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| '''A [http://slurl.com SLURL] (Second Life [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL URL]) is a teleport link to a location in Second Life.''' If you have Second Life installed, using a SLURL will automatically transport you to that location inworld. If you don't yet have Second Life, you can '''[http://secondlife.com/join/ join us for free!]'''
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| ''Watch the video tour!''
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| Knowledge Base articles lovingly crafted by our [[:Category:Documentation_Office_Hours|Documentation Team]]!
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| * '''[http://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=4208 How do I invite someone who isn't currently inworld to a specific location?]'''
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| * '''[http://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=5556 I don't want people to use a SLURL to access my land]'''
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| * '''[http://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=5554 I followed a SLURL and it took me to the wrong place!]'''
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| == How it works ==
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| Use a SLURL to direct people to inworld locations as follows:
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| * Create a SLURL, either using [http://slurl.com/build.php SLURL Builder], or "manually."
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| * Share the SLURL with a friend — ''sharing is caring!''
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| * They click the SLURL. It's a web link like any other.
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| * They'll see a http://slurl.com page and more info, if you provided it. Like this:
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| [[Image:SLURL-Here-example.png|512px]]
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| === If your friend doesn't have Second Life ===
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| When your friend clicks on the "teleport" button, they'll will be directed to http://www.slurl.com
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| end up at the SLURL place you gave. This is great for inviting someone to your home or business for the first time inworld — they'll be at a familiar place with an intro tutorial (Help menu > Tutorial) and you can greet them. [http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/09/18/getting-a-second-life-just-got-easier-with-direct-slurl/ Learn more about Direct SLURL.]
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| a first time visitor where, on that page, they click “sign up” and quickly register, download and login to the viewer, and arrive at their originally intended destination. A quick tutorial will open upon their initial arrival.
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| === If your friend has Second Life ===
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| * If Second Life's not open yet, it'll start.
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| * When they login, they'll be at the location and see a Place Information window — like when you right-click > About Landmark on a landmark in your inventory.
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| * If they're already logged in, then they'll see the Place Information window, but need to click the Teleport button to go there. Like this:
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| [[Image:SLURL-Place-Information.png|512px]]
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| == Make beautiful SLURLs ==
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| The first step to making beautiful SLURLs is adding explanatory text and a picture to '''give it more context and flavor'''.
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| For example, say you've got an island in Second Life you want to invite people to. This base URL works:
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| : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Here/54/105/47
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| works, but tells you nothing about what you're getting into. Compared to this (click on it!):
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| : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Here/54/105/47/?title=An%20island%20of%20fun%21
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| which is a little more descriptive.
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| '''Use [http://slurl.com/build.php SLURLBuilder] to easily make beautiful SLURLs.'''
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| === SLURL query string parameters ===
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| Supply SLURL query string parameters to set the window title, image, and text. Parameters are just '''name=value''' pairs. Just like a standard URL, precede the first parameter pair with a question mark (?), and all subsequent parameter pairs with an ampersand (&).
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| {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" rules="all" class="apitable"
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| |- bgcolor="#A7C1F2"
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| !valign="top"| Parameter
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| !valign="top"| Description
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| !valign="top"| Example
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| |--
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| |title
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| |Title text to display in the teleport window.
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| |To specify the window title "Come to My Island!" use <br>
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| '''title=Come%20To%20My%20Island'''
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| <br>For example: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ahern/50/50/50/?title=Come%20To%20My%20Island
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| |--
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| |img
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| |URL of image to display in teleport window. Must be a complete (absolute) URL, and preferably a small image of 256x256 pixels or less.
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| |To display this example image, use <br>
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| '''<nowiki>img=http://slurl.com/examples/forsale.png</nowiki>'''<br>
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| For example: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ahern/50/50/50/?img=http://slurl.com/examples/forsale.png
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| |msg
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| |Message text to display in the teleport window
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| |To specify the message text "Your text here", use <br>
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| '''msg=Your%20text%20here''' <br>
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| For example: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ahern/50/50/50/?msg=Your%20text%20here.
