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Tressa -> Best way for thumbnail? (2/21/2001 23:46:00)

I would like to put a portfolio page on my website, where I would have a thumbnail of particular web pages, and you could click on it to get a enlarged picture in a new window.

Now the new window could actually have the files in to bring up a clear picture of the site.

My first thought for the thumbnail would be to do a screen capture and take it into my art program where I would save it as a gif or jpeg...but yuck! I would hope for better resolution than that! I'm compressing at 10% and still a large file size.

Anyone have a better way?




Jego -> RE: Best way for thumbnail? (2/21/2001 23:57:00)

You should just size the screen capture down to thumbnail size..put it on your page and link to the actual web site. Is there a reason you're trying to link to a picture of the site instead of the real thing?

Jego

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Tressa -> RE: Best way for thumbnail? (2/22/2001 20:21:00)

You have to convert the screen capture to a jpeg, right? I am trying to link to a picture of the site because if someone is viewing a portfolio, I thought most would want to get the basic feel of what I had to offer without whisking them away off your website.

My strategy was to offer the viewer 2 options: to see an enlarged picture or they could also have the option of going to the actual site and click through all the pages if they wanted.




Jego -> RE: Best way for thumbnail? (2/24/2001 19:25:00)

Personally, I'd rather see the site in action...no fun if the buttons don't work..or the Swish doesn't swish...or the mouseovers don't "over". Yes, save it as a .jpg but just a thumbnail size one....link it to the actual website but have it open in a new window..so they haven't actually *left* your site.

Can't see how you could get a screen size "picture" down to a decent size.

Jego

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"I am NOT tense, just terribly, terribly alert."




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