.html">Tenga</a&gt;

When and where do I write this code?

Do I click on my link and write

<a href="the highlighted link above/page.html">Tenga</a>

Copy the above and then Paste it into my blog and it should appear as

Tenga? is this correct?


I am getting a Tumblr blog developed atm and want to be able to shorten links without having to use a webdeveloper all the time.


Thanks for the advice in the other posts

I went to tinyurl.com before but its not exactly what I'm looking for.

I will take a look at w.3school.com later.

Thanks for your help.

Mods: I will delete the Link above when I know what to do.

Abelloid

Depending on how your site is set up it should pick up the HTML and present it as a single word link. I assume you have some form of content management to allow you to make edits? Best thing to do is just try it.

That line you have will only display the word 'Tenga' but link to a page like this - Tenga