Last post in our series “What’s cool with YOURLS 1.7” — be sure to check previous posts dealing with SQL injections, security matters, HTTP improvements and other important subjects.
Today we’ll discuss about being social.
Social Bookmarklets
Bookmarklets have been polished and you have now 3 more to use. Head to the Tools page of your YOURLS install and you will discover these new buttons:
These bookmarklets will allow you to shorten a URL and share that short URL to Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr, all in one click. For extra goodness, you can also select text on the page you’re shortening before clicking the bookmarklet, and if the social site allows it, that text will serve as a highlight for your shared bit. Try it!
Oh, and of course, if you share links on social networks this way, be sure to tell your friends about YOURLS! :)
Happy shortening !
This ends the tour of new features in YOURLS 1.7. Have fun using it, shorten URLs like it’s your birthday, star the project on Github, follow @yourls for general YOURLS news and tell your friends about it.
Depending on feedback we may release a 1.7.1 if and when we feel it’s necessary. The next batch of features that will make it into 1.8 and 2.0 are currently being under development and, as usual, there is *no ETA* :)
Cheers!
Hi!
Is it possible to add a comment to a shorten url that can be read on the rss feed?
I would like to use the feed (https://github.com/YOURLS/YOURLS/wiki/RSS.php) to populate my twitter but i would like that the feed includes a custom description for each url (i f i decided to setup one).
Do you think is this possible?
Thank you
Anything is possible. At the moment this will require a custom plugin + a custom table where to store your comment. In the future (version 2.0, see the Roadmap, no ETA) this should be made easier since there will be a way to store arbitrary data (say, a comment for instance) attached to a particular short URL.
I do not know how to create such a plugin, so lets wait and enjoy what we have now. :)
I was thinking on using the same “text sharing” you are using on the Social bookmarklet but no idea of how to do something like that.
Thank you very much!
Another unrelated question, is there any official android app or anyone that you recommend to install so we can create the Short urls from the smartphone and tablets?
Thanks!
Read The Fine Manual. http://yourls.org/
I did, but not the last page. :P Thanks
The two android apps were updated on october 2012 and april 12. Are those the best right now?
Thanks
I found this one to be the best for simplicity: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cc.lupine.yourlsshortener