CMS Articles > Facebook posts (Where's the thumbnail?)

[GRE]

When publishing an article to my site the Facebook Application doesn't give the choice of any thumbnails of pics included in the article.

I've read that a meta tag missing causes this problem. Is there any add-on for that, or how can I fix this issue?:erm:

[seite7]

I just wanted to open a thread for this myself. I guess the reason is that all the attachment are delivered like this in the source code:

attachment.php?attachmentid=12345&cid=99

Facebook will probably only look for things like .jpg, .png and so on.

But I would also be very interested in any solution for that. Using images for Facebook sharing certainly draws a lot more attention to a post.
And since my CMS articles are are visible to anyone I don't need any rights management for attachments here.

[seite7]

I figured it out.
In the facebook_functions file in the includes directory there is a line that creates an og:image meta tag. Facebook will prefer to use that image. I commented this line out and now Facebook will give the usual option to select any image from the article. :-)

[macroforum]

Can you please shows the line commented? Sorry for my bad english. Thanks for the solutions! Antonio

[seite7]

in includes/functions_facebook.php

REPLACE:

PHP Code:

// use the feed image if there is one
    if (!empty($vbulletin->options['facebookfeedimageurl']))
    {
        $og_array['og:image'] = $vbulletin->options['facebookfeedimageurl'];
    } 


WITH:

PHP Code:

// use the feed image if there is one
    if (!empty($vbulletin->options['facebookfeedimageurl']))
    {
        #$og_array['og:image'] = $vbulletin->options['facebookfeedimageurl'];
    } 


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[The Rocketeer]

I am using Vb 4.1.3 and still I have the same problem....no fix, tried the code above, is there any thing else we can do ?

[hyperviperx99]

Originally Posted by seite7

in includes/functions_facebook.php

REPLACE:

PHP Code:

// use the feed image if there is one
    if (!empty($vbulletin->options['facebookfeedimageurl']))
    {
        $og_array['og:image'] = $vbulletin->options['facebookfeedimageurl'];
    } 


WITH:

PHP Code:

// use the feed image if there is one
    if (!empty($vbulletin->options['facebookfeedimageurl']))
    {
        #$og_array['og:image'] = $vbulletin->options['facebookfeedimageurl'];
    } 


[/PHP]

I honestly can't tell the difference. Does this really work?

[seite7]

There is a # which makes the whole line inactive.

[hyperviperx99]

Thank u so much Seite7! U rock!

[GRE]

We've reached 4.1.9. and Vbulletin still hasn't fixed that. Thanks Seite7!