I have published an xplain slideshow. It can be seen here:
http://www.meta.com.au/dmdocuments/xpla ... codes.html
But when I try to share it on Facebook either via the use of the share shortcut on the xplain OR during a manual post of the url,,,
I get a file not found error
What file is not being found? And how do I fix this so there is at least the first slide shown in the post?
The url is valid
thanks
Alan
Facebook Sharing an xplain
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Facebook Sharing an xplain
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Re: Facebook Sharing an xplain
OK - firstly I think this is a bit misleading
Secondly: FB Sharing Debugger says the og:image tage needs to be stated in full - not abbreviated with . notation
so it needs to be
<meta property="og:image" content="http://www.meta.com.au/dmdocuments/xpla ... review.jpg" />
not
<meta property="og:image" content="./estimatecostcodes/preview.jpg" />
as it is generated
and even though the debugger says that there is a problem with the preview.jpg file and the fb:app_id is missing, it finally seems to load properly after forcing the re-scrape a few times. It seems to insert an id of 0 so maybe it can be inserted there by xplain when publishing?
So it appears we need to post edit the xplains to put the image url in - in full
It infers that the xplain name needs to be included in the URL - but it shouldn't be. If it is, the og:url is brokenSecondly: FB Sharing Debugger says the og:image tage needs to be stated in full - not abbreviated with . notation
so it needs to be
<meta property="og:image" content="http://www.meta.com.au/dmdocuments/xpla ... review.jpg" />
not
<meta property="og:image" content="./estimatecostcodes/preview.jpg" />
as it is generated
and even though the debugger says that there is a problem with the preview.jpg file and the fb:app_id is missing, it finally seems to load properly after forcing the re-scrape a few times. It seems to insert an id of 0 so maybe it can be inserted there by xplain when publishing?
So it appears we need to post edit the xplains to put the image url in - in full
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Re: Facebook Sharing an xplain
Interesting, Facebook used to accept relative image URLs before. Not sure why they have unlearned resolving a relative path...
Please try the - yet not official - build 1297:
https://www.helpandmanual.com/download/ ... p-v131.exe
It implements a small change: if the redirect URL is specified, it uses the URL to build a fully qualified image path. In your case, the URL should read "http://www.meta.com.au/dmdocuments/xplain/" (folder only) or "http://www.meta.com.au/dmdocuments/xpla ... codes.html" (full path with page name matching the output file name) which will generate a
That's a temporary solution though, because the redirect URL might not be the same as the URL of the actual Xplain. So we might need to implement a separate setting for the actual URL. Does FB still require an app_id from you? Any complaints about the not secure target address?
Please try the - yet not official - build 1297:
https://www.helpandmanual.com/download/ ... p-v131.exe
It implements a small change: if the redirect URL is specified, it uses the URL to build a fully qualified image path. In your case, the URL should read "http://www.meta.com.au/dmdocuments/xplain/" (folder only) or "http://www.meta.com.au/dmdocuments/xpla ... codes.html" (full path with page name matching the output file name) which will generate a
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<meta property="og:image" content="http://www.meta.com.au/dmdocuments/xplain/estimatecostcode/preview.jpg" />
Alexander Halser
Senior Software Architect, EC Software GmbH
Senior Software Architect, EC Software GmbH
Re: Facebook Sharing an xplain
Thanks Alexander,
The FB Debugger does complain about the missing app_id but then it goes ahead and create a 0 (zero) one anyway.
I'll give the beta a go shortly
Alan
The FB Debugger does complain about the missing app_id but then it goes ahead and create a 0 (zero) one anyway.
I'll give the beta a go shortly
Alan
Re: Facebook Sharing an xplain
The 1297 version works fine. The app_id is a warning but at least now it shares without issue - thanks