[Rhodes22-list] URL posting tips

[Michael D. Weisner]

John,

TinyURL is probably one of the most useful items around.  I use it so much 
that I have an icon for it on my FireFox toolbar.

You may be interested in a few more "web stuff" links that I found at:
"The Best Online Tools To Help You Know Everything About Web Sites"
http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/best-online-tools-for-webmasters-know-everything-about-websites/2744/

or using TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/2mt8fj

In addition, take a good look at the TinyURL web page pointed to by your 
link.  If you are an Amazon customer, they place an Amazon "PayBox" 
(graphic) in the left column complete with YOUR NAME displayed!  If you want 
their version of just how secure it is, read:
http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/subst/fx/help/how-we-know.html

See if you believe them.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "John Lock" <jlock at relevantarts.com>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:57 
AM
> Hi folks,
>
> Most e-mail software or web-based e-mail will automatically detect
> the presence of web addresses in e-mail copy and try to make a
> clickable link out of them.  However, sometimes you can do things
> that subvert that process in various ways.  The result is usually an
> invalid link that goes nowhere or returns an error message from the web 
> server.
>
> So... to minimize those chances here are some tips for pasting URLs
> into e-mail -
>
> 1) When pasting a URL into e-mail, make sure it starts with the
> protocol specifier.  That will be http:, https:, ftp:, etc.  Some
> URLs do not start with "www" (so you need the protocol to get it
> right) and some software will not link it if it doesn't have a valid 
> protocol.
>
> 2) Resist the urge to emphasize the URL by adding quotes, parens,
> brackets, or other characters.  Just make sure it has at least one
> space before and after it.
>
> 3) If you have a real long URL (like Google maps), some mail readers
> will not link it correctly when it wraps onto two or more lines.  Use
> http://tinyurl.com/ to make a short version for posting in
> e-mail.  It's free, easy, and only takes about 5 seconds to make one.
>
> For example, TinyURL turns this:
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=160+sinclair+lane,+Eatonton,+GA&sll=33.224939,-83.261282&sspn=0.008598,0.015278&ie=UTF8&ll=33.225729,-83.260832&spn=0.008598,0.015278&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr
>
> into this:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2qvcxo
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> John Lock
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> Lake Sinclair, GA
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