how to get preview thumbnail of we page?

Discussion in 'PHP' started by jimbursch, Apr 24, 2009.

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    On my profile page there is a thumbnail screen capture of my homepage.

    I would like to add that feature to my web site -- does anyone know what DP used to get that thumbnail?
     
    jimbursch, Apr 24, 2009 IP
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    I don't know what DPers use but if you are running a linux machine you can get a screenshot using xwd command
     
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    mfscripts Banned

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    It's difficult to do using just PHP since you really need a browser to render the page first and then screenshot it + save etc. There are two ways that I would choose from:

    - Using a linux browser programatically via PHP with xwd to take the screenshot.
    - Use a third party API such as shrinktheweb or snapcasa.
     
    mfscripts, Apr 25, 2009 IP
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    You can always look up thumbalizer, it's a beta app, with a simple api for usage. Or use thumbnails pro, which is found here

    Hope that helps you out.
     
    mmikeyy, Apr 25, 2009 IP
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    how can this be done? is it possible to run an application in graphical mode through shell functionality on php?
     
    nayes84, Apr 25, 2009 IP