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13 years 6 months ago #28371 by blink_black
Please refer to: www.sourcecoast.com/forums/jfbconnect/jf...ing-back-to-facebook

Everything was working perfectly until I upgraded my JFB version to v4.3.0 and suddenly the same error re-appeared. It shows my metatag description. It should be showing the content description.

URL: bunibuni.com/all-category/naija-news/685...rch-for-being-single
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13 years 6 months ago #28372 by blink_black
Also, you said in the 4.2 version, that character limit will be a configurable option. Was that implemented? I would like to raise the 100 character limit on descriptions to 250
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13 years 6 months ago #28374 by alzander
The new version uses Open Graph plugins for extensions to set the title, description, image and other data. If you haven't already, go to the Open Graph tab of JFBConnect. If you're using v4.3.1 (released today), there's a quick description of how Open Graph plugins work. By default, just enabling the plugin for K2 or Joomla content will pull a fixed amount from the beginning of the article. If you create an "Object" for a category of content, you can control the character or word count limit as well as other parameters.

v4.3 also adds Open Graph Actions, so you can post in a user's wall when they read your article. Once you have the Object type stuff going, setting up an "Action" (like Read") on that Object is the next step. The full configuration guide is below:
www.sourcecoast.com/jfbconnect/docs/face...h-actions-for-joomla

Hope that helps, but if you need anything else, just let us know.

Thanks,
Alex
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13 years 6 months ago #28402 by blink_black
Thanks for your response. I have not submitted my app yet for approval, hence I could not control the count limit on the characters. So there is no way to hardcode it now to 200 or 250?
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13 years 6 months ago #28406 by alzander
Blink,
There's a few options to do what you want:
* Create an "Object" in the Open Graph area of JFBConnect. Select "Joomla Content - Article". In the New Object editor, set the category to a top-level category for your site (that way all articles will inherit these settings). Then, set the following:
Description Type: Intro Characters
Description Length: 250
* Edit the opengraph plugin to change the defaults we automatically do (10 introtext words). To do so, edit the /plugins/opengraph/content/content.php file. At line 101, you'll see:
$desc_type = 'custom_desc_introwords';
            $desc_length = '10';
Change that to:
$desc_type = 'custom_desc_introchars';
            $desc_length = '250';

The first option is much more flexible as you can set the number of characters or words for a specific category or group of categories. The defaults option is good for doing it site-wide without having to create the Objects.. however, those defaults will get overridden if you upgrade the content open graph plugin in the future.

Hope that explains, but if not, let me know.

On a side-note, what are you submitting for approval about your app, and why is the limit preventing you from submitting it? Just curious to understand your issue more.

Thanks,
Alex
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13 years 6 months ago #28617 by blink_black
Alzander,

Sorry for the late response. I thought on my FB developer panel, I had to submit my app for approval. However, I realized that was not the case.

I created an object as you instructed and set the intro characters to 250 but it is still pulling 10 intro texts. Let me try the second option. Will keep you posted.
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13 years 6 months ago #28618 by blink_black
Might it be because I am using K2?
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13 years 6 months ago #28624 by alzander
If you're using K2, make sure you're creating a K2 object type and not a Joomla object type. I didn't realize that's what you were using.

The settings should work for K2 without issue though, as long as you're creating the right object type.

Good luck, and let us know how it goes,
Alex
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13 years 6 months ago #28626 by blink_black
Awesome. That was the problem. I was creating a content object. I now went back and created an object using K2 item.
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13 years 5 months ago #28641 by alzander
Awesome! Hope that gets you on the right track. Should you need anything else, just let us know.

Finally, if you haven't already, please consider leaving a rating and review for JFBConnect or our support on the Joomla Extension Directory. It's certainly not required, but very appreciated:
extensions.joomla.org/extensions/social-...ook-integration/7215

Thanks, and good luck,
Alex
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