Questions tagged [url]
DO NOT USE THIS TAG. Uniform Resource Locator or Universal Resource Locator - a specific character string that constitutes a reference to an Internet resource.
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Google Sites URL termination?
I made a Google Site on the wrong Google Account, so I deleted the site and permanently deleted it the deleted sites folder. I switched to another account and tried to create the site al over, but it ...
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How do I convert a cell to RFC 3986 standard (URLEncoded) in Google Spreadsheets?
Is it possible to convert text from a certain cell to RFC 3986 (http://url-encoder.org/) in a Google Spreadsheet?
Lets say C4 has the value John Doe, then D4 must be John%20Doe.
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How can we get a vacant, custom URL for Google+
We need a Google+ custom URL for our company. However, Google suggests one different from what we wanted.
How can we acquire our particular, vacant, custom URL?
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URL manipulation in IFTTT
I have an IFTTT recipe that picks up {{EntryUrl}} from a trigger Feed | New feed item1 and then prints it to PDF through the action Dropbox | Add file from URL:
http://do.convertapi.com/Web2Pdf?...
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Format for ID of YouTube video
Every YouTube video has a unique ID which can be used to get at it. For example, the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN46pEO_jX8 has the id aN46pEO_jX8.
After some observation, it looks to me ...
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How does the Buffer app append UTM parameters?
Buffer seems like a great way to link multiple social accounts and conveniently crosspost. There's plenty of praise on the web for the service, it seems super user friendly, and it looks like it might ...
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Does Twitter's URL parser break URLs that contain certain strings?
I've been told that Twitter sometimes breaks URLs that have specific strings in them. This is the reason that Stack Exchange's tweet bots automatically shorten URLs before they're Tweeted.
But after ...
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Is there a way to search for pages that display an image if you have the image URL?
Is there a way to search for pages that display an image if you have the image URL?
Reverse image search is not useful for this as the image is far from unique. It is not the image contents that are ...
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Can Pastebin.com turn URLs into clickable links?
Is Pastebin.com capable of turning URLs into clickable links? Is not there additional markup code for this besides @h@ for line highlighting?
This discussion suggests that it is not possible. I also ...
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Set recipient email address with wetransfer.com
Is it possible to autofill the recipient’s address via a URL link in wetransfer.com?
I would like to be able to give a link to send us files, where the email address we want it sent to is filled in ...
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How to share Entire Google Drive—right click menu with “share” option on “My Drive” not available
I can right click a folder
But not the entire drive
Background
For my employer, I want to share my entire Google Drive space provided by them. I want to be able to have a direct URL to my whole ...
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Google image search URL that can be shared? [duplicate]
I performed a Google Image search, it shows results, but when I send the search URL to someone, they can not see any result:
https://www.google.com/search?as_q=berlin&tbs=sur:fmc&biw=1855&...
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Link to specific point in time on SoundCloud
I would like to share a link to a sound file on SoundCloud that automatically starts playing at a certain point in time. Is this feature available on SoundCloud, and if so, how do the respective URLs ...
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Is there a quick way of getting a beautiful URL to a Google search query? [duplicate]
When searching Google I often want to share a link to my search. (not to a search result, to the current page with the results)
Many years ago Google used to have excellent URLs. For example:
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What does gws_rd=cr in the URL indicate?
On opening Google.com, gws_rd=cr is added to the URL. This has been happening only for the past day or so.
What does this indicate?
Why did this start showing up recently? I have been using the same ...
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How do I find the permanent url for photos shared publicly on a google+ event
I uploaded some photos to a Google+ event. Google+ states that they are shared publicly.
I click the link on the event page to see them and would expect to be able to use the URL in the address bar ...
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URL Shortener that forwards GET Query Strings [closed]
I want to create a small URL like goo.gl/xpto but I need it to forward the query string back to the original URL:
goo.gl/xpto?foo=bar => example.com?foo=bar
Which URL shortners do this nowadays?
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Link to a cell in a Google Sheets via URL?
One can link to a Google Sheets via key, and via key and worksheet id:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=SOME_KEY
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=SOME_KEY#gid=WORKSHEET_ID
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Get direct link from a soundcloud for use in download managers
There's a sound clip on soundcloud that has a "download" button.. It's a large mp3 (150 MB+), when I click it, download starts on the crappy chrome and due to some reason, it got stuck at 60%.
Now I ...
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How to access Blogger and YouTube from any other URLs
Is there any way to access Blogger and YouTube from any subdomain of Google?
For example can I access Blogger from a link like https://blablabal.google.com?
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How long will a TinyURL be available?
This is not a thread about if URL shortener are good or not, I'm just wondering how long such created TinyURL will be available? Is the given URL available "forever"?
If so - is there a way to ...
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How should I write the URL for a specific Google Search query?
Whenever I type a search query in Google Search, I am presented with long and complicated URLs like this one:
https://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=get+...
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How to copy links to Google Drive document
When I copy HTML to Google Drive, I lose the URLs in the text. Is that normal behavior? If so, how do I get around it to keep the URLs?
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Cannot put a local file URL in card description in Trello
I have seen that other users can link to local files from a card, using Markdown syntax.
I can do it in a comment (writing directly the file:/// URL) but I would like to do it in the card description....
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Find photo info page for Flickr profile image
Given a Flickr static image (like http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8283/7753425102_02f23b5a21.jpg), I know how to find the info page for that image (http://www.flickr.com/photos/75151585@N07/7753425102/),...
