Website Screenshots

The Website Screenshots addon captures thumbnail images of listing websites to display on listings and listing results which do not have a logo.

Allows integration with these thumbnail providers:

•	Thumbshots.org or Thumbshots.com

•	Thumbalizr

•	PageGlimpse

•

SnapCasa

Thumbshots.org Free Version

The thumbshots.org free version requires this HTML tag on your pages or thumbnails may stop generating:

<a href="http://www.thumbshots.com" target="_blank" title="Thumbnails Previews by Thumbshots">Thumbnails powered by Thumbshots</a>

The addon uses CRON to automatically load screenshots of the listings. This improves efficiency and reduces load times of listings without a website screenshot. The addon also uses caching and stores a local copy of the website thumbnail.

After the initial screenshot is captured and cached the "Website Screenshot Cache Days" setting determines how many days must pass before the screenshot gets updated again.

Configuration

The addon may be configured at Admin->Setup->Settings->Website Screenshots

Depending on the screenshot service used, you will most likely need to obtain an ID or API number or key from that service provider. Visit their website or contact the provider to obtain this key. Once obtained enter the key in the API Key/ID field.

Thumbshots.com API Key/ID

If using the paid version of Thumbshots.com the API key can be found by going to My Account->Thumbshots Images->Manage Plan in your Thumbshots.com account.

The number after "cid=" in the HTML code is the number you should enter for the API Key/ID in phpMyDirectory.

The maximum width of the image captured depends on the thumbnail provider used. In the settings the screenshot width may be specified. This width generally should be below the maximum width of the thumbnail provider. The maximum widths are displayed below. If a width is set higher than the thumbnail provider maximum width distortion or blurring may occur.

Provider	Maximum Width
Thumbshots.org Free/Paid	120 / 480
Thumbalizr	300
PageGlimpse	430
SnapCasa	280

A width for a smaller version of the screenshot may also be specified in the settings that will be used in listing results and search results. This setting can be used to match the screenshot widths with your normal listing logos. The smaller screenshot will be scaled down proportionally meaning the height will be set automatically based on the original screenshot image.

Troubleshooting

•	If using Thumbshots free version make sure you do not enter an API key.

•	If using Thumbshots ensure encryption is turned off.

•	Ensure the /files/screenshots/ folder is writable

•	Ensure CRON is running properly

•	Ensure GD2 with JPEG and GIF support is enabled on your server

•	Ensure you have enabled the screenshots feature when adding/editing listing products. To ensure existing listings generate screenshots also check the "Update current products" when editing the listing product.

Page url: http://manual.phpmydirectory.com/index.html?website_screenshots.htm