Hi,
Thanks for plugin and to discover this website! :)
I have only a little concern. It works without problem if you use HTML area. But when we add a webshot with TinyMCE, anything is added in area showing it's correctly done. Does it have a way to change this behavior? I deal with 30 users who don't know HTML and I'm sure they will tell me that it didn't work even if it does.
Thanks!
Mel

Thanks for the feedback, I thought nobody uses this plugin except me :)

The plugin adds the correct code to posts even if you don't see it in text area.

And I have a newer version, so this might be the reason why it's working for me. I'll upload that version and let you know here.

Plugin updated

I'm getting this error:

ResponseStatus:
Invalid Request: Improperly formatted Url

CategoryCode:

But as far as I know the URL is right

Any Ideas?

The service could have changed URL params.
Try to set $debug = 1; in the plugin file, and see if you can track the problem down.

This is what I'm getting now:

string(172) "http://www.shrinktheweb.com/xino.php?Service=ShrinkWebUrlThumbnail&Action=Thumbnail&STWAccessKeyId=Access Key: 0000000000000000&u=00000000&Size=xlg&Url=http://www.filehippo.com"

array(4) {
  ["Service"]=>
  string(21) "ShrinkWebUrlThumbnail"
  ["Action"]=>
  string(9) "Thumbnail"
  ["Size"]=>
  string(3) "xlg"
  ["Url"]=>
  string(24) "http://www.filehippo.com"
}

string(823) "<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<stw:ThumbnailResponse xmlns:stw="http://www.shrinktheweb.com/doc/stwresponse.xsd">
	<stw:Response>
		<stw:ThumbnailResult>
			<stw:Thumbnail Exists="false"></stw:Thumbnail>
			<stw:Thumbnail Verified="false">noexist</stw:Thumbnail>
		</stw:ThumbnailResult>
		<stw:ResponseStatus>
			<stw:StatusCode>Invalid Request: Improperly formatted Url</stw:StatusCode>
		</stw:ResponseStatus>
		<stw:ResponseTimestamp>
			<stw:StatusCode></stw:StatusCode>
		</stw:ResponseTimestamp>
		<stw:ResponseCode>
			<stw:StatusCode></stw:StatusCode>
		</stw:ResponseCode>
		<stw:CategoryCode>
			<stw:StatusCode></stw:StatusCode>
		</stw:CategoryCode>
		<stw:Quota_Remaining>
			<stw:StatusCode></stw:StatusCode>
		</stw:Quota_Remaining>
	</stw:Response>
</stw:ThumbnailResponse>"

ResponseStatus:
Invalid Request: Improperly formatted Url

CategoryCode:

Check the access key value in plugin settings ;)

Sorry! :oops:

I pasted the code and also the words "Access Key:" which I guess I inadvertently copied from the STW page...

Thank You!

No problem

I received a mail from ShrinkTheWeb, as I understand, it will affect this plugin:

http://www.shrinktheweb.com/content/major-overhaul-project-security-notice.html

I'm going to release a completely rewritten and improved version of this plugin soon. It will work with www.thumbshots.ru/en/ screenshots provider.

Shrinktheweb provider became overloaded and too restrictive.

Hello,

Can you please tell me if this plugin (STW Webshots) works with v4.12 or 4.13 of b2evolution ?

Thanks,
Bogdan

I haven't touched the plugin for a long time. It wouldn't blow up your server if you try it :) It might not work with current Shrinktheweb features and limitations.

Thanks for your reply :)

I already try it :) but it doesn't show website thumbnails on my links to other sites.
That's why I asked you if it's compatible with v4.12 or 4.13 of b2evolution.

Is there something I should manually add to that specific links like when using the lightbox plugin, by adding "rel="lightbox"" ?

Hi Sam,

This is Brandon over at ShrinkTheWeb. I know that it's been a looong time since you've thought about this plugin that you created, but I wanted to reach out to you and see about updating it.

The "Preview Verification Page" required for Free accounts did not last long and did not meet its intended objective of making for less malicious use of screenshots. Mostly, it was just viewed as a way for us to intercept visitors, which was not the intention but the perception was widespread enough that we yanked that out and reverted back to the original methods for all users. We decided not to police the service at the expense of hurting our reputation. This greatly simplifies integration, and we also released an "Account API" a couple of years ago that provides for a clean integration on the admin configuration side of things as well.

At any rate, I wanted to see if you would be interested in releasing an update that supports the service for Free and Paid users alike (we recommend supporting the "Embedded" and "Advanced Method" APIs as both work for Free and Paid users) and also support some of our PRO features. There have been many updates to our PHP sample code and the later version STW Class is quite powerful and simple to use.

I am willing to sponsor this development, if you have the time and interest.

Please let me know. I am here to provide support, test code, and answer any questions.

Best regards,

Brandon

@puravida thanks for all the info. No idea if @sam2kb is able to take an update of this plugin now, so I will also ask the core devs to see if we can give it a go.

Regards!

@puravida Suppose we (core b2evolution dev team) update the plugin or write a new one, what would you expect it to do exactly?

• Allow to insert website thumbnails into posts (I guess that's the basics)
  • Customizable size?
• Anything else?

Thx.