Hi, foxhop.
So there is another service that does this called http://pagepeeker.com -- in what ways are you better and/or different?
Why should I use linkpeek instead?
(And are you worried about using a similar name to them?)
Convert Any Webpage to an Image
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Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image
#42I currently use url2png but I could be convinced to switch (and pay).
My biggest need (which no one seems to provide) is support for rendering @font-face web fonts (I use Google's).
If you could get this working, I'd definitely pay for it.
Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image
#43When 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.
I got the same. Pretty much hit the back button before I even had a chance to check the site out.
Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image
#44When 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 actually built a service like this for internal use a couple of years ago.
I worked at an agency, we were responsible for the web sites of companies of which many were listed at various exchanges. This included handling the publication of press releases. The exchange rules are pretty strict, if a press release is leaked early, you are in a world of hurt. If you publish it too late, you are in a world of hurt. The fines could be draconian in nature.
This led to inane publication work flows, where literally nothing would be allowed to touch anything that could somehow be connected to the internet. The press releases are handed to us in encrypted form. The publication is prepared one day in advance, and at 5am a couple of poor souls have to show up at the office and publish them before the exchange opens, they also have to trigger newsletters. They also had to take print screens of every change they made and file them in a folder.
Because our clients could fine us hundreds of thousands of dollars for mistakes, among other things, I created an automated screen shot service that regularly takes screen shots of certain areas on the client web pages and also downloads the associated html source. External guys audited the application. This is basically just a precaution so that no client can claim we somehow accidentally leaked unwanted information. It's also there to prove that we managed to publish everything in time.
Now of course, once you have something like this in place, someone has to monitor it to make sure it works all the time :) lol...
Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image
#45I currently use url2png but I could be convinced to switch (and pay). My biggest need (which no one seems to provide) is support for rendering @font-face web fonts (I use Google's). If you could get this working, I'd definitely pay for it.
I built http://www.bitpixels.com a while ago, when I needed to generate thumbnail images and the available options were too expensive. It's available for free and serves a few million thumbnails a month.
I didn't add a lot of advanced features (it's a side project), but it's stable and gets the job done.
Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image
#46Yeah I got tubgirl.
Welcome to the internet, guys. If you have a public place that displays user generated content, it's going to be flooded with the most vile images around.
Since we've already had goatse and tubgirl, I'm guessing the next is lemon party.
Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image
#47We generate our own using PhantomJS
Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image
#48Yeah I got tubgirl. Welcome to the internet, guys. If you have a public place that displays user generated content, it's going to be flooded with the most vile images around. Since we've already had goatse and tubgirl, I'm guessing the next is lemon party.
I see an image of a guy with an inside-out rectum.
Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image
#49I was also trying to develop such service but ended up working on something else.
I would sell my domain name ( html2image.com ) to anyone who can make better use of it.
Re: Convert Any Webpage to an Image
#50It's been 6 hours since this was posted and there are still NSFW images on the homepage, one of your differentiators is 'customer support' this really needs to be sorted ASAP.
Even if it's just a static image while you work on moderation, I'd rather not see a disembodied head at 8am whilst eating my frosties..