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ServerTastic ShortURL Service

I have recently been experimenting with creating a ShortURL service for ServerTastic. Previously when posting tweets (ServerTastic Twitter) I have used the Bit.ly ShortURL service. But a few weeks ago I noticed you can now configure your own personal domain with the Bitly service (Bitly Pro).

This offers a brillint opportunity to add some additional branding when generating a ShortURL. So I set about finding a suitable domain that was short but recognisable as ServerTastic. I had a glance through the two letter country domains available and came across .cm. This is a fairly new extension so I thought I might get something catchy. Amazingly st.cm was available (and subsequently instantly registered by me!).

A few minutes of configuration on Bitly (and an hours wait for the DNS to start working) I had a new ShortURL service was born.

You can now use the st.cm service to shorten any links for ServerTastic. The service will not allow you to shorten any non ServerTastic domains.