Lenny Warren Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAMAN Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opentype Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Warren Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opentype Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Warren Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Warren Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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