From the User Guide: How to turn that long URL address into a shorter, catchier one that will make it easier for the school community to remember

How to get a short Web address

Relative Short Name

You don't like the URL you have …

http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/newspaperid/xxxxx/Default.aspx

… and you want a new one.

Do this

TIP: Type one word into the Relative Short Name field. Your Web address will then be http://my.hsj.org/word

· From the Dashboard, click on Edit Newspaper Information.

· Under Relative Short Name, type a word in the field. It doesn't matter if it's capitalized or not. This word should represent your school in the Web address.

· Now your URL will be:

http://my.hsj.org/thatword

· Hit Update

· Now you should go brand that URL everywhere. The library. The bulletin board. The flag of your printed paper. On letterhead. On business cards. Everywhere. And build your media empire!

Keep in mind that the Web address you write – http://my.hsj.org/word – will CHANGE into the long URL in the middle of this process. This is just redirecting the site, NOT renaming it.

Relative Short URL

IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE AT-A-GLANCE PAGE BEING YOUR HOME PAGE ON THE SITE, DO NOT ENTER ANYTHING IN THIS FIELD. LEAVE IT COMPLETELY BLANK.

Sometimes people don't like the At-a-Glance page being their home page. It lists things in date order instead of the Sort Order at the bottom of the article-entry page. They want it to point to their front page instead.

Do this:

· Follow the procedures for Relative Short Name and get shorter Web address.

· Choose a page to redirect to instead of the At-a-Glance page, say the front page, and copy that Web address. The page should be on my.hsj.org. An example would be:

http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/newspaperid/614/categoryid/3584/editionid/29580/Default.aspx

TIP: Put the web address you’d like to redirect to in the Relative Short URL field. Include the http://

· Enter that URL into the Relative Short URL field, INCLUDING THE HTTP:// AT THE BEGINNING.

· DO NOT EVER REDIRECT TO YOUR AT-A-GLANCE PAGE. It will break you site.

· Delete the editionid and the number following it. In the above example…

http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/newspaperid/614/categoryid/3584/editionid/29580/Default.aspx

so you’re left with…

http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/newspaperid/614/categoryid/3584/Default.aspx

If you DON’T do this, then people will ALWAYS go to that edition’s front page even if you create and place a new edition and new content. No one will ever see it.

· Hit Update

· Now when people browse to the Relative Short Name Web address you created they will be redirected to this page instead of the At-a-Glance page.