I was wondering if it is possible to have the post that the like button shows on the facebook feed not show any image but rather just a link like it used to.
I don't think so, but you can try setting your og:image meta take a blank image:
<meta property="og:image" content="http://www.domains.com/img/spacer.gif" />
The test it here to see if it's being pulled properly: http://developers.facebook.com/tools/lint/
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I have generated the following url to share the page into facebook,
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=195106440518444&link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.capella.edu%2Fcapella-experience%2Fflexpath%2F&picture=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fdd%2F56%2F37%2Fdd56376f6bb3f69130ec3216a13ec99c.jpg&name=Capella+FlexPath&caption=FlexPath%3A+Your+degree.+Your+pace.&description=With+FlexPath%2C+you+can+still+build+the+career-advancing+skills+and+knowledge+you+need%2C+but+with+a+class+schedule+entirely+controlled+by+you.&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.capella.edu%2Fcapella-experience%2Fflexpath%2Fflexpath-trial-course%2F&ext=1519158959&hash=AeY6NpBp29iik5NI
While hit on the above link, I couldn't see the picture. And I know the picture attribute is deprecated. Then I have tried to use the other way,
I can achieve the same thing with the help of meta tag,
<meta property="og:image" content="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/v3/ye/r/lWB96Z8sFtt.png" />
If I have include this meta tag in my page the image will display.
But I would like to display the picture dynamic also same page I would like to use different image on different shares.
Please provide suggestions If you have a idea.
I use Opengraph to define the facebook share image.
I upload image APPLE.jpg in my article.
The meta tag is
<meta property="og:image" content="http://example.com/APPLE.jpg" />
Then, I found I uploaded the wrong image.
I edit the article and removed the APPLE.jpg image.
I upload a new image BANANA.jpg
<meta property="og:image" content="http://example.com/BANANA.jpg" />
While I share the article to facebook.
The image is still showing APPLE.jpg image.
How do I settle this?
Facebook keeps your image in cache. So if you have changed your image, but kept the same name, you have two solutions :
Use the Facebook debugger and fecth new scrape information. If the image doesn't change, use the second solution.
Change the name of your image, and Facebook will cache the new image.
I need to share an image from my webpage to Facebook.
I've looked at Facebook's dev pages, and it you need to add meta data to your page - you may specify an image - this will then be shared.
The problem is I have a number of images on my page.
Is it possible to share specific images - where should I be looking in the api?
If you have a bunch of images and want to select a particular one during sharing, then you can add multiple og:image tags - one for each image.
<meta property="og:image" content="http://image1.jpg">
<meta property="og:image" content="http://image2.jpg">
<meta property="og:image" content="http://image3.jpg">
...
Once you do this, on sharing, the user will be able to select from one of these images.
Also after you add these tags, make sure that you force a re-scrape to update your OG object: pop your url into the URL Debugger and 'Fetch new scrape information'.
I have a odd problem - when I share a link of a page from our website, the image does not show as a thumbnail (sometimes). It has the correct meta data but its almost like it times out.
For example
http://modetro.com/our-favourites/vintage-retro-sankyo-japanese-flip-alarm-clock-mode-no-401-space-age-mid-century
Has the meta tag
<meta property="og:image" content="http://modetro.com/image/cache/data/ebay/vintage-retro-sankyo-japanese-flip-alarm-clock-mode-no-401-space-age-mid-century/652436936_o-340x340.jpg" />
If I share this link on FB it does not show the thumbnail? I have used the debug tool for this and other pages and SOMETIMES it gets the image and sometimes doesn't? any ideas why?
According to Facebook, they have a glitch that they are working on .. see this page here
I would like to know how I detect a image from a webpage.
I want a code that if I want to share something on facebook the image from the page where I am at that time, automatically detect.
example:
<meta property="og:image" content="http://www.geturl.thedoctorofhouse.com/audi_a3_2.jpg" />
What should I do with the og:image content?
Yes, that looks correct - content should contain the url to the image that you want used.
You can check how the page metadata is interpreted by using the linter tool provided by Facebook