How do I show website image thumbnails?

To show website thumbnails (small image screenshots), LinkMan relies on third party website thumbnail providers/services.

There are many such services available, you will find many by querying your favorite search engine, such as Google.

Example service: thumbshots.com

Here are steps to get thumbnails from one such service, Thumbshots.com:

1. Visit Thumbshots.com website.
    
2. Register there. They have a free plan and several paid ones.
    
3. On the "Manage plan" page you will find Integration code; something like this:
   
   

   <img src="http://images.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=ABCDE&v=1&w=[Width]&url=[URL]" border="1"
   alt="Preview by Thumbshots.com" />

   Note: don't use this exact code, it will not work. Get the code from your Thumbshots.com account.
    
4. For LinkMan you need the src parameter from the code:

   http://images.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=ABCDE&v=1&w=[Width]&url=[URL]

5. Change [Width] to 160 to get the final URL:

   http://images.thumbshots.com/image.aspx?cid=ABCDE&v=1&w=160&url=[URL]

6. Above is the URL you enter into LinkMan settings:
   
   Admin panel > Settings > Display tab > Thumbnail service URL
    
7. Save settings and that's it, LinkMan should now display thumbnails.

Thumbnails do not show?

Make sure:

• verify the Thumbnail service URL, follow steps above precisely to generate it.
   
• make sure the "Website thumbnails:" setting in LinkMan admin panel is NOT set to "Do not show website thumbnails".
   
• many free services require you to place a link to their website on the page where thubnails are displayed. In the above example you should add a link to http://www.thumbshots.com to your links.

Thumbnail says "Coming soon"?

It may take a while for a service like Thumbnails.com to generate the images. Having a paid plan with them usually speeds up the process.