As the number of Add-ins for Windows Home Server increases and the Add-in developer community grows in size and expertise we are seeing a shift from single purpose add-ins to add-in suites containing a whole range of different tools accessed from console. We’ve already seen this demonstrated with add-ins like Whiist.

Certainly Jay Hinrich’s WHS Customizer tool appears to be positioning itself with this intention. From within its interface in the Windows Home Server Settings panel it declares “More to come” below the current offering, Website Image Changer. This is an add-in within an add-in, though why it can only be accessed from the WHS settings panel and not the Console tab I don’t know.

Website Image changer is a simple add-in that allows the user to change the standard image that appears on your home server’s remote webpage - bye bye happy fanilies, and hello whatever you wish!

In a previous add-in review I was critical of the lack of Help functions available within that particular application - no such problem with Website Image Changer, a simple step by step guide is available to walk the user through the add-in’s usage. Well done Jay!

The help screen takes the user through the steps required to open an image, rotating it if necessary and then cropping the image before saving it to the library and the server web page. Previous images are left in the library so they can easily be selected again. You could easily change the image every day if you wanted too!

Source:? WGS

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