Posted by hallman on August 22, 2011 at 4:30pm
I've got a video at http://nctech4good.org/sites/nctech4good.org/files/webinars/google/index...
I want to create a shorter URL, like http://nctech4good.org/google-webinar
Can I do that? If so, which directory does the link go in and what should the ln -s command look like?
The Website use Linux and multisite hosting.
Judy
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http://bit.ly/pQ8mGh
I forgot about bit.ly -- I don't usually use it. But http://bit.ly/pQ8mGh works and is OK.
Judy Hallman
An alternative..use a node with drupal_goto and url_alias
From the URL, I assume that this is a file and not a node...
So, an alternative is to create a page node that uses PhP for it's body, then use the drupal_goto function (see the API docs for details) to redirect to the real file. Use a short URL alias and you're there.
It looks like the file alias
It looks like the file alias module might do what you want. I don't think that you want to use symbolic links for this.
Thank you!
Thanks for your suggestions. File alias looks like what I was looking for, though drupal_goto is an interesting approach. I've already set up http://bit.ly/pQ8mGh and that does what I wanted so I think I'll just stay with that.
Judy Hallman