Shortener

Craft CMS Plugin for shortening URLs with Bitly

##Bitly Generic Access Token To use this plugin, you will need a bitly generic access token to authenticate your account. You can get your token here!

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##Install

1. Upload entire shortener directory to craft/plugins on your server.
2. Navigate to your site's Plugin settings from the Control Panel.
3. Click Install

##Settings ####Bitly Token

Required. You can get your token here.

####Cache Time In Seconds (Default is 1 day)

Required. Set a high cache time to increase performance. Default is 86400 for one day.

####Domain Choose either bit.ly, j.mp, or bitly.com to use for your shortened URLs.

####Custom Short Domain Optional. Enter your branded short domain that you have registered with bitly. Entering anything in this box will override the Domain setting above.

##Usage Shortener can be used from any template or plugin.

###Template Options You have two options to use shortener from a template, as a Twig filter or as a plugin variable.

####Twig Filter {% set longUrl = 'https://buildwithcraft.com/' %}

Shortened Url: {{ longUrl|shorten }}

####Plugin Variable {% set longUrl = 'https://buildwithcraft.com/' %} {% set shortUrl = craft.shortener.shorten(longUrl) %}

###From a Plugin To call shorten from a different Craft plugin:

$shortUrl = craft()->shortener->shorten($longUrl);

##Changelog

###1.1

• added custom domain field

###1.0

• initial release