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Clik here to view.So you're making a site but you haven't got the images ready. You'll need placeholders, but things are changing quick and you don't want to make a bunch of images you'll eventually through away.
Enter placeholder image sites. The de factor standard for these sites is that you call a URL similar to sitename.com/width/height and you'll get an image back. Sometimes you can add text, or add a g for gray scale. You'd be surprised how much more compelling it makes basic layouts.
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Here's a collection of the web's best sites for dynamic placeholder images.
NiceNiceJpg.com
The only image placeholder service on the web bringing you nothing but Vanilla Ice jpgs.
- Standard: http://nicenicejpg.com/600/400
- Square: http://nicenicejpg.com/600
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PlaceCage.com
The internet was missing the ability to provide custom-sized placeholder images of Nicolas Cage. Now it can.
- Calm: http://placecage.com/200/300
- Gray: http://placecage.com/g/200/300
- CRAZY: http://placecage.com/c/200/300
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FillMurray
The internet was missing the ability to provide custom-sized placeholder images of Bill Murray.
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PlaceBear.com
Color: http://placebear.com/200/300
Gray: http://placebear.com/g/200/300
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DummyImage.com
More complex but more flexible, DummyImage lets you do colors, gradients and announce the size.
For example http://dummyimage.com/450x250/f00/fff is
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LorumPixel.com
LorumPixels lets you choose from various categories like cats, nightlife, or people.
So http://lorempixel.com/400/200/sports/Dummy-Text/ gets you this. And it's random, which is a nice touch.
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PlaceHold.It
The original and cleanest, you get gray placeholders.
http://placehold.it/350x150 is
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FPOImg.com
For Placement Only is similar.
http://fpoimg.com/300x300?text=Hanselman gets you:
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PlaceKItten.com
Placeholder kittens.
http://placekitten.com/300/350 gets you:
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Or, if you want to fight, there's also
PlaceDog.com
So http://placedog.com/400/300 gets you
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Which inevitably led us to
PlaceZombies.com
Wherein http://placezombies.com/425x300 yields
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PlaceSheen.com
Even better, why not http://placesheen.com/400/250 for
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Did I miss any awesome ones?
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