Facebook Shares bringing up the wrong image from a product

[dgent]

Don't know if anyone has seen this happen, when you share a product from your site on Facebook, and instead of bringing up the correct product image, its brought up random images from your site, like sidebox header images, or prev/next buttons.

I found the reason for this is having 'Meta Tags - Include Product Model in Title' activated in configuration/product info - If you turn this feature off it works correctly.

[niccol]

You need to investigate open graph tags. og_tags. have a search online and in this forum. there are a few mods that use them here. some better than others. basically the og tags allow you to specify which image facebook uses.

[niccol]

also this is worth knowing about:

http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug

[niccol]

My own solution


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Save the following as includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/og_tags.php

<?php



$og_title = META_TAG_TITLE;
$og_site_name = TITLE;
$og_image = HTTP_SERVER.DIR_WS_CATALOG.'includes/templates/custom/images/default_image.png';
$og_url = $canonicalLink;
$og_fb_admin = 'XXXXXXX'; // something like 2614614
$og_type = 'website';
$og_description = META_TAG_TITLE;

if(substr($_GET['main_page'],-5) == '_info')
{
// this is a product info page
$sql = "SELECT p.products_image 
	FROM ".TABLE_PRODUCTS." p 
	WHERE p.products_id = '" . (int)$_GET['products_id'] . "'"
	;
$obj = $db->Execute($sql);
$og_image = HTTP_SERVER.DIR_WS_CATALOG.DIR_WS_IMAGES.$obj->fields['products_image'];
}

echo      
	'<meta property="og:title" content="'.$og_title.'"/>
     	<meta property="og:site_name" content="'.$og_site_name.'"/>
     	<meta property="og:image" content="'.$og_image.'"/>
     	<meta property="og:url" content="'.$og_url.'"/>
     	<meta property="fb:admins" content="'.$og_fb_admin.'"/>
     	<meta property="og:type" content="'.$og_type.'"/>';

You'll need to change the facebook id to your own one!

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Then add a line in includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/html_header.php

<meta name="generator" content="shopping cart program by Zen Cart&trade;, http://www.zen-cart.com eCommerce" />
<!--Add OG tags-->
<?include(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory('og_tags.php'));?>

the red lines are new - the other line is just there to show you where to put it.

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Then upload an image to :

'includes/templates/custom/images/default_image.png

This is the image that will be used for pages other than product pages. Usually the logo of the store.

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[dgent]

Even simpler way, just add this to html_header.php - basically the same thing as yours.

<meta property="og:title" content="<?php echo META_TAG_TITLE; ?>" />
<meta property="og:type" content="product" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="<?php echo STORE_NAME; ?>" />

<?php
if (isset($_GET['products_id'])) { // use products_image if products_id exists
$facebook_image = $db->Execute("select p.products_image from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p where products_id='" . (int)$_GET['products_id'] . "'");
$fb_image = HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_IMAGES . $facebook_image->fields['products_image'];
}
if ($fb_image == '') { // if no products image, use the default image if enabled
$fb_image = 'insert a default image url here';
}
if ($fb_image != '') {
?>
<meta property="og:image" content="<?php echo $fb_image; ?>" />
<?php
}
?>

[niccol]

Yeah, that is do-able. My experience says that it is definitely worth putting a FB admin in there if possible. Also, I have had issues in the past with 'product' rather than 'website' but I do know that it should work with 'product'. But you should have an if statement in there so that the pages that are not products are set as 'website' . Those are just things that I have noticed along the way rather than truths. If this works for you great :-)

And yes, I just like putting it in a module because it is neater. But it really doesn't make any difference in the end.

[dgent]

Yeah, that is do-able. My experience says that it is definitely worth putting a FB admin in there if possible. Also, I have had issues in the past with 'product' rather than 'website' but I do know that it should work with 'product'. But you should have an if statement in there so that the pages that are not products are set as 'website' . Those are just things that I have noticed along the way rather than truths. If this works for you great :-)

And yes, I just like putting it in a module because it is neater. But it really doesn't make any difference in the end.

Sorry yes, I took out the admin incase any one copy/pasted it into their own site.

[niccol]

I made the same mistake. The number in mine is just a random number.

Glad it works for you. It is a good base for adding facebook 'like' buttons and also pinterest buttons which both use og-tags if they are in place.

[khwateoh]

I made the same mistake. The number in mine is just a random number.

Glad it works for you. It is a good base for adding facebook 'like' buttons and also pinterest buttons which both use og-tags if they are in place.

dear,
refer to the above , i still get the randam picture in facebooks.
my website
www.allabouthealth.com.my
some can help me in this ??

thks