Posting links to ebay & other long URLs
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 2:02 pm
You may have noticed that sometimes the width of posts in these forums extends beyond the edge of the screen, so you have to scroll to the right to read all of the post. This is often caused by people posting really long URLs in their posts.
If the URL in question is to an ebay item, there's an easy fix for this. Let's say you've performed a search for an item and the URL for item itself is something like this...
(the line breaks are mine, to prevent this post from being too wide)
To get a small URL for this, all you have to do is cut & paste the item number after the domain name. So, for example, the item number in this case is 380171086859 so the new url would be http://cgi.ebay.com/380171086859
If the URL is not for an ebay item, so you're stuck with the long URL, you can always cloak it using BBCode. Using that long ebay URL from the beginning of this post as an example, you would put in front of it and ]name of site behind it, like this...
a short name for the site
Here's a working example using that long ebay URL...
ebay item #380171086859
If the URL in question is to an ebay item, there's an easy fix for this. Let's say you've performed a search for an item and the URL for item itself is something like this...
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Atlas-1056-DVR-PVR-5-Device-Universal-
Remote-Control-/380171086859?cmd=ViewItem&
pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5883f66c0bTo get a small URL for this, all you have to do is cut & paste the item number after the domain name. So, for example, the item number in this case is 380171086859 so the new url would be http://cgi.ebay.com/380171086859
If the URL is not for an ebay item, so you're stuck with the long URL, you can always cloak it using BBCode. Using that long ebay URL from the beginning of this post as an example, you would put in front of it and ]name of site behind it, like this...
a short name for the site
Here's a working example using that long ebay URL...
ebay item #380171086859