Tag Archives: image

Get the YouTube Thumbnail Image

13 Oct

To get the YouTube thumbnail image, you would either use their API or a simpler method would be to use this format of the url: http://img.youtube.com/vi/VIDEO_ID/#.jpg Where VIDEO_ID is the last bunch of characters after “v=” in the URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TflnHlQMt8 # is the thumbnail number.   The choices are 0, 1, 2, 3.  0 is the [...]

Resizing Background Image

12 May

Demo: Resizing Background Image Demo Problem: I’ve been given a project to make a background image resize with the browser window size while retaining its ratio, not causing scrollbars, and always filling up the whole window.  It seems pretty easy until you actually see it.  Here’s a real life example of it:  http://ringvemedia.com/.  As you [...]