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Posted by: chco2On 2009/9/1 0:10:00 6558 reads

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Designburo.nl is proud to announce the immediate release of the Xurl for XOOPS.

About the module
> ETT Xurl Module is a XOOPS CMS module used to shorten long urls for use in e.g. Twitter.

> ETT Xurl Module can shorten urls back to the root of your website, or use a seperate domain/service.

> ETT Xurl Module can sanitize urls in complete texts, ready to be posted on e.g. Twitter.

> ETT Xurl Module can restrict clicking on a shortened URL if a user is not registered to your XOOPS website.

> ETT Xurl Module function can be included for use in other modules (e.g. a RSS feed creator, chatbox or Twitter poster).

> ETT Xurl Module keeps score on how many hits an url has.

> ETT Xurl Module can be setup to receive an URL shorting request from other websites.

> ETT Xurl Module is fairly easy to setup and the module is well documented.

Thanks to Trabis for keep sending me (Charly) into the right direction!

Links
View Xurl website | Xurl Support forum | Xurl Download

Register to our website to give Xurl a try.

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Re: Xurl - available for download

DarinAllan Published 09/01/2009 3:11 Friend of XOOPS Joined 05/18/2005 Comments 477

Thank you, can't wait to try this out ;o)

Re: Xurl - available for download

DarinAllan Published 09/01/2009 3:34 Friend of XOOPS Joined 05/18/2005 Comments 477

There appears to be a problem the module doesn't install correctly, there is no container folder when unzipped, no icon when you first upload it, if you attempt to install it does a "Module File for Not Found!".

Cheers

Re: Xurl - available for download

DarinAllan Published 09/01/2009 3:57 Updated 09/01/2009 4:37 Friend of XOOPS Joined 05/18/2005 Comments 477

OK create a folder called Xurl with a capital X, then unpack the zip in to that folder then upload it and install.

;o)

Edit: It says this after I put in DB details

Unable to write the configuration file. Please make sure it has the correct write attributes set!

user

Re: Xurl - available for download

chco2 Published 09/01/2009 7:37 Updated 09/01/2009 7:47 Module Developer Joined 03/05/2004 Comments 374

Darn.. been tested on three different websites.. They all worked.
Ok, as for the ZIPfile, this has been corrected. I was sure I had included the root Xurl folder, but apparently I did not Sorry!

If you get the Unable to write config file, this means that the file in Xurl>functions/config.ini is not writeable. Xurl does an automatic chmod on this file, but apparently it did not work for you. Please chmod this file to have at least 666 permissions. Also.. the SQL database setting should have already been filled at installation. Best is to copy the module to your website, chmod the config file and then install the module. Saves a bit of work..

NOTE: when registering to our website (which is using the new XOOPS 2.4 Beta) you may get some funky weirdness. No matter, after registering you can immediately login on the site.

Re: Xurl - available for download

DarinAllan Published 09/01/2009 8:11 Friend of XOOPS Joined 05/18/2005 Comments 477

Ok that did the trick charly, thanks

cheers

user

Re: Xurl - available for download

chco2 Published 09/01/2009 8:12 Module Developer Joined 03/05/2004 Comments 374

You are welcome!

user

Re: Xurl - available for download

chco2 Published 09/01/2009 11:04 Updated 09/01/2009 13:37 Module Developer Joined 03/05/2004 Comments 374

Update

To make things a bit more interesting, I've added another block to the Xurl module. This block allows you to send an update to Twitter immediately. All given urls will be shortened by Xurl automatically.

This could be taken a bit further by developers, by adding a send to twitter button to their modules. User will then be able to send content directly to their twitter account!

Have a go at it. Register to our website and you will see a Twitter block in the right menu.

Basically.. Xurl has now also become a Twitter Module (ah.. a first! )

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Trabis has been so kind as to report a security issue wih the new Xurl module.
Please download the fixed version 1.0a here.

If you have version 1.0 installed and a lot of URLs in your database, do following:

- Copy your modules/Xurl/function/config.ini to your XOOPS_DATA/configs folder and name it : Xurl_config.ini. Set attributes to 666.

- Delete modules/Xurl/function/config.ini

- Copy version 1.0a ontop of your existing 1.0 version. Go to the modules admin and refresh Xurl.

If there are not many URLs in your database, please uninstall the Xurl Module. Delete the Xurl module folder(!), extract version 1.0a and copy to your modules folder (do not overwrite!). Then install Xurl version 1.0a.

That's it.
Sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused.

Please visite EasyTCPtransfer Xurl Support forum if you have any questions.

Re: Xurl - available for download

DarinAllan Published 09/02/2009 4:44 Friend of XOOPS Joined 05/18/2005 Comments 477

The new version does not work for me, I have signed up to your site I tried to post debug details, I couldn't, nothing posted. The old version, although I got it installed, after creating a shortened URL the created link went nowhere except a messed up page on my domain, with no theme. I will gladly post on your site if it lets me, otherwise I will create a thread on xoops.org, so I can post details.

Actually I will ask a question about the module as well, will it be able to automatically shorten urls posted by members in CBB, as that's what I thought it would be able to do, if not, there is no need to worry about the problems I am having.

Cheers....Darin ;o)

user

Re: Xurl - available for download

chco2 Published 09/02/2009 7:31 Module Developer Joined 03/05/2004 Comments 374

Hi Darin!
The ETT website is using XOOPS 2.4.0 and being a Beta that was not a wise idea of mine.. Please try again to post, it should work now.
Also, Xurl, by default, does not shorten the CBB posts, but it is possible!
Please report your problems and I will take a look at CBB.

user

Re: Xurl - available for download

chco2 Published 09/02/2009 11:00 Module Developer Joined 03/05/2004 Comments 374

Darin.

Regarding CBB. What version are you using and where can I download this version? If you don't know where, could you zip your cbb module folder and post it on my website?
Then I'll have a look for shorting all urls in CBB posts.

Cheers,
Charly

Re: Xurl - available for download

DarinAllan Published 09/02/2009 12:02 Friend of XOOPS Joined 05/18/2005 Comments 477

CBB 3.08 the latest stable.

;o)

user

Re: Xurl - available for download

chco2 Published 09/02/2009 22:02 Module Developer Joined 03/05/2004 Comments 374

Hi again Darin,

Regarding CBB postings.. please have a look here on how to get that done.
An example can be found here.

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