I’m looking for a way to automatically create thumbnails out of the files my users upload. I am currently using tripod as my web host. They offer CGI capabilities, but do not offer support for them. I will break down the ideas I already have on the matter to see if anyone is able to answer them individually. Is there any way to install imagemagik or GD without having direct access to the server? I’m looking for a way to make it run simply by uploading it to my cgi-bin folder & or perhaps hand editing a line or two of my cgi file. Are there any Perl/CGI scripts that will automatically create thumbnails, that do not require GD or imagemagik & also do not require similar instillation? Does anybody know of any & or have experience with services that offer free hosting of GD/Imagemagik/php/anything that would automatically make thumbnails for me? I also had one last idea that may seem a little odd, but if you answered no to all or the above, I’d really appreciate any thought or suggestions on it. http://www.imageweb.info/ offers free image hosting & thumbnail generation, give it a try to see what I mean. Would there be any way of somehow integrating this interface into my own? Ideally a user could upload a file to imageweb.info then I’m looking for a way to grab the html/php data on the output page, that’s all I’d really need is a way to automatically copy the url of the thumbnail on imageweb to a textfile on my server. Paid hosting is not an option. Thank you so much, Joe

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