URL Shortener

Generate custom short URLs with your CMS vanity or custom domain!

Sonoran CMS - URL Shortener

The URL Shortener is only enabled with a Pro Subscription!

Learn more about our paid plans.

What are Short URLs?

Create friendly, short URLs for anything in your community!

The URL shortener takes any link and converts it to a short and readable format! Ex: https://discord.com/invite/123456 -> mycommunity.com/discord

Creating a Short URL

New Short URL

To forward https://discord.com/invite/123456 to our custom domain's mycommunity.com/discord

1. Enter the existing URL https://discord.com/invite/123456

2. Enter the new short URL path discord

3. (Optional) add a description Discord invite link

After adding the new short URL, it will be viewable, searchable, and copyable in the table below.

Domain Formats

The CMS supports three types of short URL formats:

• Custom Domain: customdomain.com/shorturl
• Custom Subdomain: example.customdomain.com/shorturl
• Vanity Domain: communityid.sonorancms.com/shorturl
• Long Domain: sonorancms.com/com/communityuuid/shorturl

The custom path will work on all three of these options. The toggle simply allows you to select which format you are copying.

Custom Subdomains

Subdomains are extensions of your custom domain and are used to organize or separate different sections of a website (e.g., info.customdomain.com).

Adding A Subdomain

1. Click to Add a New Subdomain

Click the + icon next to the short URL type selector.

2. Enter the Desired Subdomain

Enter your desired subdomain for your community's configured custom domain.

Here, the subdomain is links and the custom domain is sonoranrp.com

3. Copy and Add DNS Records

Copy the information from the panel to create a CNAME and TXT DNS record.

The examples below show DNS management via Cloudflare. If you are unsure how to add a DNS record, contact your domain provider.

If you are using Cloudflare, DISABLE the proxy mode and set it to DNS Only

4. Save and Use Subdomain

After saving your new CNAME and TXT record, click Add Link Subdomain to verify the DNS records.

Note: Depending on your DNS provider, there may be a cache delay before the DNS records are detected.

You can now select the custom domain in the URL Type drop-down to be used when creating a new short URL.

Reserved Paths

Sonoran CMS has several internal URL paths that can not be overridden by a custom short URL.

Sonoran CMS will also not allow you to override an existing website slug with a custom short URL.

admin
index
login
logout
signup
gallery
menu
event
account
oauth/discord
oauth/sonoran
oauth/apple
drive/file
game/menu
game/qbcore
profile
roster
forums
forums/topics
calendar
forms

These paths are restricted only in their absolute form. Appending additional paths to these are allowed. For example:

A short URL can NOT be: example.com/forms

However, a short URL CAN be: example.com/forms/civ