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Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image

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Post by a3camero » Mon, Dec 05, 2011, 4:00 AM UTC

foxhop wrote: post #8

a3camero wrote: post #7

When I went to this site it showed a thumbnail for YouPorn on the right. Maybe not a good idea to show the most recent thumbnails generated! Useful service though. I had a need for this a year or so ago.

Yeah, sorry about that. I hope nobody gets flagged for NSFW. I'll have to rethink the recent image on the right. If you don't mind me asking, what did you need this service for a year ago? I'm still trying to fit the proper market.

I thought at first it was some sort of service for porn sites! Porn companies need service providers too...

I think it was for one of my clients that has a directory service for green service providers in Ontario (http://www.greatgreendirectory.ca/Group/Windfall-Ecology-Cen...). For any sort of directory it would be useful to show the website linked to.

Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Dec 05, 2011, 4:00 AM UTC

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Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image

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Post by DanielRibeiro » Mon, Dec 05, 2011, 4:02 AM UTC

Recursive linkpeek: http://linkpeek.com/m/vault/21/254/2989ffe0-afa2-427c-aa0e-a...

Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image

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Post by myared » Mon, Dec 05, 2011, 4:09 AM UTC

foxhop wrote: post #2

This is my startup MVP software. Please test it out and let me know what you think.

Great concept, but people are taking advantage of the fact that you're showing the latest screen shot on the right hand side of the page. It's pretty grotesque. You may want to fix that.

Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image

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Post by grusk » Mon, Dec 05, 2011, 4:10 AM UTC

Oh thanks OP. Goatse on the right. Lovely.

Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image

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Post by JoshCole » Mon, Dec 05, 2011, 4:10 AM UTC

a3camero wrote: post #7

When I went to this site it showed a thumbnail for YouPorn on the right. Maybe not a good idea to show the most recent thumbnails generated! Useful service though. I had a need for this a year or so ago.

I got a preview of goatse. This really needs a NSFW tag.

Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image

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Post by duck » Mon, Dec 05, 2011, 4:10 AM UTC

How are you planning on pricing this service?

Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image

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Post by rezaman » Mon, Dec 05, 2011, 4:15 AM UTC

Nicely done. I released something similar a month ago: http://instantscreenshot.com

Do you plan on charging for this at some point? I've noticed my bandwidth costs are double due to the traffic coming to my site and the traffic my site generates to get the screenshot.

Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image

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Post by rbrcurtis » Mon, Dec 05, 2011, 4:20 AM UTC

what does your tech stack look like? how are you generating images?

Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image

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Post by j45 » Mon, Dec 05, 2011, 4:22 AM UTC

If you don't mind me asking, which stack did you build this in?

I built something identical in about to do the actual HTML --> image conversion. Took Always curious to see how many different ways the same problem can be solved. :)