JURL Shortener Demo and Overview

JURL Shortener allows you to easily create short URLs on your own domain just like http://bit.ly and other url shortening services. JURL Shortener is an extension for the Joomla! CMS version 1.5 and is commercial open source under GPL 2.0. This component is intended to easily allow site owners to create short URLs to both internal and external websites and do basic monitoring.

Providing short URLs from your website is great for marketing because even if you are providing links to an external site, people will still see your URL and will likely share your existing short URL rather than use the long one or create a new short URL. It is also useful for embedding tracking tags to monitor the popularity of different placements and influences, and which result in the greatest reuse.

JURL Shortener allows you to perform direct (HTTP 301) redirects or to use a header and place the original site in an iframe. This can help you provide social media functionality, advertising, or other features which you may provide on your site (only a basic header is included). Since JURL Shortener is written as an MVC compliant extension, you can easily customize the header or any of the output and use template layout overrides for optimal design control.

To learn more about all the features, please visit http://WebDesignHero.com/store to see all videos, documentation, and other important information.

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Science & Technology

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• joomla
• joomla 1.5
• cms
• bit.ly
• url shortener
• web design hero
• short url
• ow.ly
• uri
• shortener