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How to use thumbshots on your
link pages
Thumbshots are thumbnail screenshots of web pages that allow
you to visualize web sites before web surfers click on the
link. If you use thumbshots on your link pages, web surfers
know what they get before they click on a link.
Thumbshots are a great way to easily enhance the look of
your link pages.
What does a thumbshot look like?
The content of the thumbshot image depends on the web site
it represents. For example, a thumbshot next to a link to
Axandra.com can look like this:
How can you quickly add thumbshots to your web site?
There's a free web service that allows you to quickly add
thumbshots to your web site. Although the service is provided
by a German company, it works with web sites in all languages.
Just add the following code next to a link on your links
pages
<img src="http://www.thumbshot.de/cgi-bin/show.cgi?url=[LINK]"
border="0" onload="if (this.width>50)
this.border=1; this.alt='Vorschau bei Thumbshots.de';">
Replace [LINK] with the URL of the web site for which you
want to have a thumbshot image. If you use the service for
the first time, you might have to wait a few minutes until
the thumbshot for the web site has been created.
If you want to use their free thumbnails service, you have
to put a small link to their web site. Details can be found
here.
How to quickly add thumbshots to all links on your
link pages at once
If you use ARELIS
to create your link pages, just add the following HTML code
to your link page template:
<img src="http://www.thumbshot.de/cgi-bin/show.cgi?url=[A-Link-URL]"
border="0" onload="if (this.width>50)
this.border=1; this.alt='Preview';">
ARELIS will automatically add a thumbshot image to all
link partners in your link directory then.
You can also use this to offer potential link partners
an incentive to link back to you. When ask for a link back
to your site, offer your link partner a banner of a thumbshot
next to the link in your link directory. If the link partner
agrees to link back to you, just enter the following URL
in the Picture or banner URL in your link directory edit
field in ARELIS:
http://www.thumbshot.de/cgi-bin/show.cgi?url=[A-LINK-URL]
Thumbshots can give your link pages a professional look.
If you use ARELIS
to create and manage your link pages, you can quickly add
thumbshots to all link partners in your link directory at
once.
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