share link to facebook not taking correct text or image
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:14 pm
Hi,
I am having difficulties getting Facebook to read the correct information from a page when a user shares the link. I've read multiple articles both directly from Facebooks developers forums and others that I came across online.
The user logs in, makes a new post to buy or sell, and then they are taken to a post confirmed page. On this post confirmed page, I ask the user if they would like to share this post on their facebook profile? If they click yes, then it opens up the facebook window (to login or the facebook share.php page if they are already signed into fb). Up to here, it was working.
Problem: the data that is in the fb share window is not the data (text or image) that I would like. Rather, it is the data from my home page.
Why is fb using the data from home.php when the share request is sent from postconfirmed.php? How can I fix it?
My current meta tags for the postconfirmed.php page:
The recommended minimum tags according to fb:
thank you!
I am having difficulties getting Facebook to read the correct information from a page when a user shares the link. I've read multiple articles both directly from Facebooks developers forums and others that I came across online.
The user logs in, makes a new post to buy or sell, and then they are taken to a post confirmed page. On this post confirmed page, I ask the user if they would like to share this post on their facebook profile? If they click yes, then it opens up the facebook window (to login or the facebook share.php page if they are already signed into fb). Up to here, it was working.
Problem: the data that is in the fb share window is not the data (text or image) that I would like. Rather, it is the data from my home page.
Why is fb using the data from home.php when the share request is sent from postconfirmed.php? How can I fix it?
My current meta tags for the postconfirmed.php page:
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<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<meta name="title" content="My Site new post" />
<meta name="description" content="I just made a new post at mysite.com, check it out. " />
<link rel="image_src" href="http://www.mysite.com/images/test.jpg" />
<title>my site | Test</title>
</head>
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<meta name="title" content="Smith hails 'unique' Wable legacy" />
<meta name="description" content="John Smith claims beautiful football is the main legacy of Akhil Wable's decade at the club. " />
<link rel="image_src" href="http://www.onjd.com/design05/images/PH2/WableAFC205.jpg" />