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32. DU could benefit from Fb META tags, items that transform URLs into dynamic rich content links.

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 06:11 PM

Dec 12

For instance, when clicking on the DU Share button to Facebook, if the DU post has images in it, they can be served into the Meta OG:IMAGE tag which Facebook will read into the shared DU link. The result being, instead of just text or a text URL hyperlink in a box as it is now, the link is given a clickable image to go along with the URL. The meta OG:IMAGE tag can be dynamically served from the server or simply be a static DU image. Obviously, dynamic has more relevance and intrigue.

The Meta tags are fairly standard across other platforms as well, keying off the OG:IMAGE tag to automatically turn a boring meaningless URL into a rich content image link that other sites can read. It doesn't change the URL, it just make such content on the other site that much richer and dynamic.

You can test how each page will be interpreted using Facebook's URL debugging tool:
https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/

There may be an extension for this. Admins would need to source that out.

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The latest DU update is complete [View all] EarlG Dec 12 OP

Well done - thank you. NewHendoLib Dec 12 #1

Good Stuff! ProfessorGAC Dec 12 #2

Yep! highplainsdem Dec 12 #7

We are so well tended to at the DU. Thanks Earl and Elad. applegrove Dec 12 #3

Thanks! OKIsItJustMe Dec 12 #4

Thanks! It went very smoothly, as far as I could tell...though as usual I had tabs for Bluesky and Twitter highplainsdem Dec 12 #5

Yay! 2naSalit Dec 12 #6

I used the option button already Brother Buzz Dec 12 #8

I tried using the Options button True Dough Dec 12 #29

Thanks EarlG! One small problem with the Bluesky link function... Dennis Donovan Dec 12 #9

Ah... I may have misspoken when I said the URL would be included EarlG Dec 12 #10

Thanks so much, that would be very helpful. riversedge Dec 12 #14

Fingers crossed that this is a pretty easy fix EarlG Dec 12 #20

This should be fixed EarlG Dec 12 #34

Okeydoke. I know how to copy and paste. Dennis Donovan Dec 12 #15

This should be fixed EarlG Dec 12 #33

Awesome! Actually, the "DU" in the preview window is how it behaves with a manually-pasted link now Dennis Donovan Dec 12 #35

Great, glad it worked! EarlG Dec 12 #37

Thank You So Much.. you & Elad. The only thing is The Cha Dec 12 #11

Thank You! happybird Dec 12 #30

lol... So there is another person! I was frantically Cha Dec 12 #31

cool! blogslug Dec 12 #12

Thank you for removing the moniss Dec 12 #13

Excellent! BumRushDaShow Dec 12 #16

EarlG and elad: as always, you guys rock! Aristus Dec 12 #17

A thousand thanks, sir. ancianita Dec 12 #18

Thanks EarlG malaise Dec 12 #19

Thank you, EarlG and Elad.and team Alice Kramden Dec 12 #21

Bravo! Wild blueberry Dec 12 #22

Cool! And thanks, EarlG and Elad for all these refinements! calimary Dec 12 #23

I noticed no weirdness. surfered Dec 12 #24

Perhaps it's obvious . . . Richard D Dec 12 #25

It removes the thread from your view Nittersing Dec 12 #38

Great Richard D Dec 12 #39

It's also reversible EarlG Dec 12 #42

I'm about to find out. 😎 underpants Dec 12 #44

Thank you EarlG! CousinIT Dec 12 #26

Awesome! boonecreek Dec 12 #27

Thank you! I'm liking it. mountain grammy Dec 12 #28

DU could benefit from Fb META tags, items that transform URLs into dynamic rich content links. ffr Dec 12 #32

Thanks to all concerned orangecrush Dec 12 #36

muchos gracias proud patriot Dec 12 #40

Thank you! After 24 years this is still my source for real news and thoughtful opinions. SharonAnn Dec 12 #41

Thank you! gademocrat7 Dec 12 #43

Thank you EarlG bdamomma Dec 12 #45

Did you remove Recommend? tonekat Dec 12 #46

Thanks for all you do. oasis Dec 13 #47

Thanks EarlG and Elad! burrowowl Dec 13 #48

thanks for everything HarryM Dec 13 #49

Thank you for everything you do for us ... UpInArms Dec 13 #50

What is your EarlG Dec 13 #52

iPad ...18.1.1 ... safari ... no magnifying UpInArms Dec 13 #56

Thanks, two more questions: EarlG Dec 13 #57

iPad Air 5th generation UpInArms Dec 13 #58

Great, thanks EarlG Dec 13 #59

Thank you! UpInArms Dec 13 #60

I'm hoping this is fixed... EarlG Dec 13 #61

Awesome! UpInArms Dec 13 #62

I'm still trying to get DU3 down pat. I am sure this is the best version of DU I haven't been able to figure out yet! marble falls Dec 13 #51

Thank you! Clouds Passing Dec 13 #53

Than you EarlG and Elad for all the work & effort you put into keeping DU GREAT! Especially during times like these. Fla Dem Dec 13 #54

Bookmark. Thanks EG! ❤️ littlemissmartypants Dec 13 #55

Thanks, EarlG and Elad for all your hard work! ShazzieB Dec 13 #63

Yes, I think we're going to do that EarlG Dec 13 #64

Here's an extremely trivial note... Think. Again. Dec 13 #65

EarlG and Elad -- thank you so much. Happy holidays to you. Hekate Dec 13 #66

You saved the best for last :) RandomNumbers Dec 14 #67

Thank you!!! Metaphorical Dec 16 #68