Say goodbye to obnoxiously long URLs forever. Well not ever, they will still exist, but they won't need to exist in your e-mails or instant messages or blogs or anywhere else you need a short URL. Enter your long URL below to create a HexURL that never expires.

We turn this 683 character URL:

    http://www.hallmark.com/ECardWeb/ECardPickupView.jsp?&n=%60jmn&e=%01%7bx%7e%7cqI
    ju%7ev7vr%7d7nm%7e&s=wo%04%3a%40%3c%3c&p=Qn%03%29Sjvrn%29%2f%29Snw%2966%29Qjyy%0
    3%29%5dqjwt%7cpr%7frwp%2a%29%5cjmu%035%29Tn%7frw%29jwm%29R%29%01n%7bn%29wx%7d%29
    jkun%29%7dx%29pn%7d%29qxvn%29%7dx%29%7cynwm%29%7dqn%29qxurmj%03%29%01r%7dq%29Vxv
    %29%2f%29Mjm7%29Uxwp%29%7c%7dx%7b%035%29%7c%7dj%7b%7drwp%29%01r%7dq%29%7dqn%29%7
    cwx%01%29jwm%29lxum%29rw%29Lqrljpx5%29%01qrlq%29vnjw%7d%29%01n%29lx%7eumw0%7d%29
    lqnlt%29rw%29%5bqxm%037%16%13%16%13Qxyn%29%03x%7e0%7bn%29qj%7frwp%29j%29p%7bnj%7
    d%29qxurmj%037%29%60ruu%29%7d%7b%03%29%7dx%29ljuu%29%03x%7e%29uj%7dn%7b7%16%13%1
    6%13Ux%7fn5%16%13%60jmn%29%2f%29Tn%7frw&f=y

into this 19 character HexURL:

    http://hexurl.com/4

Wow, you know which you would rather be dealing with?

I know what you're thinking, "this site seems awfully familiar." Yes, yes it does, but only because I came across a similar site out there and said, "you know what, I want to write something like that, it seems fun." Armed with a shorter domain name (by only one (1) character) and a little spare time, HexURL.com was born. The site is coded in PHP, uses a MySQL database, and utilizes Apache's mod_rewrite for the dynamic URL handling. The site's surprisingly light on the code side, and has been designed to load fast, due to a lack of graphics. The service is 100% free, but there are ads on the site that hopefully will draw your interest. I had a great time throwing this site together, and I hope that it will be of use to at least a million different people, or at least one person a million times.

HexURL is a side project turned free service to help society rid forums and instant messaging log files from disgustingly long URLs. Using it for spamming or illegal purposes isn't cool at all, nor is it legal and it's forbidden based on these terms. The aforementioned activity will result in the HexURL being disabled and you may be reported to all ISPs involved and to the proper authorities. In true open source fashion, this service is provided without any warranty of any kind.