Comments on: How to Add Usable URLs to Your Twitter Background http://hughbriss.com/how-to-add-usable-urls-to-your-twitter-background/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: TracyNeedham http://hughbriss.com/how-to-add-usable-urls-to-your-twitter-background/comment-page-1/#comment-990 TracyNeedham Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:58:04 +0000 http://hughbriss.com/?p=264#comment-990 Good point. Thanks! Good point. Thanks!

]]> By: Hugh Briss http://hughbriss.com/how-to-add-usable-urls-to-your-twitter-background/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Hugh Briss Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:05:13 +0000 http://hughbriss.com/?p=264#comment-989 This will work on any website or blog, as long as you have access to the .htaccess file. I suggest using the domain you are most interested in branding. This will work on any website or blog, as long as you have access to the .htaccess file. I suggest using the domain you are most interested in branding.

]]> By: TracyNeedham http://hughbriss.com/how-to-add-usable-urls-to-your-twitter-background/comment-page-1/#comment-988 TracyNeedham Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:43:53 +0000 http://hughbriss.com/?p=264#comment-988 Brilliant solution! Thanks for coming up with it! If you have a wordpress blog and a regular website can you just use the blog address to do it I guess?<br><br>Tracy Brilliant solution! Thanks for coming up with it! If you have a wordpress blog and a regular website can you just use the blog address to do it I guess?

Tracy

]]> By: Miguelk http://hughbriss.com/how-to-add-usable-urls-to-your-twitter-background/comment-page-1/#comment-987 Miguelk Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:39:38 +0000 http://hughbriss.com/?p=264#comment-987 Oh, so useful thanks! Oh, so useful thanks!

]]> By: TracyNeedham http://hughbriss.com/how-to-add-usable-urls-to-your-twitter-background/comment-page-1/#comment-968 TracyNeedham Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:58:04 +0000 http://hughbriss.com/?p=264#comment-968 Good point. Thanks! Good point. Thanks!

]]> By: Hugh Briss http://hughbriss.com/how-to-add-usable-urls-to-your-twitter-background/comment-page-1/#comment-967 Hugh Briss Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:05:13 +0000 http://hughbriss.com/?p=264#comment-967 This will work on any website or blog, as long as you have access to the .htaccess file. I suggest using the domain you are most interested in branding. This will work on any website or blog, as long as you have access to the .htaccess file. I suggest using the domain you are most interested in branding.

]]> By: TracyNeedham http://hughbriss.com/how-to-add-usable-urls-to-your-twitter-background/comment-page-1/#comment-966 TracyNeedham Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:43:53 +0000 http://hughbriss.com/?p=264#comment-966 Brilliant solution! Thanks for coming up with it! If you have a wordpress blog and a regular website can you just use the blog address to do it I guess?<br><br>Tracy Brilliant solution! Thanks for coming up with it! If you have a wordpress blog and a regular website can you just use the blog address to do it I guess?

Tracy

]]> By: Miguelk http://hughbriss.com/how-to-add-usable-urls-to-your-twitter-background/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Miguelk Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:39:38 +0000 http://hughbriss.com/?p=264#comment-965 Oh, so useful thanks! Oh, so useful thanks!

]]> By: Hugh Briss http://hughbriss.com/how-to-add-usable-urls-to-your-twitter-background/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Hugh Briss Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:04:42 +0000 http://hughbriss.com/?p=264#comment-25 Thanks for your comment Alex. The Wordpress redirect is certainly an option but that just puts a strain on the server and creates a lag in the redirect while it accesses the Wordpress page and then redirects to the appropriate site. The Tinyurl option requires more time than adding short line to an .htaccess file and again, there's a lag in the redirect. The .htaccess solution doesn't require an intermediate page with a redirect, it's instant and is much simpler to do, IMO. Thanks for your comment Alex.

The WordPress redirect is certainly an option but that just puts a strain on the server and creates a lag in the redirect while it accesses the WordPress page and then redirects to the appropriate site. The Tinyurl option requires more time than adding short line to an .htaccess file and again, there’s a lag in the redirect. The .htaccess solution doesn’t require an intermediate page with a redirect, it’s instant and is much simpler to do, IMO.

]]> By: Alex Schleber http://hughbriss.com/how-to-add-usable-urls-to-your-twitter-background/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Alex Schleber Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:32:15 +0000 http://hughbriss.com/?p=264#comment-21 Good points about the simplicity/branding aspects if the links. It's too bad about them not being clickable, I could see that as one of the features for Twitter to offer in a paid Pro Account. BTW, if you have Wordpress running on your site (and really, who is still doing normal sites anymore :), instead of messing with your .htaccess file, you can just use the pages in WP to redirect in a similar way using Javascript redirect code pasted into the page source (in HTML view). OR, you could use this "Roll Your Own" Tinyurl using Wordpress solution to redirect, which incidentally makes for a great all around redirect engine/URL shortener to use for your Twitter links and track them: http://3on.us/your-own-tinyurl Good points about the simplicity/branding aspects if the links. It’s too bad about them not being clickable, I could see that as one of the features for Twitter to offer in a paid Pro Account.

BTW, if you have WordPress running on your site (and really, who is still doing normal sites anymore :) , instead of messing with your .htaccess file, you can just use the pages in WP to redirect in a similar way using Javascript redirect code pasted into the page source (in HTML view).

OR, you could use this “Roll Your Own” Tinyurl using WordPress solution to redirect, which incidentally makes for a great all around redirect engine/URL shortener to use for your Twitter links and track them:

http://3on.us/your-own-tinyurl

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