[Isl-askaway] "EZProxify" tool upgraded for bit.ly

[Pardue, Bill]

Apologies for cross-posting.

A long time ago, I kind of put together a little bookmarklet tool I called EZProxify.  It basically added your EZProxy prefix to any URL and shortened it for easy sending in chats, emails, etc.  It was built on TinyURL and worked fine (and still works fine).  However, I wanted to create a version built on bit.ly, since that lets you create custom URLs & QR codes, track usage, etc.  You can see the results at http://community.ahml.info/ezproxify.html.

Keep in mind that the link on that page only works for Arlington Heights' EZProxy configuration.

You can pretty easily create your own version by adding the following link to a web page your staff has access to:

<a href="javascript:void(location.href='http://bitly.com/http://ezproxy.yourlibrary.org:####/login?url='+location.href)<javascript:void(location.href='http://bitly.com/http://ezproxy.ahml.info:2048/login?url='+location.href)>">EZProxify (bit.ly)</a>

Just replace "ezproxy.yourlibrary.org:####" with the appropriate ezproxy address and port number for your own configuration.  If you use a different proxy server and it uses the same type of URLs, I expect you could modify it for that, too.  Your staff members need only drag the link to their links/bookmarks bars.  I've tested in IE9, Chrome and Firefox.

When you're on a page, just click on the "EZProxify (bit.ly)" button and it will take you to a bit.ly page for that address.  You do need to do one more click to actually shorten (if anyone knows a way to get past that from the bookmark, please post!).

This won't work for EVERY product, and some (like EBSCO) now generate their own permalinks that include proxy server prefixes, but this is still a nice tool to have around!

--Bill Pardue

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