Comments on: Make Your Own Short URLs in EE, MT, Joomla and Drupal http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2009/04/19/make-your-own-short-urls-in-ee-mt-joomla-drupal/ Various Epiphanies of a Technical Mind Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Doug http://blog.websitestyle.com/index.php/2009/04/19/make-your-own-short-urls-in-ee-mt-joomla-drupal/comment-page-1/#comment-71389 Doug Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:21:37 +0000 http://blog.websitestyle.com/?p=458#comment-71389 Another method for short URLs in Drupal is to use .htaccess as explained at <a href="http://growingventuresolutions.com/blog/build-your-own-tinyurl-drupal-and-everything-you-need-know-about-paths-drupal#comment-59" rel="nofollow">Build your own Drupal tinyurl</a>. You use the node's id number with the domain name as the short url (ie. example.com/123) and htaccess redirects to (example.com/node/123). I suggest using an HTTP 3xx redirect code on the redirect. From there can use Global Redirect module to make sure you have no duplicate content from alternative paths to the node. Another method for short URLs in Drupal is to use .htaccess as explained at Build your own Drupal tinyurl.

You use the node’s id number with the domain name as the short url (ie. example.com/123) and htaccess redirects to (example.com/node/123). I suggest using an HTTP 3xx redirect code on the redirect.

From there can use Global Redirect module to make sure you have no duplicate content from alternative paths to the node.

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