Comments on: Share on Facebook http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2009/05/08/share-on-facebook/ from the mind of Andrew Buckman Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:02:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: @janetpotts http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2009/05/08/share-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-7808 @janetpotts Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:02:40 +0000 http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/?p=50#comment-7808 My problem is just the opposite. I'm a volunteer for an animal shelter and do most of their website and Facebook updating. I don't have access to the underlying structure of the website and can only modify the content div. When I want to share something from the website to the Facebook account, I can't choose an image appropriate to the content because of the meta tags in the header. Everything I post just has the shelter's logo. It's okay, but then everything looks the same so how does someone scanning the Facebook wall distinguish between one post and another? We usually have some kind of topic appropriate image in the content div but it's useless for sharing to Facebook because Facebook only ever sees the image in the <link> tag. My work around has been to upload the image to the Facebook wall and add a link in the text. Not the prettiest solution. I'd like a way to over ride the meta tags where appropriate so that the image and heading level tags of the content div can be used. The site uses ASP Net and I have used iFrames when necessary to embed forms for Paypal. Is there any way of over riding the meta tags to share a specific piece of the content? My problem is just the opposite. I'm a volunteer for an animal shelter and do most of their website and Facebook updating. I don't have access to the underlying structure of the website and can only modify the content div. When I want to share something from the website to the Facebook account, I can't choose an image appropriate to the content because of the meta tags in the header. Everything I post just has the shelter's logo. It's okay, but then everything looks the same so how does someone scanning the Facebook wall distinguish between one post and another? We usually have some kind of topic appropriate image in the content div but it's useless for sharing to Facebook because Facebook only ever sees the image in the <link> tag. My work around has been to upload the image to the Facebook wall and add a link in the text. Not the prettiest solution. I'd like a way to over ride the meta tags where appropriate so that the image and heading level tags of the content div can be used. The site uses ASP Net and I have used iFrames when necessary to embed forms for Paypal. Is there any way of over riding the meta tags to share a specific piece of the content?

]]> By: Andrew http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2009/05/08/share-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-7750 Andrew Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:04:13 +0000 http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/?p=50#comment-7750 Interesting, I'll have to try some testing on that myself. Thanks for the heads up. Interesting, I’ll have to try some testing on that myself. Thanks for the heads up.

]]> By: Jared http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2009/05/08/share-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-7696 Jared Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:22:10 +0000 http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/?p=50#comment-7696 I experienced tons of problems getting this working. I tracked my problem down to use of special IE if statements to display different stylesheets to IE7/IE8 users. When facebooks hits a page with these tags in it, the Meta Tags are ignored. Took hours of testing, but this was the problem for me. I experienced tons of problems getting this working. I tracked my problem down to use of special IE if statements to display different stylesheets to IE7/IE8 users.

When facebooks hits a page with these tags in it, the Meta Tags are ignored.

Took hours of testing, but this was the problem for me.

]]> By: Al http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/2009/05/08/share-on-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-7160 Al Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:37:40 +0000 http://www.theoneandtheonly.com/?p=50#comment-7160 thanks so much, have managed to now solve this problem on my site, genius! thanks so much, have managed to now solve this problem on my site, genius!

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