What is Path Forwarding, and how does it work?
You can use your shortURL to forward to a specific path and/or file on your site by simply adding that path and/or file name to the end of your shortURL. For example, if Joe had the shortURL: joe.vze.com which forwards to: www.some-web-host.com/users/joe/ and he wanted to link to a page at: www.some-web-host.com/users/joe/mp3links.html he could use the shortURL: joe.vze.com/mp3links.html to forward directly to that page! What is Mirror Management all about? If you have mirrors of your site you can use your shortURL to balance traffic between them, or provide redundancy. This can be done two ways: 1) You can have shortURL randomly forward to a mirror, weighing any URLs you wish to get more or less traffic. 2) Or, have shortURL generate a page, providing visitors with a list your mirrors to choose from along with a description for each one. Sample here. If one URL goes down or is slow, visitors can use another, helping keep your site online at all times! What is URL masking? Normally, af
