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Built for simple sharing

ShortLink turns long addresses into short, memorable URLs using your SQL Server database and clean Bootstrap UI — ready to upload to Plesk/IIS.

How it works

  1. You submit a long URL on the home page.
  2. A unique code is stored in the ShortUrls table.
  3. Visitors open /u/your-code and are redirected to the original URL.
  4. Each visit increments the click counter and logs a row in ShortUrlClicks.

Deploy notes (Plesk)

  • Point the site to this folder and ensure ASP.NET 4.x is enabled.
  • Update AppConnection in Web.config to your Plesk SQL Server credentials.
  • Run Database/UrlShortner.sql once (or let the app auto-create tables).
  • Enable the IIS URL Rewrite module so /u/{code} routes to go.aspx. Without rewrite, use go.aspx?code=....