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# Go to [http://www.DomainTools.com DomainTools.com]. | # Go to [http://www.DomainTools.com DomainTools.com]. | ||
# Enter the name of the website in the search box for Whois Lookup. | # Enter the name of the website in the search box for Whois Lookup. | ||
| − | # When you see the outdated thumbnail, click | + | # When you see the outdated thumbnail, click '''queue thumbnail for update''' link. |
# The thumbnail has now been queued to be updated. This can take up to a half hour, but once it has been updated, the [[AboutUs.org]] page for this domain will have the new thumbnail. | # The thumbnail has now been queued to be updated. This can take up to a half hour, but once it has been updated, the [[AboutUs.org]] page for this domain will have the new thumbnail. | ||
# The request can be made once in a while, upto weekly or as long as monthly, and you know when the last request was made by checking the date above the thumbnail. For example: '''Thumbnail: 2007-04-19''' (keep in mind the intial call to create the thumbnail was probably made automatically.) | # The request can be made once in a while, upto weekly or as long as monthly, and you know when the last request was made by checking the date above the thumbnail. For example: '''Thumbnail: 2007-04-19''' (keep in mind the intial call to create the thumbnail was probably made automatically.) | ||
| + | # occasionally there is not a '''queue thumbnail for update''' link - in that case please email <email>0274b39b4977ee1a17eae9da6582e82a</email> with the request. | ||
[[Category:AboutUs:Glossary]] | [[Category:AboutUs:Glossary]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:17, 8 April 2008
Our thumbnails are provided by Name Intelligence/Domain Tools. It is possible to refresh thumbnails:
- Go to DomainTools.com.
- Enter the name of the website in the search box for Whois Lookup.
- When you see the outdated thumbnail, click queue thumbnail for update link.
- The thumbnail has now been queued to be updated. This can take up to a half hour, but once it has been updated, the AboutUs.org page for this domain will have the new thumbnail.
- The request can be made once in a while, upto weekly or as long as monthly, and you know when the last request was made by checking the date above the thumbnail. For example: Thumbnail: 2007-04-19 (keep in mind the intial call to create the thumbnail was probably made automatically.)
- occasionally there is not a queue thumbnail for update link - in that case please email
with the request.
with the request.