Basic instructions
Using the URL Shortener
Simply type (or copy/paste from your browser's address bar) the URL which you'd like to make smaller into the text box on the main page. Push the "Shorten URL!" button, and myurlshortener.com will make the address smaller for you, and give you a new link. You can then copy this new URL wherever you'd like to use it.
To use an address shortened by myurlshortener.com
There is no need to visit myurlshortener.com to use a shortened address. Simply type or paste the shortened URL into your browser's address bar and press enter, you will be automatically forwarded to the original address. If somebody has given you an myurlshortener.com URL in the form of a hyperlink, just click on the link instead.