Posted February 14, 20169 yr When I try and share a forum post on Facebook, two weird things happen. Firstly, the link on FB always goes to the main forum page, not the linked forum or post. Secondly, the image that shows up next to the link on FB isn't the image I set in the Sharer options... the image that's there, is my very first profile pic on this board, I don't even use it anymore... Edited February 14, 20169 yr by Lenny Warren
February 14, 20169 yr im not sure about about your first question but i know facebook is cached so you may not see the sharer logo immediately once you upload it might take some time to be on facebook
February 14, 20169 yr Community Expert The missing sharer image is probably caused by your sharer image being too small. The wrong URLs are caused by your site not using friendly URLs. Edited February 14, 20169 yr by opentype
February 14, 20169 yr Author 8 hours ago, TAMAN said: im not sure about about your first question but i know facebook is cached so you may not see the sharer logo immediately once you upload it might take some time to be on facebook Cheers, is that just a case of waiting till FB refreshes it's caches? 6 hours ago, opentype said: The missing sharer image is probably caused by your sharer image being too small. The wrong URLs are caused by your site not using friendly URLs. Thanks, is there an ideal size for the sharer image?
February 14, 20169 yr Community Expert 1 hour ago, Lenny Warren said: Cheers, is that just a case of waiting till FB refreshes it's caches? You can force recaching for a specific URL here: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/ 1 hour ago, Lenny Warren said: Thanks, is there an ideal size for the sharer image? https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/best-practices
February 14, 20169 yr Author Cheers @opentype, I'm on their dev page now. I've got my share image working now. I'm trying to sort FURL's now, although my forum seems to use them... mmmm...
February 14, 20169 yr Author Seemed to get the FURL's working, alhtough had to enable the .htaccess file. Thanks guys, really impressed with the peer to peer support. Couldn't have got this new board up and running without your help... If anyone is interested in military history or militaria, have a look.. Militaria Collectors Network
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