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21 January, 2011
  • Kerra Lindsey

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Excellent! A must needed tool for todays online activites. Thanks, AW!

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05 December, 2010
  • ArtWanted.com Staff
  • 05 Dec 2010
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Original Post: New Shorter Image URLs

As the popularity of social media sites (like Facebook) continue to grow, it's critical that you are always sharing your artwork with your group of social fans.

Because of this rising trend, ArtWanted.com has now made it even easier for you to share links to your artwork. We have created a "shortcut URL" for every image on our site, which will link to your portfolio image. Shorter URLs are easier to share and link to, especially on websites that limit your characters like Twitter. Here is a quick example:

BEFORE: http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?id=1016579

NOW: http://ArtWanted.com/1016579

The two URLs above go to the same page, but the shorter one is much easier to use and share.

Where to find the short URLs to your artwork?

There are two places that you can look up the short URL for your images. The first place is on the image page itself, directly under the social media icons. The second place you can find this shorter URL is on the EDIT IMAGE page of your ArtWanted.com members area.

We hope this change encourages you and others to share your artwork as much as possible. Enjoy!

PS - If you don't already have a Facebook and Twitter page, we suggest you start one right away to promote your talent.