Links list with visual preview

Question

Hi all,

I would like to have a links list wich a preview of each link.

Like the SearchPreview addon for Firefox :

http://www.autourduweb.fr/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/search-preview.jpg

I saw an example in Sharepoint :

http://www.wssdemo.com/Pages/topwebsites.aspx

(but the site seems to be off now...)

Any idea ?

Thanks

Guillaume

Answer 1

Use Sys.Net.WebRequest on the client side to request the URL.

Scot

Answer 2

Hi Scot,

Thanks for your answer.

Nevertheless I have no idea what's the thing you are talking about.

Could you develop a bit more to make my research more efficient ?

Regards,

Guilaume

Answer 3

Its part of the AJAX framework. You can make a web request, get the HTML back and show it in a pop-up dialog. I recommend Dan Larson's book:

http://www.amazon.com/Developing-Service-Oriented-Applications-Microsoft-PRO-Developer/dp/0735625913/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1283952385&sr=8-1

Scot

Answer 4

Another way to do it is to use some freeware to generate the ThumbShot (if you know the links ahead of time)

Scot