Bandit Alley
HELP => Computer Help Forum => Topic started by: txbanditrydr on January 03, 2006, 10:33:53 PM
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Is there a length limit to url's inserted into messages??? I can't seem to make this one work.
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps2.py?Pyt=Typ&name=Dudley%27s+Cajun+Cafe&desc=(903)+757-9466&csz=Longview+TX+75601&country=us&cs=9&ed=EfZQf6160SzF8890XlaiOB_YmF8G4UX6tMQphRwjbzPlxXZzSWzzWSXYn.8iOQ4v5ubgANXN
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That's odd. I'm sure I've posted longer urls than that. Lemme try...
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps2.py?Pyt=Typ&name=Dudley%27s+Cajun+Cafe&desc=(903)+757-9466&csz=Longview+TX+75601&country=us&cs=9&ed=EfZQf6160SzF8890XlaiOB_YmF8G4UX6tMQphRwjbzPlxXZzSWzzWSXYn.8iOQ4v5ubgANXN
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K... Lemme try it this way:
CLICK HERE FOR JAY'S LINK (http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps2.py?Pyt=Typ&name=Dudley%27s+Cajun+Cafe&desc=(903)+757-9466&csz=Longview+TX+75601&country=us&cs=9&ed=EfZQf6160SzF8890XlaiOB_YmF8G4UX6tMQphRwjbzPlxXZzSWzzWSXYn.8iOQ4v5ubgANXN)
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Sonofa....
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I've noticed url's with punctuation marks like "!" and "?" will screw things up.
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Oh good... thought it was just me. It's not a huge deal but I figured I was doing something wrong. Thanks for trying. :beers:
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Easy answer: don't use yahoo...
http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cgimap.dll?FUNC=MAP&APPMIME=2,208&TYPE=208&LNK=54:7&BUS=14892005
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This thread is a little old, BUT, what the hey! A decent way to shorten a long url down is use this site and the url it creates for you.
Come in handy quite a few times in the past.
http://tinyurl.com/
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You can always give it a name by tagging it like this:
[ url=http://whatever your url is - without any spaces, of course ]the name you wanna give it between the tags. [ /url ]
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You can always give it a name by tagging it like this:
[ url=http://whatever your url is - without any spaces, of course ]the name you wanna give it between the tags. [ /url ]
Which is what I tried to do in Reply #2... Didn't work with this particular link.
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The only problem with the tinyurl way is that the links expire. Which is fine on a board that purges its archives from time to time. The Alley doesn't, so quite often you'll come across a tinyurl link that's expired, even though the original isn't.
On that note, it looks a little like the new board software deals with long urls and punctuation better? Unless I totally missed the point of the lesson? (distinct possibility :wink: )