Upload custom thumbnail

[b3y0ndd34th]

Please please PLEASE add the ability to upload a custom thumbnail.

[dper]

@b3y0ndd34th A custom thumbnail to do what?

[b3y0ndd34th]

@dper Thanks for replaying so quickly, my plans are to use this at an elementary level, the thumbnail would be a logo that I would upload to help the students to find their way to the correct service. Having the thumbnail as a hyperlink would also help.

[nodiscc]

@b3y0ndd34th I don't get the use case. Why not setup a plain HTML page with links to services, with thumbnails of your choice? Or maybe I don't understand your needs. Do you have an example page where we can see what's your use case?

Keep in mind that Shaarli is primarly a KISS bookmarking service.

[b3y0ndd34th]

I am very well capable to program in HTML and I do have HTML pages set up, the problem is working with a team that does not have this basic knowledge and they prefer to have a box ask them the name, the url, and maybe even the ability to upload a thumbnail (or in my case I will use a logo) because the thumbnail is the important part that helps a child of a very young age to associate the logo for say ABCmouse.com to the words abcmouse.com and its description well before they can read or write. I want this to be easy to use for everyone.

This isn't a huge improvement, there is a system that is suppose to make thumbnails for you, but it doesn't seem to work reliably. All I want is a box and a browse button so I can manually upload the logo (thumbnail) so that it will associate with the link properly.

I like that this system is simple, and I even more enjoy the fact that it doesn't currently require a database and is a drop in solution. I have a mock up page I originally designed to get the point across, but it is crude and not built to resemble "delicious" so I don't know if it will aid in my explanation or expectation.

[e2jk]

Although it might not seem as a huge improvement to you, it represents a 25% increase in the fields that exist to create a new link (adding a new field for the thumbnail, next to title, url, description and tags fields).

My understanding from your use case is that you (and not the child of a very young age) would create the new link and associate the thumbnail. As you indicated you master HTML, I would suggest creating a static HTML file like this would work much more easily:

<ul>
    <li>
        <a href="LINK">
            <img src="IMAGE">
            TITLE OF YOUR LINK
        </a>
    </li>
</ul>

You could do that with less overhead with e.g. a wiki page (there are good alternatives out there that don't require databases either, e.g. Wiki on a Stick)
In other words: at this point I don't see the benefit of adding thumbnails to the larger user base.

[b3y0ndd34th]

Okay thanks.

[nodiscc]

Maybe there's room for a generic thumbnailer in a Plugin system (I have not wrapped my head around this yet). Attached screenshot of a random web service that implements this (allows you to select what image from the linked page you want to use as a thumbnail)

Would also avoid having to implement separate, specific thumbnailers to every web service (we already have quite a few

Related #169 #197

[b3y0ndd34th]

Really the only problem I have is causing a page to default to using a thumbnail and how to store it so that the thumbnail will show for the link.

The ability to upload the thumbnail would alleviate the need(for my co-workers) to get the pictures in the correct folder because they would just need to log in, or worry about the thumbnail name.

I did not mean to insinuate that it would not be difficult to accomplish, nor time consuming. I am sorry if my comment came across that way. I am working to solve this issue myself, thank you for your help.

I also did not mean to file this as an issue, but as an enhancement.

[lpefferkorn]

Please keep Shaarli simple !

[b3y0ndd34th]

Closing issue.

I was not asking for a re-write, or over complication, I am asking to keep it simple, and add an upload button for thumbnails.

I see there is no desire to use a thumbnail for every link, thanks for your consideration.