[MassHistPres] Suggestion on preventing the "link did not work" problem in the future

[Lee Wright]

Sarah's absolutely right, and here's a solution going forward that those of
you who use Twitter are familiar with, but others may not be: URL shortners.
 
They're the easy fix to the "link did not work" problem since this doesn't
depend on the recipient doing anything differently.
 
Free and trivial to use, the next time you have a long URL (link) to send
out, just use one of these to generate a shorter URL.
 
- http://www.tiny.cc
- http://www.bit.ly
- http://www.is.gd
 
(Yes, those are all URLs.)
 
Using the last one and Scientific American article below, you end up with:
 
http://is.gd/b75aF 
 
 
As short as it is, it shouldn't be broken by any e-mail programs, which
means it will work for everyone.
 
Best--
 
Lee Wright | Marlborough 
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From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu
[mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Burks, Sarah
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:30 PM
To: Barbara; Linda Wilson
Cc: MA Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] FW: Solar at Home: Are old houses doomed? The
conflict between historic preservation and energy efficiency



The URL carried over to the next line. If you copy and paste the whole thing
into your browser it should work.

 

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[mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Barbara
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:29 PM
To: Linda Wilson
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Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] FW: Solar at Home: Are old houses doomed? The
conflict between historic preservation and energy efficiency

 

Link did not work


Barbara
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From: "Linda Wilson" <Linda.Wilson at dcr.nh.gov>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 2:01:28 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [MassHistPres] FW: Solar at Home: Are old houses doomed? The
conflict between historic preservation and energy efficiency


Subject: Solar at Home: Are old houses doomed? The conflict between
historic preservation and energy efficiency

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=are-old-houses-doomed
-the-conflict-2010-03-26

A DHR colleague shared this article, and I thought you would find it
(and the links) interesting, too.

Congratulations to Sally Zimmerman of Historic New England for her
noteworthy comments, quoted and linked in the story.

Please pardon cross-postings; we all know how to use the delete key for
duplicates.

Linda Wilson
NH DSHPO
Linda.wilson at dcr.nh.gov
http://www.nh.gov/nhdhr

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