planetlotus.org meets tinyurl.com

This weekend I spent some time shortening the urls you see at the site. I compressed this

http://planetlotus.org/view.php?bid=10&pid=19186&lid=5

to this

http://planetlotus.org/1d4688

My primary objective was to make the urls easier to port. The click totals that you see everywhere on the site aren't limited to clicks made at the site. You can take that bottom url, put it anywhere and unique hits will be incremented at Planet Lotus. Think about that the next time you pay tribute to someones post.  Volker did this as a goof to make Ben's post on ASW's "Hot". Yes, that was a real example.

In other news, I've cut the communication link to the Planet Lotus Satellite/Widget. As of an hour or so ago all clicks from the blog widget will go straight to the actual post. In the beginning, brining everyone back to PL was a great way to get the word out; now with the word is somewhat out visitors can click on the logo or the note at the bottom describing the site.