generate image (e.g. jpg) of a web page?

Question

I want to create an image what a web page looks like, e.g. create a small thumbnail of the html + images. it does not have to be perfect (e.g. flash /javascript rendering).

Answer 1

you can get it nearly perfect, and cross platform too, by using a browser plugin.

• FireShot or ScreenGrab for Firefox.

• 6 Google Chrome Screenshot Webpage Capture Extensions

BrowserShots is an open source project that may have some code you can use.

also see:

• Command line program to create website screenshots (on Linux)
• Convert web page to image
• How to take screenshot of whole web page, rather than what shows on the screen
• What is the best way to create a web page thumbnail?
• Convert HTML to an image