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< [[Help]] | < [[Help]] | ||
| − | + | Our thumbnails (snapshots of a site's homepage) are provided by [[DomainTools.com]]. | |
| − | + | Please go to DomainTools.com/YourWebsite.com (replace YourWebsite.com with your website) and click "queue thumbnail for update/addition" under "show detailed view". If you need more help, email us at Help@AboutUs.org. | |
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| − | If a [[domain page]] is showing an outdated thumbnail or looks like the picture to the right it is possible to add and refresh thumbnails: | + | <!--If a [[domain page]] is showing an outdated thumbnail or looks like the picture to the right it is possible to add and refresh thumbnails: |
[[Image:NoThumbnailScreenshot.png|thumb|150px|left|Turn '''this''' into a snapshot of the site's homepage via the DomainTools.com link]] | [[Image:NoThumbnailScreenshot.png|thumb|150px|left|Turn '''this''' into a snapshot of the site's homepage via the DomainTools.com link]] | ||
# Open the AboutUs page for the website by searching for the website (like xyz.com) in the Find! bar above. | # Open the AboutUs page for the website by searching for the website (like xyz.com) in the Find! bar above. | ||
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# Click on the [[DomainTools.com]] link in that box | # Click on the [[DomainTools.com]] link in that box | ||
# Click "'''queue thumbnail for addition'''" or to update on, click "Show detailed view" or refresh the page so that the '''queue thumbnail for update''' link will appear. | # Click "'''queue thumbnail for addition'''" or to update on, click "Show detailed view" or refresh the page so that the '''queue thumbnail for update''' link will appear. | ||
| − | # If the link changes to say "(Thumbnail Queued)" the thumbnail has now been queued to be added or updated. This can take up to a few hours, but once it has been updated on DomainTools the [[AboutUs.org]] page for this domain should have the new thumbnail. | + | # If the link changes to say "(Thumbnail Queued)" the thumbnail has now been queued to be added or updated. This can take up to a few hours, but once it has been updated on DomainTools the [[AboutUs.org]] page for this domain should have the new thumbnail.--> |
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'''Issues?''' | '''Issues?''' | ||
| − | + | * Sometimes [[DomainTools.com]] has sites marked as "Domain [[Parking Lots]]" that aren't. If that's the case please send an email to us at Help@AboutUs.org and we'll request that they manually update it for you. | |
| − | * Sometimes [[DomainTools.com]] has sites marked as "Domain [[Parking Lots]]" that aren't. If that's the case please send an email to us at | ||
* If you've updated several thumbnails already or if the thumbnail has been updated in the last month, this option may not show. Try again later. | * If you've updated several thumbnails already or if the thumbnail has been updated in the last month, this option may not show. Try again later. | ||
* While AboutUs.org has pages for '''subdomains''' (like Blog.Website.com), DomainTools.com does not. So a page on AboutUs.org for a subdomain will not be able to have a thumbnail. | * While AboutUs.org has pages for '''subdomains''' (like Blog.Website.com), DomainTools.com does not. So a page on AboutUs.org for a subdomain will not be able to have a thumbnail. | ||
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