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Elise
Elise
@elise
8 years ago
249 posts
I posted a link of my test jamroom to a friend on Facebook
http://empathcommunityeliselebeaucom.jamroomhosting.com/

See screenshot of what she saw...
That is one heck of a cool/scary image that does not describe my network at all.

Where is that set? I looked in
Skin > Images.
System Core > Images.

It's hiding!

Also on my most wanted list: the meta tag for the description that is posted belowe the image so I can put a more useful description.

Thanks!
updated by @elise: 12/10/16 05:13:06AM
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,714 posts
Facebook likes you to do things their way, they want you to put og:tags into your header to tell them what your site is about.

If you turn on the "ShareThis" module it will add those tags for a lot of your profile item detail pages where the page topic is set.

For other pages use the "Meta Tag Manager" to add the og:tags that you want and the description and image that you want. Right now because those dont exist for your site, facebook just grabs the first image it can find which looks to be one of your profiles images.

You can use the facebook debugger here:
https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/sharing

To re-scrape your page and update the info that facebook will use, but its best to put the tags in their first so you can decide how it will be formatted.
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,714 posts
Got the Meta Tag Module docs updated with the steps to customize Facebook related Meta Tags.

Docs: "Modules ยป Meta Tag Manager : Setting up for Facebook"
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/modules/2914/meta-tag-manager#setting-up-for-facebook
Elise
Elise
@elise
8 years ago
249 posts
Thanks Michael. Didn't realize it was a module. So glad there is one!
Resolved.

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