Creating custom url for your Orkut Profile
Posted on 16. Jan, 2007 by Sankaranand in Tutorials
When you compare sites like HI5, Bebo, LinkedIn, Friendster with Orkut the main bit Orkut lacking was a Custom URL for your profile page.
A Custom URL is a small and easy to remember web URL by which one can access a profile page in a site. Basically one cannot remember the long URL provided by Orkut for your profile, so instead its easy to create a custom url which re-directs to the URL provided by Orkut.
Creating a Custom Url in Google Pages (Free):
- Login to Google Page Creator with Your Google accounts username and password
- Either create a new site or choose the Create Another site from the drop down box available at the top right corner of the page
- The next step is about choosing an address which is going to be the URL of your Orkut profile, so enter the profile name you want for your url basically it should be like this http://yourdesiredname.googlepages.com which will re-direct you to the Orkut profile.
- Say for example you want to use “XXXX” as your profile url then you should enter xxxx in the box provided for choosing an address and click Check Availability to see if the entered name is available or not.
- Select any layout and a starting look because because it has nothing to do with your url.
- Making sure you have entered the desired URL and check if its available or not, then click the Create Site Button.
- Now you have successfully created a site, click the [no title] link in the page name column to make it open.
- There you go, you are ready to edit the page where Google pages allows you to add title and other bla bla things. But you don’t have to touch them just click the [edit html] link at bottom right corner of the page.
- Type the following javascript code in any part of the blank page.
<script>
window.location = “your link here”;
</script>
- Replace your link here with your orkut profile url which will basically look like this http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=8454709067165079466
- You can find your profile url by login into Orkut and clicking the Profile link in your homepage, then copy the profile link which appears in the address bar.
- After making changes in the javascript code click the Save Changes button
- Now click Publish button to publish your webpage. Cool you are ready to launch your custom url.
- Just navigate to your address bar and type http://xxx.googlepages.com (example) and click ok ……..zooooooooooooo you will be re-directed to your orkut profile page.
Advantages of using this technique:
- You can easily share your profile URL with your friends, family or post this URL in your weblog or website.
- Now they no longer need to remember those long URL to add you as friend.
Also you can create a custom url in your domain name (if you own a domain address) by using the .htaccess technique. You can also use re-direction service sites like SnipUrl, Co.nr, shorturls.co.uk and other sites but it depends on own risk whereas by using this technique you have a google domain url.
Please comment if you have any queries and help related to this technique. Your suggestions are most expected.
Thanks Haochi for the JavaScript code.
Neil
Jan 16th, 2007
Hey sankar,
Thats a really very good post indeed…..keep up the good work buddy….n thanks for helping me out in creating my page.
Best of luck.
Neil
raghul
Jan 16th, 2007
this is a good post helping out many who dont know about this facility
keep the good work going by unearthing more such facilities
ramakrishnan
Jan 17th, 2007
by this facility helping others how do not know about this facility
Sankar Anand
Jan 17th, 2007
Yeah thanks for the appreciation
Darnell Clayton
Jan 18th, 2007
Hey Sankar,
Thanks for the tip! I’ll be posting your tip on my blog (as I am in the process of testing this out with my domain Inside Orkut).
~Darnell
Prashanth
Jan 19th, 2007
hi…
thanks for your tip….will be doing this at once….
btw if you dont have any issues can i ask you some more q on google…
Sankar Anand
Jan 19th, 2007
yeah sure but i am not a Google Expert.
Pramod
Jan 23rd, 2007
sorry to say so,
but i couldn’t get the redirection to work as you showed.
I guess its my fault and I may have made a mistake but can you please elaborate the process or tutorial in detail..
thanks for a wonderful idea
Sankar Anand
Jan 23rd, 2007
Pramod do tell me what is your problem ? i mean in which part of the step you have your problem ?
Those steps described above are simple buddy and i tried my best to elaborate it… you can feel free to ask me for any queries
Thilak
Jan 28th, 2007
How can I ever miss this one !!
Although, I’m so addicted towards Orkut. I’ll go bookmark this post.
Abhishek
Jan 30th, 2007
I am unable to get the redirection done
the live page shows the blank layout i selected
the edit html section just has the script u told with the replaced link
do help me
Fred
Feb 5th, 2007
At first I didnt get the redirect working. I had it like this:
window.location = http://fredjeffry.blogspot.com/;
but then I put QUOTES around the link, and now it works:
window.location = “http://fredjeffry.blogspot.com/”;
Maybe thats the issue that Abishek has.
