Making f-l.ca feel like mine

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I have been using vanityURLs since 2024. That is the useful boundary. The engine stays boring and the public surface gets personality.

For f-l.ca, I wanted something else, the engine stays boring and the public surface feel unmistakably mine.

English home page

English lookup page

English 404 fallback

English expired status

English disabled status

English maintenance status

French home page

French lookup page

French 404 fallback

French expired status

French disabled status

French maintenance status

For the mechanical path, see Brand and Custom overrides.

Make the short domain look owned

Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A short-link domain is tiny, but people still read it as a signal.

It appears in emails, slides, social profiles, QR codes, documentation, incident updates, and chat messages. If the domain looks intentional, the link feels safer before anyone clicks it.

This is the useful part of branding vanityURLs: make the redirector obviously yours without turning the first deployment into a design project.

Branding on vanityURLs

Making f-l.ca feel like mine

Make the short domain look owned