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Hi all,
I had been developing a new website regarding templates with Html & CSS. In the home page I had given preview of templates as thumbnails. But in these Thumbnail only header is being displayed. I need whole template to be displayed in those thumbnails. Can anyone please help me out. My website is freedesignertemplates(.)com

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Most likely cause: the thumbnail-generation method is capturing only the page viewport (the top of the page) or your CSS/layout is forcing the visible area to be the header (fixed positioning, negative margins, or a cropped container). Cross-origin iframe restrictions and CORS can also stop in-browser snapshot tools from rendering full content. asked for the script — that will show which case applies.

Practical fixes to try now:

  • Server-side full-page screenshots: use a headless browser (modern: Puppeteer/Headless Chrome, or older tools like wkhtmltoimage). Make sure you request a full-page capture (for Puppeteer use page.screenshot({ fullPage: true })) or set the viewport/window size large enough to include the entire document before grabbing a thumbnail. This produces a true full-page image you can downscale for thumbnails so nothing is cropped.

  • Client-side scaled previews: embed the template inside a wrapper (same-origin only) and scale it down with CSS transforms. Example approach:

    .preview { width:300px; height:200px; overflow:hidden; }
.preview .inner { transform-origin:0 0; transform:scale(0.25); width:1200px; }

    That shows the whole layout inside a small box. Note: fixed-position headers may still behave unexpectedly when nested—wrap the whole page markup or create a printable/preview stylesheet.

Troubleshooting checklist to post here for targeted help: the thumbnail-generation script (server- or client-side), the CSS for the thumbnail container, and one example template URL (and whether templates are on the same domain). Also check in DevTools whether the header is position:fixed or if the body height is collapsed. With that info and others can point to specific fixes.

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Member Avatar for macneato

I'm not sure what you mean, are you making your thumbs yourself? or pulling them dynamically?

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I'm not sure what you mean, are you making your thumbs yourself? or pulling them dynamically?

I'm fetching it dynamically... Is there any other solution to see the whole page of my template in these thumbnails.

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Can i see the script?

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