html resize pics

[rbt]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> rbt wrote:
>> I use Python to generate html pages. I link to several large images at 
>> times. I'd like to display a thumbnail image that when clicked will go 
>> to the original, large jpg for a more detailed view.
> 
> I use PIL with the thumbnail() function for that...  depending on what 
> sort of web server/framework you are using, you could generate the 
> thumbnails dynamically, or you could pre-generate them and store both 
> files (this is probably the most common way to do it).  The HTML, of 
> course, has to be generated to refer to the appropriate file: the IMG 
> source is the thumbnail, the anchor's href points to the larger image.
> 
> -Peter
> 

Thanks PIL is a very handy tool!