Services

URL Shortener

The benefits of using a URL Shortener are (among other things):

Having shorter URLs (implicitely resulting in less complex QR codes)
Change short URL targets anytime without changing the short URL (and its QR code)
Anonymous tracking of number of URL visits as well as the approximate geolocation of the visitor
Distinguish between the source of the URL by using mutliple short URLs with the same target

An instance of the URL shortener tool Shlink is set up for any usage within the context of "Aktiv mit MS".

Shlink

The frontend can be accessed via https://shlink.amms.link.

An authentication is required.

Because Shlink does not provide any user management all users have admin rights.
To counter unwanted changes or deletions of entries by accident, a regular backup has been set up.
The backup runs every night.
The backed up data is being kept for 14 days.

Most Relevant Pages for Common Usage

"Overview"
"List short URLs"
"Create short URL"
"Manage tags"

All other pages can be ignored by editors entirely.

Best Practices

Create different short URLs for each use case (e.g. for each brochure) to retain maximal flexibility and the possibility to track how often URLs visited from which use case.
Use tags for enhanced maintainability (e.g. to indicate short URL use cases).

Hints

Adding /qr-code to any short URL provides a QR code as vector graphics (format *.svg).
Added custom URL params (e.g. for Google Analytics) to any short URL are being passed to the target URL.

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