Extension:ShortUrl

SpecialUrl is a special page extension that helps create shortened URLs for wiki pages, using their base36 encoded IDs. Primarily developed for use in the Indic Language Wikipedias.

Installation

 * 1) Download a snapshot and extract it to your extensions directory.
 * 2) Add   to the bottom of LocalSettings.php.
 * 3) Redirects are available under Special:ShortUrl/.

Caveats

 * You need some amount of js on the clientside to actually generate the short url and put it up somewhere. Check out ta wikipedia for an example by User:Logic

April 1, 2011

 * Initial Release

Licensing
ShortUrl is released under the GNU General Public License version 2.