Links blocked at your school?

Many school, college, and workplace web filters block URL shorteners by default. The fix is quick: ask whoever manages your network to allow-list OrangeURL. Copy the request below and send it to them.

Copy this request

Edit the [bracketed] parts, then send it to your IT team, Network Manager, or C2k Coordinator.

Subject: Please allow-list orangeurl.live on our web filter

Hi [IT team / Network Manager / C2k Coordinator],

I use short links from orangeurl.live to share resources with my classes, but they are being blocked by our web filtering — the links will not open on our network.

Could you please allow-list the domain *.orangeurl.live for educational use? This covers the three hostnames the service needs:
  - orangeurl.live
  - app.orangeurl.live
  - api.orangeurl.live

Please allow-list at the domain level rather than a single link, so that new short links keep working too.

For reference, OrangeURL is a link-shortening service (not an open proxy). Its trust & safety page — including an abuse contact and the safety controls it runs — is here: https://orangeurl.live/abuse

If we are on the C2k managed network, this will need to be raised with the C2k Service Desk. I am happy to provide anything else needed.

Thanks very much,
[Your name] — [Subject / Department], [School / College]

Who to send it to

Your school or college IT team or Network Manager. On the C2k network used by Northern Ireland schools, ask your C2k Coordinator to raise it with the C2k Service Desk.

What to ask for

A domain-level allow-list of *.orangeurl.live — covering orangeurl.live, app.orangeurl.live and api.orangeurl.live — not just one link.

Reassure their reviewer

Filter teams check safety first. Point them at our trust & safety page, which lists our abuse contact and automated safety controls.

Networks are usually managed centrally, so once your IT team or C2k Service Desk approves the request it typically unblocks OrangeURL for everyone on that network — not just your device. If they have questions, they can reach us at abuse@orangeurl.live.