Posted 6 months ago #
So I auto-installed the FB like thumbnail plug-in created by
Ashish Saini and activated it, but when people "like" the post, they're still getting a random thumbnail (in this case, my email icon for some reason) instead of the image ran with the post. What am I doing wrong? I am a techno novice and would greatly appreciate any guidance here. Thank you!
Amy Gutman
http://www.PlanBNation.net
Posted 6 months ago #
Use the lint tool https://developers.facebook.com/tools/lint/ and the whole site will be refreshed in 24hrs
Posted 6 months ago #
So I plugged my url in the lint tool and got this response (below). I am not a programmer & have no idea what this means--can you advise me? Many thanks!
Input URL or Access Token
Errors that must be fixed
Object Invalid Value Object at URL 'http://planbnation.net/' of type 'website' is invalid because the given value '' for property 'og:image:url' could not be parsed as type 'url'.
Circular Redirect Circular redirect path detected (see Redirect Path section for details).
Open Graph Object Properties
og:url http://planbnation.net/
og:type website
og:title Plan B Nation | Finding Happiness in Challenging Times
og:image
og:updated_time 1321673276
Raw Open Graph Document Information
Final URL http://planbnation.net/
Canonical URL http://www.planbnation.net/
Meta Tag <meta property="og:image" content="" />
Redirect Path
original http://www.planbnation.net/
301 http://planbnation.net/
rel="canonical" http://www.planbnation.net/
Final URL is in bold (this is the URL we tried to extract metadata from).
URLs that are part of the circular redirect path are highlighted.
URLs
Graph API https://graph.facebook.com/10150370876369862
Scraped URL See exactly what our scraper sees for your URL
Posted 6 months ago #
Hey! Think I may have resolved it--I was typing my domain url into the lint tool instead of the permalinks associated with the posts. Once I typed the permalinks, the correct image appeared, and I think it's now in the feed. (in the process of confirming with some friends)
Posted 6 months ago #
Great! Make sure you read my blog post for explanations. http://blog.ashfame.com/?p=888
Posted 6 months ago #
Thank you so much for the excellent plug-in--and for answering my question and making this do-able for the non-technies among us. I would never have figured out the lint tool on my own. FB "like" is such a critical tool for most blogs--and close to useless or worse (commentluv thumbnail, anyone?) if you can't get the correct image to show.
Posted 6 months ago #
Oh, here's the blog btw, in case you're interested:
Posted 6 months ago #
Glad I could help :)
Posted 4 months ago #
hello Amy and Ash,
could you help me on my case?
http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/og/object?q=powdercoatingireland.com
I really don't understand how did you fix it. please help :)
here's the other link i posted just recently.
Happy New YEar
aldrin
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