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URL Shortener User Guide

Overview

URL Shortener is our internal URL shortener service.

Create a Short URL

There are several different ways to generate a short URL.

Create a Short URL on the URL Shortener Homepage

  1. Go to the URL Shortener homepage.
  2. Enter the URL that you’d like to shorten in the Full Url field, then click Create Shortened URL. A URL will be generated with a randomized stringkey.
  3. On the following screen, click Copy to clipboard to copy your new shortened URL.

Create a Short URL with a Custom URL (stringkey)

Create an URL in the format url-shortener.com/<custom stringkey>. These are much easier to remember than randomized URLS.

  1. Go to the URL Shortener homepage.
  2. Enter the URL that you’d like to shorten in the Full Url field.
  3. Enter the custom stringkey you’d like for your URL in the String Key field.
  4. Click Create URL. A URL will be generated with your custom stringkey.
  5. On the following screen, click Copy to clipboard to copy your new custom URL.

Create a Short URL with the Right-Click Menu

Quickly generate a shortened URL with the right-click menu.

  1. Right-click the link you want to shorten and select Copy URL for the link. This generates a new URL for the link you clicked on and copies it to your clipboard.

Create a Short URL with the URL Shortener Browser Extension

Generate a URL for the current page you are on and copy it to your clipboard with one click. To do this you need to have the URL Shortener browser extension installed.

  1. Navigate to the page you wish to generate a URL for.
  2. In the extensions section of your browser’s address bar (upper-right corner), click the link icon. This will generate a URL for the current page and copy it to your clipboard.

Create a Short URL with a Keyboard Shortcut

Set a keyboard shortcut to generate a short URL and copy it to your clipboard. To do this you need to have the URL Shortener browser extension installed.

  1. In your Chrome address bar, enter chrome://extensions/shortcuts.
  2. Find the URL Shortener extension on this page.
  3. The field for Activate the extension should say “Not set.” Click the pencil icon to edit the field. Enter the keyboard shortcut you’d like to use.

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