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Dynamicaly make thumbnale of URL ?

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:20 am
by asterinex
Hello everyone,

I am currently creating a website with links to other websites.
I was wondering if it possible to print a thumbnale picture of a whole website dynamicaly.
So the user has a preview of the site.
Instead of going to the website and press print screen, past it photoshop,resize it , save it, upload it,....


anyone knows this is possible?

Thanks in Advance

Gert

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:57 am
by Syranide
If it wasn't you who posted the last one, take a search, it wasn't more than a few days ago, and basically, not that I am aware, because of as there are too many problems, as that it is very complex for something so "not used".

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:42 am
by JayBird
It may be possible somehow.

This website does it

http://www.canadiancontent.net/dir/Top/ ... n/Firms/O/

I have no idea how tho!?

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:43 am
by malcolmboston
there is also a plugin for mozilla that adds pictures alongside google results, however im pretty sure its done in C/VB

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:56 am
by Syranide
of coarse it's possible to do... but as this is a PHP-forum I expect to hear PHP-questions and answers... and no, I frankly don't think anyone would create such a plugin for PHP, might exists, but unlikely. Google around is the best answer I guess.

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:59 am
by dreamscape
There are some commercial services that will dot his for you. You call them up via their API and tell them what website you want a thumbnail for and they will generate it for you. You can then either download it locally to your site or display it being hosted on theirs.

Actually they have a free service but it has a limited number of sites with thumbnails:

http://www.thumbshots.org/

Their commercial service is at http://www.thumbshots.com/

I have also seen a solution before that was a Linux program that you could call with PHP to get a thumbnail or a website. Of coarse it required you be on Linux and required that such and such a web browser was installed and that X-windows was installed and running on the server.

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 11:09 am
by asterinex
Thanks, everyone,

I need it dynamically.
Don't have the time do do it manually.
If find anything I let you know.

Greetings,

Gert