Is thier a plugin that will grab a linkowner's url and place a small thumbnail image of that url next to their listing?
Apr 7, 2008, 8:15 AM
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Apr 7, 2008, 8:15 AM
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Hi,
AFAIK, there isn't one.
You have a couple of options:
1) Use Thumbnshots: http://www.thumbshots.org/freethumbshots.aspx - not ideal, as it requires the site to be listed in DMOZ.org, for the thumbnail to exist
2) Purchase our Thumb_Images plugin : http://www.ultranerds.com/...ns/Thumb_Images_L21/ , and then add a new image field - SiteImage for the plugin to use. Then, on your add form - add this field, so they can upload a screenshot of their site (i.e they make it, save as a JPG/GIF/PNG etc, save it in some kind of image editing program, and then upload it with their listing)
Hope that helps.
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AFAIK, there isn't one.
You have a couple of options:
1) Use Thumbnshots: http://www.thumbshots.org/freethumbshots.aspx - not ideal, as it requires the site to be listed in DMOZ.org, for the thumbnail to exist
2) Purchase our Thumb_Images plugin : http://www.ultranerds.com/...ns/Thumb_Images_L21/ , and then add a new image field - SiteImage for the plugin to use. Then, on your add form - add this field, so they can upload a screenshot of their site (i.e they make it, save as a JPG/GIF/PNG etc, save it in some kind of image editing program, and then upload it with their listing)
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Andy (mod)
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Apr 8, 2008, 5:29 AM
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Apr 8, 2008, 5:29 AM
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Andy, I thought your GetScreenshot plugin did that unless I have misunderstood the request or what the plugin does (or is it only for Links 2, not Links 3)?
Apr 8, 2008, 5:58 AM
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Apr 8, 2008, 5:58 AM
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Hi,
Yeah, the only problem is - it requires Xserver and khtml2png , which are not easy to get installed (and quite a bugger to setup right, in terms of working with JS /Active X / popups etc) .
Also, if on a shared server - you've pretty much not got a hope in hell of them installing it =)
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Yeah, the only problem is - it requires Xserver and khtml2png , which are not easy to get installed (and quite a bugger to setup right, in terms of working with JS /Active X / popups etc) .
Also, if on a shared server - you've pretty much not got a hope in hell of them installing it =)
Cheers
Andy (mod)
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I have your Plugin but I get this error message on my GoDaddy Virtual dedicated server.
A fatal error has occured:
Unable to load plugin:
Thumb_Images (Can't locate Image/Magick.pm in @INC
My username is donald
A fatal error has occured:
Unable to load plugin:
Thumb_Images (Can't locate Image/Magick.pm in @INC
My username is donald
Apr 9, 2008, 6:18 AM
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Apr 9, 2008, 6:18 AM
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Hi,
Were you talking to me? =)
Which plugin do you have, Thumb_Images, or Thumb_Images_GD? Chances are, you won't be able to get Thumb_Images working on a GoDaddy server - as they' won't install Image::Magick for you (you get what you pay for ;))
You may be able to get the Thumb_Images_GD plugin working though - as it uses GD, which I believe they *will* let you install.
Hope that helps.
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Andy (mod)
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Were you talking to me? =)
Which plugin do you have, Thumb_Images, or Thumb_Images_GD? Chances are, you won't be able to get Thumb_Images working on a GoDaddy server - as they' won't install Image::Magick for you (you get what you pay for ;))
You may be able to get the Thumb_Images_GD plugin working though - as it uses GD, which I believe they *will* let you install.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Andy (mod)
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