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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

20+ Useful URL Shortener Plugins for WordPress - You The Designer

20+ Useful URL Shortener Plugins for WordPress

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST

URL shortening services have grown in importance with the expansion of the internet. Oftentimes we need to share URLs but the original address can be a bit too long. Furthermore, with Twitter fever gripping the cyber world, long URLs cannot suffice within the 160 words’ limit and thus, URL shorteners are important.

WordPress lets you shorten a URL to a post/page by using the ‘Get Shortlink’ feature just below the Post Title on the Add New Post page. However, in order to get really ‘short’ URLs, we can rely on URL shortener plugins as the default URL might still prove to be quite long!

In this article, we take a look at 20+ URL shortener plugins for WordPress.

1. Bob’s Dumpr URL Shortener Integration

Bob’s Dumpr URL Shortener Integration uses dumpr.info to shorten URLs and also provides an API for other plugins.

Plugin Homepage | Download

2. Custom URL Shortener

Custom URL Shortener makes it easily to quickly add a short URL to your posts or pages.

Download

3. Goo.gl Shortlinks

This plugin uses Google’s Goo.gl service to shorten URLs.

Plugin Homepage | Download

4.Goo.gl URL Shortener for WP

Another plugin that uses Goo.gl to shorten URLs, but it comes with the added goodness of in-context URL shortening (shortens URLs within comments, posts and pages).

Plugin Homepage | Download

5. la petite URL

la petite URL offers personal and customized URL shortening for WordPress.

Plugin Homepage | Download

6. LNQ.me URL Shortener

LNQ.me URL Shortener plugin uses the LNQ.me service to shorten URLs and replaces the default WP shortlinks structure.

Plugin Homepage | Download

7. Self Shortener

Self Shortener plugin lets you shorten URLs on your WordPress site. It is available in both English and Japanese.

Plugin Homepage | Download

8. Short URL

Short URL modifies WP’s get_short_link() function. It is different from other plugins in the fact that it does not essentially use a third party service to shorten URLs. Thus, instead of www.goo.gl/YouTheDesigner, your URL will become www.yourwebsite.com/YouTheDesigner

Download

9. Jetpack by WordPress.com

Jetpack by WordPress.com comes with a URL shortener in the form of WP.me Beyond that, it also features a plethora of other goodies!

Plugin Homepage | Download

10. Tinyit.cc

Tinyit.cc automatically generates short URLs for posts and places them at the end of each post. It can also be made to automatically post the generated URLs to your Twitter account.

Plugin Homepage | Download

11. Tweet Button with URL Shortening

This plugin adds a ‘tweet’ button to your site which can be used along with the URL shortener of your choice — such as su.pr, bit.ly, digg, tinyurl or awe.sm.

Plugin Homepage | Download

12. Twi.im URL Shortener

This plugin uses the twi.im URL shortening service to shorten URLs.

Plugin Homepage | Download

13. unfake.it URL Shortener for Twitter Tools

unfake.it serves as a filter plugin that shortens URLs before posting them to Twitter.

Plugin Homepage | Download

14. URL Shortener

This URL shortener plugin integrates many URL shortening services in the WP shortlinks mechanism.

Plugin Homepage | Download

15. WG bit.ly Shortener

This plugin uses bit.ly shortening service to generate short URLs.

Download

16. YOURLS: WordPress to Twitter

This plugin generates short URLs using services such as YOURLS and/or bit.ly and then posts them to Twitter.

Plugin Homepage | Download

ADDITIONAL PLUGINS

17. BuddyPress Tweet URLs

BuddyPress Tweet URLs add tweet buttons to your activity stream posts. It generates short URLs using the YOURLS shortener service.

Download

18. GentleSource Short URL

GentleSource Short URL automatically shortens the blog post URL.

Plugin Homepage | Download

19. Short URL for Posts

Short URL for Posts converts all links in <a href tags to shorter ones.

Plugin Homepage

20. SosoBz Short URL

SosoBz Short URL is another plugin that can be used to shorten URLs using soso.bz shortening service.

Plugin Homepage | Download

21. Simple URL Shortener

Simple URL Shortener supports over 100 URL shortening services.

Plugin Homepage

Which service do you use to shorten your URLs? Let us know in the comments!

Featured image from Dezeen Magazine.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Graphic Design Software & Skills: You The Designer’s 1st Infographic from the Graphic Designer Survey! - You The Designer

Graphic Design Software & Skills: You The Designer’s 1st Infographic from the Graphic Designer Survey!

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST

If you were with us back when we first launched our Graphic Designer Survey, we’re glad to let you know that we’ve just released the first of a series of infographics we’ve made from the survey’s results! This one is about popular graphic design software we use today, and statistics on skill sets and specializations we tend to have. Check it out below!

Show off your graphic design skills with business cards from UPrinting!

If you’d like to share this on your blog too, get the embed code here! Stay tuned as we release the rest of the infographic series within the next few weeks!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Windows Themes,High Quality HD Wallpapers

Justice League Logos : Wallpapers for Desktop, iPhone and iPad

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:55 AM PST

This wallpaper pack comes with 7 original Justice League logos wallpapers made for Desktop, iPhone and iPad in high quality resolutions.

justice league wallpapers

7 Justice League Wallpapers | By deleket

Resolutions : 1920×1200 (Desktop Widescreen), 1024×01024 (iPad), 640×960 (iPhone)

Download :

All in One (Includes Desktop, iPad & iPhone resolutions) (34.3MB)

Desktop (19.83MB)

iPhone (5.57MB)

iPad (8.94MB)

NanoSchematic : Vibrant Digital Wallpapers in High Definition

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:38 AM PST

‘NanoSchematic’ is a series of high resolution vibrant digital wallpapers available in three variants (InfraOrange, InfraLapis, InfraGreen)

Preview :

nanoschematic infraorange

nanoschematic infralapis

nanoschematic infragreen

InfraOrange Wallpaper Series | By submicron

Available in following resolutions :

Widescreen (16:10) : 1152×720, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1200, 2560×1600, 3840×2400

HD (16:9) : 1024×576, 1280×720, 1366×768, 1920×1080, 2048×1152, 2560×1440

Download (13.5MB):

InfraOrange | InfraLapis | InfraGreen

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

25 Awesome Still Life Digital Paintings for Inspiration - You The Designer

25 Awesome Still Life Digital Paintings for Inspiration

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST

There used to be a time when paintings were accomplished only by putting brush on canvas. However, with the growth of technology, all genres of art evolved with time. Today, digital paintings have emerged as a wonderful category of art — one that combines both precision and enigma.

In this article, we take a look at some stunning digital paintings. All of these capture still life at its best! The amount of detail contained within each of these paintings is sure to inspire anyone.