URL redirecter for library databases

[Eric Loehr]

Hi all,

We're trying to figure out a way to keep our database URLs current without
having to update them in multiple places when they change; right now we
have links to databases in our Drupal site, Libguides, on static HTML pages
in Moodle, and maybe other places I'm not remembering.

What I'd like to do is to assign a URL to each database (that can be
entered in all of the above places) that can point to a database of some
sort which redirects it to the correct URL. That way we'd only have to
update it in the database instead of multiple web sites.

After some Googling, I found YOURLS ( http://yourls.org/ ) - -  "YOURLS is
a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run your own URL
shortening service (*a la*TinyURL). You can make it private or public, you
can pick custom keyword URLs, it comes with its own API."

Has anyone ever used YOURLS?   Are there other better possibilites out
there that folks are using?

Thanks - -

Eric


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Eric Loehr
Library Systems Manager
eloehr at smith.edu
(413) 585-2969

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