Yeah, we were just doing basically the same thing for a different project, and I thought of it just after I sent my email saying I didn't know how they did it. I need a nap after lunch.
-Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Paris Lundis [mailto:PLundis@;areaindex.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 12:52 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Shorter urls? > > > 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.