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Google Analytics adds additional slash after domain when opening a page
In Content → Overview you can see a table listing all visited pages of your tracked site. Next to the URL path there is a little icon:
If you click it, a popup loading the corresponding page is ...
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Is there an application to write down URLs? [closed]
Is there an application to write down URLs in a single-unified-online accessible place ?
I often find interesting articles but I often forget to write down the URLs.
Is there an application which ...
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How can I change the URL of my Google+ account? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get Custom Vanity Google plus URLs?
I just want to add my own name to that URL instead of its(Google+'s) default boring alphanumerical codes......
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Drawing parameters in OpenStreetMap URL
I've learnt that one can add annotation on maps on OpenStreetMap by adding
box=yes&bbox=lon1,lat1,lon2,lat2 to draw a rectangle and
mlon=lon&mlat=lat to add a marker
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http://...
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Change URL of a site in Google Analytics
I am tracking a website which is available under two domains (with and without a “www.” prefix). Currently the longer one redirects to the shorter one.
However, it seems that the longer one was used ...
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How to add a website URL with space (%20) in a LinkedIn profile page under websites?
I am trying to add my weblink which has a white space, that is, %20 in it. When I add a website URL in a LinkedIn profile using the edit option, it shows no error. But when I click the link in my ...
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Chrome doesn't display URL gadgets in Google Sites
I own a Google Apps domain, and I've built a site in Google Sites. Within the site I've embedded some gadgets, added by URL.
The problem occurs when I open the site in Chrome: the gadgets aren't ...
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If converting a Facebook profile to a Facebook page then is the username retained?
Facebook provides a facility to convert a profile to a page. But is the username also transferred to the page? (that is what I want).
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Is it possible to have clean URLs for Google Drive items? [closed]
Is it possible to have clean URLs for Google Drive items? By items I mean folders (collections) and files.
There are currently horrendously long strings of numbers and letters in a URL. They look ...
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Trello now sanitizing URLs / disallowing custom url protocols?
Up until about yesterday, I was able to add markdown links to a local application within the description area of my Trello Cards.
The application uses a custom url protocol to produce a url like the ...
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How do I embed an image from the web into a Trello card comment or description?
So far I have been successful embedding Youtube videos into Trello card comments; simply by including the URL in the comment Trello picks it up and renders an embedded Youtube thumbnail.
What I ...
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Changing messy Tumblr URL
On Tumblr we keep getting really messy URLs generated for our blog posts. Is there any way that this can be changed?
For instance, in the example bellow, the blogs title is ‘Playing with scale and ...
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YouTube referer/tracking URLs
YouTube has some kind of tracking system which adds feature to the link depending upon the source. For example, in the following example, from the feature I know that it is from the sidebar (related ...
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Is there an URL parameter to modify the volume of a YouTube video?
I want to put a link to a YouTube video on my website, but the sound is super loud. Is there a way to reduce the volume by adding some kind of parameter to the link? The way you can append &t=1m ...
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Is there a way to find a site by an image they link to? [closed]
I have the URL for an image that I downloaded, and I'm trying to locate the site that linked to it.
E.g. http://12345.blob.windows.net/random/abc123.jpg
The image hosting site is windows.net.
Is ...
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How can I log directly into Gmail when I am also signed into Google Apps?
Background:
I have one Gmail account and two Google Apps e-mail accounts that I use on a regular basis:
<[email protected]>
<[email protected]>
<[email protected]>...
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Do Google Search URLs contain sensitive (private) details?
I noticed that if I'm logged into Google Account (my Gmail and everything) and do a search in the address bar, the URL of the resultant page is really long.
Now, I was wondering: is there any ...
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YouTube feed for a show?
Rather than subscribe (in my feed reader) to my YouTube feed of subscribed things (which bunches everything into one big stream), I'd like to subscribe (again, in my feed reader) to each of the things ...
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How to use a wildcard in the middle of an URL when querying a site-specific search in Google?
I commonly use the Google wildcard asterisk (*) term. One of my favorites uses is searching with site:*.edu. But I recently tried site:csu*.edu in order to search California State University domains, ...
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Listing all articles on Wikitravel.org (excluding redirects)
Here is the list of all articles on the excellent guide Wikitravel.org:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Special:Allpages/A1GP
PROBLEM: It also includes redirects.
For each real article there are tens of ...
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Can you set up redirects from old Typepad blog entry URLs to new ones after renaming the blog?
An old client of mine has a Typepad blog that they’re looking to rename. This blog has a custom domain name, owned by the client, so they can change that just fine.
However, individual Typepad blog ...
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Google copy link location annoyance? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Turning off Google search results indirection
Sounds like a stupid question, but this really bothers me and I don't see an easy workaround. Every time I need to post link to ...
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In web URLs including Facebook, I see the string /#! appearing. What is the purpose of it? [closed]
What does the string #! do when facebook sticks it into its URL when I visit? I know the role of the # sign in indicating an anchor location in the page. But what is #! for?
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Changing vanity URL on Facebook?
As you may know, Facebook allows users to choose a "vanity URL," allowing easy linking to one's profile. However, once set, this URL cannot be changed and this was done for security reasons, ...
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Map Blog pages to different custom URLs
I have a subdomain currently pointing towards a blog I write on Blogger.
I would like to add a new page to this blog and point an entirely separate subdomain to that page.
So, given that status....
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