Invisionary Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Please see this: http://community.invisionpower.com/resources/bugs.html/_/ip-board/wrong-fb-meta-tag-r39473 Not sure how it can be a bug in IP.Content but not a bug in IP.Board but... when we share an IP.Board topic to Facebook the meta-image is used by default. We have the option of uploading our own meta-image to replace the default IP.Board one, but we are restricted to 'sharing' that same image every time we share a topic with Facebook. If we share topics regularly, every FB post looks the same (ie that same old meta-image littered all over the FB timeline). Consequently, people eventually see right past it. It doesn't catch the eye because it just becomes visual spam if it's seen too frequently. People won't click the FB link to your board and you lose potential visits/new members. What I believe should be happening is, if a topic contains one or more attached images, we should be able to select an image thumbnail to use on the FB share. I regularly visit other sites and share pages with FB. Some pages with heavy graphic content might offer a choice of 20 - 30 thumbnails. IP.Board just has the meta-image. We're missing a trick here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisionary Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 Here's another thing... Why do we only have a Facebook 'like' button? Shouldn't we be able to share without declaring we 'like' something? Take any news story found at news.bbc.co.uk for example. I can share a story with FB without stating I 'like' it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimi Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 :) I could've sworn that the meta image changes to the attachment image in the first post. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaki Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 No it doesn't you get the meta image and that's it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimi Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 :) Then that's a bug. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaki Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Is it enabled here System Settings > System > Social Media and Sharing If so I don't think it is working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisionary Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 Brandon has now confirmed it is a bug http://community.invisionpower.com/resources/bugs.html/_/ip-board/wrong-fb-meta-tag-r39473 I originally posted this here because it was assumed to not be a bug. Thanks for your replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaki Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I don't think mine is working at all, does the attached look correct as it looks different to that shown here http://community.invisionpower.com/resources/bugs.html/_/ip-board/wrong-fb-meta-tag-r39473 I ticked the share with fb box and nothing is showing on my page or wall and that was about half hour ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimi Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I don't think mine is working at all, does the attached look correct as it looks different to that shown here http://community.invisionpower.com/resources/bugs.html/_/ip-board/wrong-fb-meta-tag-r39473 fb.jpg I ticked the share with fb box and nothing is showing on my page or wall and that was about half hour ago :) File a ticket. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcher Technologies Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Here's another thing... Why do we only have a Facebook 'like' button? Shouldn't we be able to share without declaring we 'like' something? Take any news story found at news.bbc.co.uk for example. I can share a story with FB without stating I 'like' it. This. if it is a share link, it should share, FB gives said option. what it(the IPB FB share link) does now is akin to clicking the post icon immediately 'liking' the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisionary Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 This. if it is a share link, it should share, FB gives said option. what it(the IPB FB share link) does now is akin to clicking the post icon immediately 'liking' the post. Yes! You get it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnasc Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I replaced the default share buttons with the AddThis ones and it all works fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisionary Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 I replaced the default share buttons with the AddThis ones and it all works fine How do you do that? I use the AddThis browser add-on but dropping it into the board would be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnasc Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 First, do this. You may even want to stop at that point. Then sign up with AddThis and choose the buttons you want; when you have them, copy and paste the code they provide you with into the Global Templates > shareLinks template for your skin. I remove all code in this template apart from the first two lines and last line (i.e. the parse code and the if block). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisionary Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 Thank you! That works perfectly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobrenome Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Does addthis make your site slower? I have read some complains about addthis speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnasc Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Does addthis make your site slower? I have read some complains about addthis speed. I don't analyse such things closely so I cannot tell you. I can say that my site runs acceptably fast to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaki Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Strangely enough I done a pingdom test yesterday and addthis was slow. I did think about removing it but thought I would wait awhile and then test again https://www.pingdom.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisionary Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 I don't analyse such things closely so I cannot tell you. I can say that my site runs acceptably fast to me. This. How slow does it need to be before ringing alarm bells? I'm happy with the speed of my site. I've seen no noticeable difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobrenome Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 So addthis sharing system is better than the core sharing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnasc Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 So addthis sharing system is better than the core sharing? I prefer it for aesthetic reasons (prettier, larger buttons and less cluttered) - so it depends that you mean by "better" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobrenome Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I mean in loading speed and sharing rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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