# Introducing Jekyll URL Shortener

DevFeed: [Introducing Jekyll URL Shortener](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-jekyll-url-shortener-20779.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://conductofcode.io/post/introducing-jekyll-url-shortener/>)

Author: {"twitter"=\>"hlaueriksson"}

Published: 2018-11-01T06:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Henrik Lau Eriksson](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/henrik-lau-eriksson.md>)

Topics: [Jekyll](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jekyll.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hosting.md>)

Tags: [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [dns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dns.md>), [domain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/domain.md>), [github-pages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-pages.md>), [google-analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-analytics.md>), [hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hosting.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [jekyll](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jekyll.md>), [plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugin.md>), [repo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/repo.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on creating a personal URL shortener with a Jekyll and GitHub Pages template repository. It covers domain configuration, repository setup, short-link creation, and tracking with Google Analytics, and explains that redirects use an HTML HTTP-REFRESH meta tag rather than HTTP redirect status codes.

## Source excerpt

Building a URL Shortener with Jekyll and GitHub Pages