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Facebook’s Open Graph Image or og:image For Forums and Threads 1.0.0
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Jordyn
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No, you edit the threads you want to share to facebook and upload your own banner/image to them before you share. I like this addon because i can edit the og image i want to fit perfect on facebook. Much neater than any other addon here. I bought the paid one and it through errors. If your attachment image is to wide for facebook recommendations, then it displays and looks crap on facebook. In this case, your better off using the default XF og image. But this mod lets you give your facebook a more Professional touch imo.
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That sounds great, but I'm looking for a way make it easier for the forum users to post more appealing links from the forum to FB. Wordpress works much like that.
Jordyn
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Cheers mate, probably your only option would be this: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/endless-horizon-advanced-open-graph.5182/
Thanks, that just might do the trick.
Nirjonadda
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Please update for XF2 support.
Nirjonadda
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Wilouness
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Yep and it works perfectly specially with large image when sharing on twitter.
frm
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I'm using au lait SEO2 plugin to do it now but it's no longer maintained. Someone else needs to implement this!
After some searching, I found the solution here: https://xenforo.com/community/threa...-for-facebook-and-twitter.154903/post-1344118. (Which works, but not with the UI.X style)I'm using au lait SEO2 plugin to do it now but it's no longer maintained. Someone else needs to implement this!
colcar
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How is there no option or addon in XF2 to specify an OG image for a thread? XF2 has been out for years now, how is this not a thing yet?!?!
It's such a basic thing for a forum to have, it worked fine in XF1 but evidently "upgrading" to XF2 means living in the stone age where social media just doesn't exist.
For anyone who still has XF1 installed I say DON'T UPGRADE!
When you inevitably discover all the things that are missing from XF2 you'll look for help and find a crap attitude from devs that don't care about your issues and end up having to trawl forums for code snippets to try to cobble a working forum together and you essentially become a coder for software you've already paid for.
It's such a basic thing for a forum to have, it worked fine in XF1 but evidently "upgrading" to XF2 means living in the stone age where social media just doesn't exist.
For anyone who still has XF1 installed I say DON'T UPGRADE!
When you inevitably discover all the things that are missing from XF2 you'll look for help and find a crap attitude from devs that don't care about your issues and end up having to trawl forums for code snippets to try to cobble a working forum together and you essentially become a coder for software you've already paid for.
SyTry
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Unmaintained - [JoyFreak] Set Open Graph Image
Maintained version: Free add-on version This guide will help you to set your forum's open graph image. It will use the first image in your thread, whether linked directly or attached. Open template: thread_view Find:
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colcar
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Yes I've seen that on my many attempts to find an addon that does the job, it isn't what I'm looking for.Unmaintained - [JoyFreak] Set Open Graph Image
Maintained version: Free add-on version This guide will help you to set your forum's open graph image. It will use the first image in your thread, whether linked directly or attached. Open template: thread_view Find:
I don't want to set the first image in the thread as the OG image, it isn't always appropriate.
I want the same function I had in XF1 where you could click a button at the top of the thread and upload an image or paste in an image URL.
JoyFreak
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Probably the closest thing you’re going to get but will cost you $20. https://xenforo.com/community/resources/xenbulletin-advanced-open-graph.7292/
colcar
Active member
Yes! Thank you. Yes it's $20 but it looks like it does the exact job I need it to. Thanks for the link, much appreciated.
Maybe I jumped the gun with my initial post about upgrading to XF2
colcar
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Oh wait, I did actually see this a few months ago, I tried to download it and the the developer asked to be paid using a payment processor called "Payoneer", which I was not familiar with so I declined to continue.
Has anyone hear of Payoneer?