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| |}
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| === Shortening SLURLs ===
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| SLURLs, especially if they have text and a picture included ([http://slurl.com/secondlife/Here/54/105/47/?img=http%3A//torley.s3.amazonaws.com/slurlexample.jpg&title=SLURL%20TITLE%20-%20Here%20island%20%28you%20can%20click%20this%20to%20teleport%29&msg=SLURL%20DESCRIPTION%20-%20Here%20we%20are%2C%20standing%20on%20giant%20letters%21%20Come%20explore%21 see example]), can get quite lengthy. This makes them difficult to paste into places like emails, which may have line breaks that mangle the SLURL. Plus, they look unsightly!
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| You can use a 3rd-party URL-shortening service to '''condense a SLURL and make it easier to share'''. There are dozens of these out there, including:
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| * '''[http://snurl.com Snurl]''' - No relation to SLURL, but the similar URL and basic stats tracking makes it an easy choice.
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| * '''[http://tinyurl.com TinyURL]''' - One of the first and most popular.
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| If you have a webserver with customizable [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_status_code#3xx_Redirection redirect], you can do something similar. For example, try: http://torley.com/here and watch how the SLURL expands to its full length in your web browser's address bar.
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| == Share SLURLs with postcards ==
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| '''You can send snapshots from Second Life to any email address.''' These are called postcards. All you need to do is:
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| * Click Snapshot button on the toolbar at the bottom of your screen.
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| * Select the "postcard" option
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| * Click Send, type your recipient's email and descriptive text, and click Send again.
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| Within minutes, they'll get it — with a SLURL!
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| <videoflash>cBDAYizCvOI</videoflash>
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| One popular popular usage is emailing them to social sites to show off! [http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/2923114481/ See example on Flickr], and notice how the "[http://map.slbuzz.com/sim/Tiny/200/77/23/ Visit Tiny]" link is a SLURL! This is great, because the picture (said to be worth 1,000 words) gives you an idea what to expect.
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| However, emailing straight to [http://flickr.com Flickr] doesn't work as expected due to how postcard templates are arranged. To work around this, social sites like [http://slbuzz.com/ SLBuzz], [http://slpics.com Snapzilla], and [http://koinup.com Koinup] have stepped in to provide better crossposting in addition to their own dedicated hosting.
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| For more info on the wonder of Second Life snapshots and how to make the ''best'' of postcard SLURLs, see:
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| * '''[[Snapshot_Help|Torley's Guide to High-Quality Photography]]'''
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| * '''[http://torley.com/show-off-your-newest-second-life-postcards-automagically Show off your newest Second Life postcards automagically]'''
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| == More details ==
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| '''On Windows, a SLURL opens the newest-installed viewer.''' There isn't an immediate way to change which viewer launches SLURLs, so if you have the main viewer ''and'' a [[Release Candidate]], it'll start whichever was installed most recently. Altho inconvenient, you can change this by reinstalling a viewer.
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| Every SLURL page's SLURL title and Teleport Now button link to a "<nowiki>secondlife://</nowiki>" address, which is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme URI scheme] which opens Second Life. This is different from the familiar "http://" used for webpages.
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| The reason why it's advantageous to post "http://" SLURLs instead of direct "<nowiki>secondlife://</nowiki>" addresses in webpages and such is for the '''benefit of people who ''don't'' have Second Life yet'''. Giving them a "<nowiki>secondlife://</nowiki>" URL ''doesn't'' work, since it depends on SL being installed. A SLURL serves as a friendly intro to tell them about Second Life as-needed and where they'll be going, instead of leading them blindly.
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| === More video tutorials ===
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| By [[User:Torley_Linden|Torley]].
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| '''Using SLURLs for easy travel'''
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| * [http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/02/21/tip-of-the-week-23-using-slurls-for-easy-travel/ Read related blog post]
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| * [http://vidtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/SLTotW-23-Using-SLURLs-for-easy-travel.mp4 Download high-quality version]
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| '''Changing your login location'''
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| <videoflash>7IQs_ljiAkQ</videoflash>
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| * [http://vidtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/QUICKTIP-Changing-your-login-location.mp4 Download high-quality version]
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| '''Teleport location history'''
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| <videoflash>DIAhBRaeNiE</videoflash>
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| * [http://vidtuts.s3.amazonaws.com/QUICKTIP-Teleport-location-history.mp4 Download high-quality version]
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| === Others ===
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| * '''[[Template:SLurl]]''' - Need to add SLURLs to wiki pages here? This'll help!
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| * '''[http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=136080 Slurlblogger]''' - Useful tool by Ordinal Malaprop which "can send notes with SLurls to email, or directly to a blog".
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