hi - i want to make a site that features site screenshot's in my directory (the same way alexa does it). my question to you is this.. is this resource intensive on the server? can i get by with a shared acct? i want screenshots to be updated ... every 30 days or so.. or as often as alexa does it. do i need to go dedicated?
is this resource intensive?
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how many sites do you want to keep track of?
it shouldn't be resource intensive if you do it correctly
i want to get hundreds of backlinks and have a thumbnail screenshot for each web site i link to. maybe even in the low thousands.
No, it doesn't sound to resource intensive...
And if it does get to the point where it is you should be making enough to upgrade to bigger and better.
ABCDrawHTML - free HTML render and thumbnail component for ASP and .NET
easy windows/asp/.net solution.
HTML To Image - Converts HTML Web Pages to JPEG, PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP and TIFF in batches.
another easy windows solution (with user gui)
WebSnapr - Website Thumbnails For Your Site
free service, similar to thumbshots.org and ask.com's "binocular preview"...
I know there are some linux/php solutions out there, I'll have to dig them up.
As long as you're not trying to snap/create/save each thumb realtime, the load shouldn't be much to worry about. I would just batch the process depending on how often the content/links are updated.
None the less, sounds like a fun project. Best of Luck!
easy windows/asp/.net solution.
HTML To Image - Converts HTML Web Pages to JPEG, PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP and TIFF in batches.
another easy windows solution (with user gui)
WebSnapr - Website Thumbnails For Your Site
free service, similar to thumbshots.org and ask.com's "binocular preview"...
I know there are some linux/php solutions out there, I'll have to dig them up.
As long as you're not trying to snap/create/save each thumb realtime, the load shouldn't be much to worry about. I would just batch the process depending on how often the content/links are updated.
None the less, sounds like a fun project. Best of Luck!
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