XF 2.0 Set pictures from the post as thumbnail for Facebook and Twitter

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Motobaka said:
This works great when you are linking to a thread, but when you link to a forum I get an image of an avatar from the first to post in that forum I guess. Do you know of a way to insert an image for a forum?
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Do you have an example link so I can see that in action and do you have a default meta logo defined in your URL?
 
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Motobaka said:
pokernosune.com

Ciudad de México y Área Metropolitana

Los torneos en la Ciudad de México y sus alrededores
pokernosune.com pokernosune.com
Not sure if I have a meta logo defined in the URL. Maybe that is the problem. Could you point me to where I can check that?
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I don't see an OG:IMAGE setting on that page so you'll want to set a default image in your style.

ACP => Appearance => Style Properties => Basic Options => Metadata Logo URL

If you are using multiple styles, be sure to either set it for each of your parent styles or in each style if you aren't using parent styles.
 
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Laron said:
I've noticed a bug with this.

When sharing to a Facebook business page, and the thread only has one image in it which has been inserted in the post, the image will not be displayed in the thumbnail, it will be blank and the output will be a smaller blank image with the text wrapped around it on the right.

But if that same thread is shared on a normal FB account, it works fine with the larger landscape thumbnail (no text wrapping). It even works fine in comments (wraps the text, to be expected).

The error I see on the FB debugger in this instance, is this:

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I think what is happening is that the OG image url is picking up on the friendly URL of the image, rather than the direct image URL, and this is causing the problem. I noticed that this can be fixed if you upload the image a second time, and leave it not inserted in the post, however this is not practical as I have multiple authors and this is not good for a few reasons.

I run articles through my forum now (I got rid of wordpress and a bridging addon), so most posts I share on social media only have one image, and this problem happens every time.

Is there some code I could put in to resolve this?
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I have some problems like he! can anyone tell what we need to do? i have XF 2.1.6 p1. Thank you
 
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XF2 is a HUGE disappointment. So many basic functions missing and no addons for it.

I'm sure Brogan will be along soon to tell us all this is how it's supposed to work.
 
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colcar said:
XF2 is a HUGE disappointment. So many basic functions missing and no addons for it.

I'm sure Brogan will be along soon to tell us all this is how it's supposed to work.
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I have no involvement with the development process, nor any influence over functionality and features.

You need to direct your ire and complaints to someone who does.
 
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