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RD Robert D
Robert D
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Member since Dec 2012
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Jan 25, 2013 · 9:13 pm · Edited

When I manually post a url link to a forum topic on Facebook it automatically adds the photo of my Avatar. Is there any way to change the photo that gets assigned to the facebook post?  Perhaps a standard image or a photo from within the topic.  Any thoughts suggestions appreciated.  

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BR Brandon
Brandon
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Member since May 2010
864 posts
Jan 25, 2013 · 10:03 pm

Facebook uses og:tags and the Open Graph Protocol to decipher what information to display when previewing your URL in a share dialog or in a news feed on facebook.

It will also try to guess what image you want to share. Depending on the site it may let you choose from several ones.

You can create a meta tag and put in it a default image. Something like this and it should pick it up as the standard image.

<meta property="og:image" content="http://website.com/blog-fb.png" />
RD Robert D
Robert D
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Member since Dec 2012
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Jan 26, 2013 · 11:54 am

Sounds great, but unfortunately I have no idea how to do that. Can you elaborate please.

Thx

BR Brandon
Brandon
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Member since May 2010
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Jan 26, 2013 · 2:41 pm

There are a bunch of ways meta tags can be added to your website. Some WordPress themes even have options included that allow you to add them. There are also Meta tags plugins. You can find meta tag Plugins in the Official WordPress Plugin Directory.