[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by stwilson

How do I enable these features. I have upgraded to the alpha version but do not see a place to enable these features???

Maybe I should ask another question first, does this feature allow for an automatically created thumbnail of a website link that is submitted, meaning does it go out and capture a snapshot of the homepage and create a thumbnail upon submission?

ST

They are supplied in the 'release/extras' subdirectory in the zip file you downloaded. There's a whole set of extras, each with a 'readme.txt' file which briefly explains how to use it.

The webthumbs extra uses Joshua Eichorn's web thumbnail service (http://bluga.net/webthumb/), which autocreates images of web sitesfor entries in LDM.
You need an account, which is free for less than 250 webthumbs a month, and very cheap for more than that, and you (currently) have to edit the account details into the 'extra'. When enabled, it does precisely what you say - goes out, grabs a thumbnail image of the site, and displays that in the LDM linkbit.

The snap plugin hooks into the www.snap.com search engine. It works in a slightly different way, replacing the LDM entry url with a new url which displays a pop up image over the url, usually with the thumbnail.

The two approaches have their strengths and weaknesses. I added them over Christmas in response to a request, and I'm looking for feedback to see if they work as people expect.