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Hello. Does anyone know a php script to make a thumb picture of the
content of a website (as you give an url and you get a picture) linke
this:

http://bookmarks.excite.it/

?

Thanks.

Sep 27 '07 #1
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b.buz wrote:
Hello. Does anyone know a php script to make a thumb picture of the
content of a website (as you give an url and you get a picture) linke
this:

http://bookmarks.excite.it/

?

Thanks.
Hi,

That is not a PHP script, but a hell of a job.
You need software that renders HTML/CCS/javascript/etc and then make a
image of it.
I doubt you'll find a php script alone that accomplishes that.

Regards,
Erwin Moller
Sep 27 '07 #2
Whenever I want to take a picture of a website I use the Firefox
extension called "ScreenGrab",

It saves the browser window as a png. Great for showing thumbs of your
work!
Regards,

Paul

Sep 27 '07 #3

"macca" <pt*******@googlemail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@n39g2000hsh.googlegr oups.com...
Whenever I want to take a picture of a website I use the Firefox
extension called "ScreenGrab",

It saves the browser window as a png. Great for showing thumbs of your
work!
What about alt=print screen and paste it in a word doc?
Sep 27 '07 #4
b.buz wrote:
Hello. Does anyone know a php script to make a thumb picture of the
content of a website (as you give an url and you get a picture) linke
this:

http://bookmarks.excite.it/

?

Thanks.
I think your best option is to use a dedicated service for this, like
snap.com

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extended php parser ~ http://code.google.com/p/pihipi
blok ~ http://www.tagarga.com/blok
Sep 27 '07 #5
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<Erwin Moller>
<Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:32:04 +0200>
<46*********************@news.xs4all.nl>
That is not a PHP script, but a hell of a job.
You need software that renders HTML/CCS/javascript/etc and then make a
image of it.
I doubt you'll find a php script alone that accomplishes that.
- grab the html code
- grab the images
- create a blank 1024x768 image using the background colour (if defined)
- create the tables and/or divs
- paste the grabbed images onto it
- create a thumbnail of the large 1024x768 image

As its going to a thumbnail it doesnt need to be pixel perfect .

If i wasnt in the middle of writing a guestbook at the moment - i'd have
a bash at it myself .
--
(c) The Amazing Krustov
Sep 27 '07 #6
http://www.google.com/search?client=...=Google+Search

Just googled.

:: Website Thumbnail Generator :: Free PHP Scripts
Will help you to start your own website thumbnail generation service,
or create thumbs for your site.

This seems nice ;).

Sep 27 '07 #7
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:19:17 +0200, Krustov <me@privacy.netwrote:
<comp.lang.php>
<Erwin Moller>
<Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:32:04 +0200>
<46*********************@news.xs4all.nl>
>That is not a PHP script, but a hell of a job.
You need software that renders HTML/CCS/javascript/etc and then make a
image of it.
I doubt you'll find a php script alone that accomplishes that.

- grab the html code
- grab the images
- create a blank 1024x768 image using the background colour (if defined)
- create the tables and/or divs
- paste the grabbed images onto it
Pfff, parsing css would be quite a horrifying task. Perfectly doable
offcourse, just not my idea of fun
- create a thumbnail of the large 1024x768 image

As its going to a thumbnail it doesnt need to be pixel perfect .

If i wasnt in the middle of writing a guestbook at the moment - i'd have
a bash at it myself .
To avoid all that writing yourself: there are descent HTML2PS packages,
and descent PS2PNG/PS2JPEG convertors... Just don't expect any magic to
happen. Due to a lot of flash/javascript/other plugin usage, the only
thing reliable is to take an actual screenshot in a descent browser, so it
would probably require a server with X...
--
Rik Wasmus
Sep 27 '07 #8
Wow those ... on the end of your post, Rik, just made me feel you
wanted to hide that information from us x).

I would probably use a SCARscript to take the screenshot in Firefox
(or any other browser required) and then save the screenshot. The PHP
would execute the SCAR file through Command Line (dunno if SCAR Divi
has support for being executed through command line though, i'm gonna
ask around) and then thumbnail the image in PHP :). Of course I would
be limited to the power of the browser I used to create the
screenshot, but that is not really important.

Sep 27 '07 #9
RageARC wrote:
http://www.google.com/search?client=...=Google+Search

Just googled.

:: Website Thumbnail Generator :: Free PHP Scripts
Will help you to start your own website thumbnail generation service,
or create thumbs for your site.

This seems nice ;).
Except that generates thumbnails of images, not web pages.

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Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
js*******@attglobal.net
==================
Sep 28 '07 #10
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:14:05 +0200, RageARC <ra*****@gmail.comwrote:
Wow those ... on the end of your post, Rik, just made me feel you
wanted to hide that information from us x).
Hehe, most real servers don't even have a gui is what was meant to say :).
Screenshots in Lynx would be very different...
--
Rik Wasmus
Sep 28 '07 #11
FYI.

If you can do you can make a site like this

http://www.only2clicks.com/
Sep 30 '07 #12
On 28 Sep, 04:45, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.netwrote:
RageARC wrote:
http://www.google.com/search?client=...ozilla%3Apt-PT...
Just googled.
:: Website Thumbnail Generator :: Free PHP Scripts
Will help you to start your own website thumbnail generation service,
or create thumbs for your site.
This seems nice ;).

Except that generates thumbnails of images, not web pages.

--
==================
Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstuck...@attglobal.net
==================
OH Sorry xD It just seemed like it did the work desired. Sorry 'bout
that.

Sep 30 '07 #13

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