How to add thumbnails to your phpLB bidding directory

This post is being written due to several requests. It seems to be a popular thing for bidding directory owners to want to show an image of the site listed. I guess it helps emphasise the look and brand of a listed site. It helps viewers to remember where they had seen that sight before.

We will be using the permanent thumbnails provided by MSN. These will be static, unlike some thumbnails which only show when you hover your mouse near them.

This mod will show a small image of the listed website. It will be shown on the home page and the category pages.

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In your file manager or FTP program, navigate to your template name
Edit links.tplFind

<div class="link-place"><a href="{bid_url}">Place Bid</a></div></td>

After it add

<td><img src="http://msnsearch.srv.girafa.com/srv/i?s=MSNSEARCH&r={link_url}"></td>

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Well guys thats it. It will show a thumbnail of the listed site. With basic HTML knowledge, you can move the image around for better placement, add WIDTH and HEIGHT properties to the <img> tag to re-size it.If you like the post leave me a comment. You can see the thumnail in action here - the link leader has a nice image of their site displayed.~Mike

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