[sakai2-tcc] direct urls (including short urls) to tools in the portal

[Steve Swinsburg]

There is one config option to enable it globally, and that activates the entire UI. 

However for the URLs to be actually shortened then that part needs to be activated, otherwise the URL is just returned as is, it is a no-op by default. So you'd set either the randomised impl (shown below), or the bit.ly impl.
shortenedurl.implementation=org.sakaiproject.shortenedurl.api.RandomisedUrlService

The Shortened URL Service is an included service as of 2.8 so there is nothing extra to install for that. 

It's possible to separate the display of the Short URL and checkbox out into another property for configuration, if people only wanted to show the direct url for whatever reason, and not have the ability to shorten it, but I'd need to adjust the code (slightly).

cheers,
S



On 01/03/2012, at 12:13 AM, Aaron Zeckoski wrote:

> Does this mean there is one config option to enable the link and
> another to make it use shortened URLs (if the shortened url service is
> available)? If so, what is the option for the first one?
> 
> -AZ
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Steve Swinsburg
> <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> A new feature for your perusal and comment:
>> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-21865
>> 
>> This adds a link next to help so a user can click on it and get the direct URL to that tool, as well as a short URL if they want.
>> 
>> Full details and screenshots in the Jira.
>> 
>> Disabled by default, can be enabled globally but then disabled on a per tool basis if required.
>> 
>> Trunk worthy?
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Steve
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