If you use Drupal and would like to automatically generate thumbnails of web sites, you might want to take a look at the Bluga WebThumbs module. Once that module is installed on Drupal and you have given the module your Bluga WebThumb API key, you can then inject a PHP snippet like this into a node using the PHP filter or into a theme file:
<?php
print bluga_webthumb('http://contentment.org/');
?>
Now, when you view the page containing that snippet, you will see a thumbnail generated using the Bluga WebThumb service within a few seconds that shows that web site. The thumbnail is cached locally on your server.
You can further customize your thumbnail with many options. You can read the full documentation for the module at Drupal’s web site as well. New features since March of last year also include a script for updating the thumbnail in place without requiring a page reload and a nicer looking (and CSS-styled) place holder, which is an improvement over the graphic previously used.
Last week, I was approached by the owner of Konigi.com to do some Drupal work. He’s a user of the Bluga WebThumbs module I wrote in March of last year and wanted to see it work with Drupal 6. I have finished the update and have made a full release of the Drupal 5 version of the module after making a few improvements and then ported the module to Drupal 6.
Cheers.
