I’ve been meaning to re-visit that feature, and offer different URL shortening services…
So, as I understand it, you want to keep the google shortened site reference (the characters after the slash), but just want to re-write the host/domain name? That would mean that this other domain does not offer a shortening service / API, but only redirects?
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Correct. I ended up trying it and got it to work by using the instructions here: http://createdbypete.com/articles/personalise-the-google-url-shortening-service-with-your-own-domain/ for the .htaccess file.
Then I used explode to grab the characters after the slash in $ret and then appended $ret with my domain. Obviously a cleaner solution would be preferable but it works for now. I had been previously using bit.ly and would like to keep using it for this side since over 100 articles are using that service.
Version 6.9 will have a ‘ngfb_short_url’ filter you could use to manipulate the shortened URL (see http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Function_Reference/add_filter) *and* it will support both the goo.gl and bit.ly shortening services. 😉
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If you want to give it a try, v6.9-dev2 includes bitly support: http://downloads.wp.xz.cn/plugin/nextgen-facebook.zip
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I’ll take a look. Do you have an estimated release time?
This week-end, or you can download the current DEV version from the link.
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