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How To Use

Enter URL that you wish to shorten into the textbox and click the Generate URL button. The application will then generate a short URL for you to use in text messages, on Twitter, in instant messaging applications, or anywhere else you wish to have a short URL. When the user clicks the link, they'll be taken to the original web site.

About

This is a very basic URL shortening application created by Nick Weinhold in order to gain more experience in developing user-friendly web applications.

Whilst the site does work, it should not be considered 'fully functional' and it is not intended to be a replacement for URL shortening services such as bit.ly or TinyURL.

Technologies Used

This site was created using the Python web framework web.py and Google App Engine. The site uses a mixture of handwritten CSS and the Blueprint CSS framework for styling and layout. Javascript is a mixture of handwritten Javascript and the Yahoo YUI 2 framework.