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+ | ====== Foxshot: ChoiceCheapies's Screenshot System ====== | ||
+ | It is called //foxshot// because Firefox is used to power the screenshot capture. We are using a recent version of Firefox running on Linux to take the screenshot of submitted web pages. | ||
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+ | * When a new deal is posted or when the URL is changed in an existing deal, the URL is sent to a queue. | ||
+ | * Queue will be polled by our Foxshot engine. A new screenshot will be taken if it's currently free. | ||
+ | * For some merchants where "product image" feature has been implemented, it will try to locate the product image on the page and use that image instead of taking a screenshot. | ||
+ | * Otherwise a border-less Firefox instance will be started at 900x900, load in the URL, and a screenshot will be taken. | ||
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+ | Moderators have ability to refresh the screenshot. If the screenshot does not appear to be correct, please Report to the moderators. | ||
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+ | === Why my deal's screenshot says "Picture Coming soon"? === | ||
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+ | If you have just posted the deal, it will be up to 5 minutes before the backend can process the posted URL and turn it into a screenshot -- so be patient :) | ||
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+ | However if it stays as "Picture Coming soon" for extensive amount of time, there might be some issues with the backend. Please [[http://www.cheapies.nz/contact|contact us]] about the issue. | ||
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+ | === How do I use my product image rather than screenshot of my website? === | ||
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+ | When we first load the page, we will go through a few checks to see whether a product image is available. | ||
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+ | * Use [[http://schema.org/Article|Schema Article]] inside your HTML document. For example, ''<img src="foobar.jpg" itemprop="image"/>'' or ''<a href="foobar.jpg" itemprop="image"/>'' | ||
+ | * Use [[http://ogp.me/|Open Graph Protocol]] in your HTML header. For example, ''<meta property="og:image" content="foobar.jpg"/>'' or ''<meta name="og:image" content="foobar.jpg"/>'' | ||
+ | * Have a single DOM element with ID "image". For example, ''<img id="image" src="foobar.jpg"/>'' | ||
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+ | We do however also implement special rules for some merchants to parse the HTML to extract out the product images. Please contact ChoiceCheapies if you need this service done on your website. |
Last edited by Shaw on 2015/10/13 17:33