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10 years 10 months ago #33770 by Albrennan
Hi!

I have a few questions:

1.) How do I, or what do I need to do to specify that I want the first image in the article to be the open graph image?

2.) How do I align the JFBCfan module? I want to put it on the bottom of the page on the right, but no matter what position I place it in it appears to align left. How do I change this?

3.) I want comments on every Blog page EXCEPT the Blog Category page www.thexroadscoach.com/coach-s-blog
How do I remove the comments from that page and still have them automatically on the blog article pages?

Thank you for your time and great products!
-Amy
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10 years 10 months ago #33773 by alzander

1.) How do I, or what do I need to do to specify that I want the first image in the article to be the open graph image?

If you install and enable the Open Graph - Content plugin that comes with JFBConnect, that should be all that's required. You can go further and configure an Open Graph "Object" for a specific category and set a custom image or pick a different image type. Simply enabling that plugin should be all you need to set the first image in the article as the OG Image though.

2.) How do I align the JFBCfan module? I want to put it on the bottom of the page on the right, but no matter what position I place it in it appears to align left. How do I change this?

You can use the following CSS in your stylesheet to align it how you want:
.jfbcfan {float:right;}

3.) I want comments on every Blog page EXCEPT the Blog Category page www.thexroadscoach.com/coach-s-blog
How do I remove the comments from that page and still have them automatically on the blog article pages?

I'm not exactly sure if you don't want it on *any* blog view, or just the blog view for a specific category. The first is easy to do. In the Social configuration area, go to the Comments tab and set the postion for the comments box in "Blog View" to "None". If you want to hide it only for a specific category, let me know. That's more difficult.

I hope that helps, and glad you're enjoying our extensions. If you have any other questions, just let me know.

Thanks,
Alex
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10 years 10 months ago #33782 by Albrennan
Alex,

The first image that is being detected is in the breadcrumbs, not in the article itself. Any way to change that?

www.thexroadscoach.com/coach-s-blog/4-reinventing-the-future

-Amy
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10 years 10 months ago #33785 by alzander
Amy,
There's no Open Graph image set on that page. Because of that, Facebook is guessing at the best image to use.

Can you go to the Plugin Manager and ensure that the Open Graph - Content plugin is installed and enabled? If so, then I'm not sure why the image in that article isn't being detected and inserted as the Open Graph image, but will gladly help investigate more.

Thanks,
Aex
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10 years 10 months ago #33788 by Albrennan
Alex,

The "Open Graph - Content" is installed and enabled. (Sorry should have mentioned that in my last post)

-Amy
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10 years 10 months ago #33796 by alzander
Amy,
Thanks for the credentials to your site. I got in and poked around and it looks like you found a bug. I think your configuration of showing the intro text and not having the image in the introtext is preventing our detection from finding the image. When testing, if I moved the image into the introtext area, the og:image tag was properly inserted.

Obviously, JFBConnect should be looking at the whole text and I'm not sure if it's a Joomla 3.x issue or something else, but we haven't had this reported before, so it doesn't seem common.

Either way, we're looking into the issue and hopefully I can get you a fix by tomorrow.

Thanks for your patience, and sorry for the inconvenience.

Alex
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10 years 10 months ago #33809 by Albrennan
Alex,

I guess it makes sense that I would find a bug, that is part of what I do all day for a small office of software developers, but I wasn't looking for this one. :)

I look forward to the fix.

Thank you for your time,
-Amy
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10 years 10 months ago #33845 by alzander
First off, sorry for not getting back to this on Friday, like I was hoping. Second, great work at being so good at your job! You did find a silly little bug in our code. It's pretty easy to fix with a minor modification to our code. To make the change, please edit the /libraries/sourcecoast/articleContent.php file. Around line 407, you'll see:
if (isset($article->text))
            $articleText = $article->text;
        else
            $articleText = $article->introtext;
Update that last line to include the $article->fulltext value, as below:
if (isset($article->text))
            $articleText = $article->text;
        else
            $articleText = $article->introtext . $article->fulltext;
That will properly make our code scan everything for an image to use as the Open Graph tag.

Please let me know if that helps. We did test it, so it should. We're also planning a v5.0.1 bug-fix release for later this month which will have this change. Your feedback will really help to make sure this fix will suit your needs.

Thanks, and good luck,
Alex
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10 years 10 months ago #33875 by Albrennan
Alex,

PERFECT! Fixed my first image issue and my og issues when using the Facebook debugger. My links post as I want them to!

I have two more Joomla sites that I will be making in the next few weeks, JFBConnect is one of the first things I will be installing. In my opinion JFBConnect is a "must have" for Joomla sites.

Your support has been excellent!

THANK YOU!
-Amy
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10 years 10 months ago #33877 by alzander
Amy,
Thanks for letting us know that worked for you. This change is already built-in to our 5.0.1 release, which we're planning for later this month. It's great to have real-world confirmation as well.

As for your other sites, we wish you the best with them. We're all for our users installing our products on all their own sites, and hope it works just as well there for you as well too. Of course, if you do run into issues, 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 certainly isn't required, but is very appreciated:
extensions.joomla.org/extensions/social-...ook-integration/7215

Thanks,
Alex
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