Quote:
Originally Posted by AlexBell
This is probably going to be off-topic, but it does have some relevance.
I did an ebook recently which was packed with references as end notes. Many of those references were URLs, and many of them would take up two or three lines on an ebook screen if I hadn't broken them - or they would have extended a long way off the right edge of the screen. I thought of using tiny urls to get them to fit on the screen. Would this be good practice? Or is there a better way?
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There is absolutely no need for tiny URLS in an ebook.
You don't have to show the full address in a link - you can have links that show some, all, or none of the address - or something completely different - depending on what words you put between the <a href="..."> and </a> tags.
e.g. All of these links go to the same (imaginary) location.
Full:
Code:
<a href="http://www.asuperreallylongwebsitename.com/goingon/andon/andon/andon/andon/index.html">
http://www.asuperreallylongwebsitename.com/goingon/andon/andon/andon/andon/index.html
</a>
How it will look:
http://www.asuperreallylongwebsitena...don/index.html
{note some websites and MR will generally shorten a really long address by replacing letters with "..." as seen above. This may, or may not happen within an ebook reader. My personal experience is that it will show the entire string of characters that you place between the <a> tags.}
Medium:
Code:
<a href="http://www.asuperreallylongwebsitename.com/goingon/andon/andon/andon/andon/index.html">
http://www.asuperreallylongwebsitename.com
</a>
How it will look:
http://www.asuperreallylongwebsitename.com
Short:
Code:
<a href="http://www.asuperreallylongwebsitename.com/goingon/andon/andon/andon/andon/index.html">
asuperreallylongwebsitename.com
</a>
How it will look:
asuperreallylongwebsitename.com
Other:
Code:
<a href="http://www.asuperreallylongwebsitename.com/goingon/andon/andon/andon/andon/index.html">
Here
</a>
How it will look:
Here