website layout icon cnapshot in php

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    hi guys

    i just wondering if any one know a script or if it's possible to do wit PHP:

    i saw some web directories has this feature: they display icons (website page snap shot) next to the website url.

    thanks
     
    SIR, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  2. killerj

    killerj Active Member

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    these snapshots are provided as an image by the submitter themselves and are resized up there ,
    I may be mistaken though , please correct me if so :)
     
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  3. SIR

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    who is submitter?
     
    SIR, Jul 16, 2007 IP
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    the person who submits his website.
     
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    We display icons against all the sites listed in our directories. There are several solutions...

    1) Use a company such as webshots.com or snap.com
    2) Use a tool to allow you to capture images of sites on a one by one basis (I think Firefox has this built in anyway?). Take a look at http://www.snapfiles.com/get/webshot.html for a desktop tool to do it.
    3) Write a server that automates this a lot

    We do option 3 but it's quite complex. It all depends on the number of images you need to do at a time!
     
    ecentricNick, Jul 17, 2007 IP