Network/URL Shortener
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The URL shortener has several modes of operation.
- URL is like this: http://ml256.org/w320
- This will result in a redirect to this URL: https://256.makerslocal.org/wiki/Special:ShortUrl/320
- The Wiki's ShortUrl extension will then take you to the correct page.
- To find the short URL for a Wiki page, look at the "Tools" section on the left side. You can copy the short URL to your clipboard from there.
- URL is like this: http://ml256.org/b4750
- This will result in a redirect to this URL: https://256.makerslocal.org/?p=4750
- WordPress will then rewrite that URL to the "pretty URL" and take you to the right article.
- To find the short URL for a blog post, look under the title of the blog post. You can copy the short URL to your clipboard from there.
- URL is like this: http://ml256.org/o?OKijAW
- This will result in a redirect to this URL: https://256.makerslocal.org/owncloud/index.php/apps/shorten/code.php?code=OKijAW
- The ownCloud Shorten plugin will then return the file that was shared by the user.
- All new shares from ownCloud use short URLs. If a file was shared before this plugin was installed, it will still have a long URL.
- URL is anything else on ml256.org (something that doesn't start with a w or a b)
- This results in a redirect to the ML256 homepage.
- Maybe we can make a service for members out of this later.