-Fred Jeffry
Raghav
Feb 16th, 2007
Hi sankar
i have the same problem as abhishek..
Do u think this cud be becoz of the operating system..
i mean i use a mac.
tanya
May 20th, 2007
hi frends
gerard
May 20th, 2007
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jayanthram
Jul 10th, 2007
hai shankar…
am in a country where orkut is blocked..! i tried doing wat u has said but in vain…
can u help me out..?
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Sankar Anand
Jul 31st, 2007
@ jayanthram
maybe you should try this link it helps accessing blocked sites like orkut.
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/04/tricks-to-access-orkut-myspace-bebo.html
ushakiran
Aug 16th, 2007
helo shankar
i will try my level best hope it successe r not thanq.
ushakiran
Aug 16th, 2007
[:(]
sorry shankar i can’t what can i do[:((]
Jill
Aug 25th, 2007
Nice article !
Gauri Anand
Oct 21st, 2007
smone is herrasing me in orkut very badly. my name is ramakrishnan there. n the person who is irratating me is zeba khan page no. 8
Gauri Anand
Oct 21st, 2007
Zeba khan is frm dubai n he even wrote there tht he frm delhi too he even wrotr in his profile tht he is a femail . orkut i feel is really unsafe plz do smthg 4 it
thx regards gauri Anand
Shanthi
Nov 11th, 2007
Hi,
In the similar way, can any one tell how to play a song when anyone visits my orkut profile..
Thanks in adv…
Do post ur suggestion to my emailid:
shanthi4u2006@yahoo.co.in
shalini
Dec 19th, 2007
Hi,
The tip is really good.. But I was not successful. After I created the website, when I tried to view on web, I can see nothing other than layout lines. I login to Orkut using my yahoo account and not google account. so, I linked that profile in my website. I sthat the problem? Please suggest.
mk
Dec 19th, 2007
you should try http://locaworld.com/ for custom Orkut urls.
it creates personalized URLs even for scrapbook, photoalbum and Map
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Rueben
May 28th, 2008
dude my page is not directed to my ork pro, well i even need help so that i can play a music file on my profile, once someone enters it.
gajender
Jun 27th, 2008
please delete the point no 22 & 23 from ur blog and also from the google searcu
thanks
gajender
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junior
Aug 27th, 2008
http://www.orkut.com.br/Profile.aspx?uid=17349435890139701956
rohit
Nov 10th, 2008
hi… i want to know abt html codes by which i can hide link in my orkut profile eg- (“link” click here)… in this link hide bt click here show.
thnx plz suggest me
hifjul
Jan 19th, 2009
how we unblock orkut?
becouse in our college orkut can’t be open….so what can do….
plese reply me..
bruno
Jan 21st, 2009
No brasil tem o site http://www.meuperfil.net
adil
May 3rd, 2009
hey frnds 1 of ma frnds hav created profile… in option AOUT ME : he has written MY BEST FRIEND N PROFILE LINK IS GIVEN WHEN V CLICK ON DAT LINK OUR OWN PROFILE OPENS N DATS REALY AMAZING….. SO PLEASE ANY1 CAN HELP ME OUT 2 CREATE SUCH STUFF….. MA ID IS adilnadiadwala@yahoo.co.in / @gmail.com n ma orkut profile http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=1825854856954569414&rl=t
Bala
May 14th, 2009
ya adil me too saw a profile containing such a link wen clicked it redirects to my profile…dat is really superb…can anyone xplain how it is done???
adil
Jun 12th, 2009
yep plz… help yaar… i n ma bro is buzy in finding out dat plz… yaar help it
amita
Jun 13th, 2009
Not sure if anyone has checked out a recent orkut application called Style- and Graphics (gmobi.in), they are providing lot of same features.
http://www.orkut.com/Main#Application.aspx?uid=2549910389435260656&appId=251456388610
Adarsha
Sep 19th, 2009
i would like to chat with someone
Adarsha
Sep 19th, 2009
In the similar way, can any one tell how to play a song when anyone visits my orkut profile
Karthik
Sep 24th, 2009
Hey ya
Best description
santosh
Dec 31st, 2009
hey dude.. after changin my orkut profile link as my wish …the changed link ll be my permanent link address right? or will the people still able to find me with my old orkut profile link???