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DummyImage.com is a great time saver for web developers laying out a quick page. It receives arguments in the URL, and returns an image of the exact size, colors, and file format specified. The image at the top of this post is not a screenshot; I merely entered the following line into my editor:
<img border="0" src="http://dummyimage.com/580x400/444/e0e.png">
As you can see, it's completely human-readable. I have a serious thing for web services with human-readable URLs. I guess they make me feel like I'm on top of things, like I know what I'm doing. Anyways, self-analysis aside, there's really not much else to say about this service. It is very useful, and free, and open-source. Oh, and you can also overlay text on your images, not just the dimensions:
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Subscribe to commentsJennMar 10th 2010 4:50PM
It's also really easy to set up locally so that the dummy images show up when you're not connected to the Internet. Though, lately, I've had to change the text to "This is a holding space for an image" because clients kept asking what "all those box things" were about. Sigh.
kingkool68Mar 10th 2010 5:56PM
I designed it so you wouldn't feel like a dummy entering parameters.
sodapopMar 10th 2010 6:46PM
Think we need to shout out to http://www.lipsum.com/ (Lorem Ipsum "dot com", themselves.)
kingkool68Mar 11th 2010 7:43AM
Do you use Firebug? The idea is you could tweak the size of the image from your browser with a client over your shoulder breathing down your neck.
Medden Website DesignMar 12th 2010 7:28AM
Great tip, will come in so handy.
Do you want to put the closing / in your example just to make it valid XHTML?
It's not a big problem but may as well use clean code for your example.
dpcfmander277Mar 16th 2010 8:27PM
This is relevant to my interests; thank you for sharing.