/**
  * Generates the HTML that makes the thumbnails for fedora imported items
  * @param $imageIDElementID  integer the id of the item type element for the fedora image ID
  * @param $item Item the fedora imported item for which a thumbnail sized image is needed
  * @return string HTML img tag containing the link to this fedora item's thumbnail, or either the alt text or an empty string if the image ID can't be found
  */
 public static function getThumbnailHTML($imageIDElementID, $item)
 {
     //find the fedoraImageID (used in the image server URL) by finding the text element that has the
     //same element type ID as the fedoraImageID element type
     foreach ($item->ElementTexts as $elementText) {
         if ($elementText->element_id == $imageIDElementID) {
             if ($fedoraImageID = $elementText->text) {
                 return str_replace('altText', FedoraConnectorPlugin::getAltText($item), str_replace('fedoraImageID', $fedoraImageID, get_option('digitalCaseThumbnailURL')));
             }
         }
     }
     return '';
 }