Facebook Share button picks the wrong og:image and not the tag one

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8 years 10 months ago #53765 by kappadev

Facebook Share button picks the wrong og:image and not the tag one was created by kappadev

Hi,

i have a K2 item page including an image and some text.
I don't want that image to be shown when i share the url on FB so i used a tag:
{SCOpenGraph image=http://mysite.com/images/custom_og.jpg}

When i now paste the URL on Facebook i see the white arrow where i can choose which of the two images i want Facebook to use because it loads the one from my content first and second the the custom one.
That is all fine.

When i use Facebook Debug tool i see that it picks both images as og:image.

My problem is when i use the share button inside the K2 page. When the share window pops up i don't get to pick which of 2 images i want, i'm forced to use the first one only, which is the wrong one.
So how can i force it to always use the custom, or to change their order so custom shows first :-)

Any ideas?

thx

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8 years 10 months ago #53791 by mel

Replied by mel on topic Facebook Share button picks the wrong og:image and not the tag one

Multiple og:image tags are acceptable by Facebook. When multiple are set, either the selector is used or the first image set should be used. The Open Graph logic in JFBConnect should do what you're saying and always set the Custom og:image tag from the {SCOpenGraph image=...} tag first. Then, any automatic og:image tags that are added should go next. You can check the HTML to see if the og:image tags are in the correct order.

The only reason I can see Facebook not using the first og:image tag by default is if it's too small (under 200x200px), unreadable (doesn't sound like thats the case) or unusable (contains porn or something else that their auto-scanning tools thinks is 'bad').

Can you check the HTML or the size of the first image to see which of those 2 the issue may be?

Thanks,
-Melissa

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8 years 10 months ago #53792 by mel

Replied by mel on topic Facebook Share button picks the wrong og:image and not the tag one

Oh, if that doesn't help, please let us know a URL where we can see the issue.

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