XF 1.4 Links on FB say 'error' in the preview

[squirrly]

If a member of our forum posts a link on FB, the preview in FB always says:

Error | TheBabywearer.com Forums

I'd really love to change that 'error' to pretty much anything else. Any idea how/where?

 

[Mike]

I'm guessing that's because you don't allow guests to view the threads in question. Facebook is actually getting an error (probably a no permission page).

 

[squirrly]

That's my guess too. We allow them to see the list of threads but not open threads... Anything I could tweak to get rid of the error but keep our security the same?

 

[Paul B]

Other than giving guests permission to view the thread content, nothing.

 

[squirrly]

Crap. Changing the guest permissions isn't going to fly. I don't care about the preview; I just don't want to see the word "error".

 

[Paul B]

It's not possible to share content which is not visible to guests, which Facebook is classed as.

It's no different to posting a link here, someone clicking it and receiving a no permission to view error.

 

[squirrly]

I understand that. I don't want the content to preview. I just don't want it to say error instead. If I could literally just remove the word error I'd be happy.

 

[Jeremy P]

I'm surprised Facebook is opting to display a preview for a page that's (should be) returning an HTTP error code.

 

[Mike]

The page is very likely the standard no permission page, so there isn't really a way built into XF to change that for just this case. I believe you could change the "error" template, but that is for every error that can get triggered.