SiteShot Documentation

Usage

Using SiteShot with any of the premium templates is as easy as setting an option in the Connections shortcode. Here’s a sample shortcode:

[connections image="siteshot" image_single="siteshot"]

That’s all it takes. If you would like to see SiteShot in action, take a look at the template demo for the cMap and Market templates.

As an added bonus, you can use SiteShot completely on it own. Actually, you do not even need Connections or any of its premium template in order to use it!

SiteShot will add a new button to the post editor. To use it, place your cursor where you want to insert the SiteShot in your post and click the button. it’ll ask you for the website address and the size. After you input the web address and the size, it’ll insert the shortcode for you. That’s it, just save your post.

FAQs

Do the Site Shot previews have an effect of load time for a page?

I’m sure it does. It could be positive, negative or even no difference. It really depends on a whole host of factors which will be different for each site. The best way for you to tell is to load the page 10 times clearing the browser cache after each time and average out the page load time. Do it twice once with SiteShot loaded and once without it.

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Can you choose for which entries you want a SiteShot image or not?

Sorry, no. It all or none.

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If an entry has a logo/image, will this override the SiteShot preview?

No, but, it is possible to use a SiteShot as a backup if there is not an image/logo. You would use the image_fallback='siteshot' shortcode option which is available to many of the premium templates. Setting this option would display the SiteShot only if a image/logo was not available.

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Thumbnails are taking a long time to load, is this normal?

SiteShot uses a WordPress.org service to provide the screenshots of websites. When you view your directory, SiteShot senda a request to that service. That request enters a processing queue. If that processing queue is busy it can take a little time to get a thumbnail. In my experience though, usually the thumbnail is available within a few seconds and will appear in the next page load. Now, if a site that is being screenshotted is slow to respond the WordPress service it will move on and come back to it as to not hold up the processing queue. At least that is my best guess based on experience because I do not have any real insight on how they manage that processing queue.

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