What are you using to post to Facebook?
I’m not using anything in particular. I just paste the blog post direct URL on my Facebook status box, then FB scans the article and shows what will be displayed.
Should I use anything else for posting?
No, not necessarily. It’s strange that Facebook is causing those errors.
Personally, I use a plugin to accomplish the task since I have a lot of posts. You may want to look at the PingPressfm plugin.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pingpressfm/
I already have a plugin to share the article directly to Facebook and the content preview is the same.
All I see is the picture from my post (which is fine) + the bottom blurb of my post ” This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 10:25 am. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Edit this entry.”
Is there any type of limit on the amount of characters the plugin sends to Facebook?
Is there some type of template or code that determines how the posts are formatted when they’re sent?
What do posts look like if you don’t add an image?
Whether I use the plugin to share the post to FB or manually paste my post link in FB, the result is the same. It must be related to my WordPress settings, as I just tried other folks blogs post from WordPress and the outcome is normal… I’m scrathing my head now.
See for yourself – try sharing this link in FB and see how:
URL : http://bestblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/a-slice-of-life/
1- Title of Blog appears first, then article/post title
2- Preview displays the first few words/sentences of post
3- Image appears as expected.
Now, see my blog
URL: http://eyerickweddings.com/blog/?p=3
1- My article title appears first, then Blog title (I prefer the other way around as above)
2- Preview doesn’t show my post but rather my footer text whereby people see when the post was created.
3- Image is fine – appears as expected.
I have a feeling it has to do with the lightbox, possibly. If you post this page to Facebook, it comes out ok.
http://eyerickweddings.com/blog/?page_id=2
Weird because I edited that blurb and it won’t pick up when I share online. The old blurb stays there.
Thks for all the tips – is there a way I can official submit a ticket to support team?
