How to generate thumbnail of any web site or page dynamically [ Graphics ]
In case you want to show thumbnail of any website on your application which has access to Internet or may be create a thumbnail for your blog for a purpose you don’t need to use any tool to take snapshot and then resize to generate a snapshot. Just use Picoshot and get a thumbnail dynamically generated on your web site. Something like you see here.
How to use it ?
Its simple, Just use the syntax like
<img src=”http://image.picoshot.com/thumbnail.php?url=http://www.sitename.com”> and it will generate for you . If you dont get itin the first show try refreshing it you sure will get it.
What’s the benefit ?
- It can be used any where you need to generate thumbnail
- This way the image generated is always fresh. Even if the site changes the design .
So what is your opinion about it ? Would you like to use it in your application or web site ? Please share with us in comments.
Posted on 13th March 2008 by Manav Mishra , here to write articles about things which are somehow related to computers, internet (and at times, may be, to blogging as well). He wants to make an Identity for himself, he loves, testing new softwares and services which can really help to improve the productivity of individual. All posts by Manav Mishra | Connect with me @ Twitter | Stumble
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