mkdocs-thumbnails 0.0.4

An MkDocs plugin. Generates thumbnails of PDF files and YouTube links.

mkdocs-thumbnails

MkDocs plugin to generate thumbnails automatically.

Provides a mechanism to indicate, in Markdown, the desire for PDF files and YouTube links to have a thumbnail image, automatically generated/downloaded.

Setup

Install the plugin using pip:

pip install mkdocs-thumbnails

Activate the plugin in mkdocs.yml. Include the attr_list extension as shown here:

plugins:
  - search
  - thumbnails:
      # optional styling for the thumbnail:
      style: margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:25px  

markdown_extensions:
    - markdown.extensions.attr_list 

Note: The extension If you have no plugins entry in your config file yet, you'll likely also want to add the search plugin. MkDocs enables it by default if there is no plugins entry set, but now you have to enable it explicitly.

More information about plugins in the MkDocs documentation.

Config

• style - This is the CSS style to be set in the thumbnail's image tag

Usage

In the attribute list of a link, add .pdf or .youtube to turn on the thumbnail for that link.

# Some example markdown text

* [My PDF file](foo.pdf){.pdf}
* [A YouTube video link](https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ){.youtube}