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    Default Facebook preview shows unwanted banners and metatags

    This isn't my first time with Zen Cart, I already run a site, HPLAudio.com so I'm a bit familliar, but for some reason with this new site EDCblitz.com I can't seem to get the banners and taglines off the site preview when posting the link on Facebook even though I have them disabled through ZCAdmin.



    Thanks for your help in advance

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    Default Re: Facebook preview shows unwanted banners and metatags

    It looks like Facebook is grabbing your meta-tag data. If you edit:
    includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php

    I have made edits directly in Facebook when the default Zen Image and Text appear. Click on the image and upload your own, click on the text it turns yellow and you can edit. :)

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    Default Re: Facebook preview shows unwanted banners and metatags

    Quote Originally Posted by Trinity14 View Post
    It looks like Facebook is grabbing your meta-tag data. If you edit:
    includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php

    I have made edits directly in Facebook when the default Zen Image and Text appear. Click on the image and upload your own, click on the text it turns yellow and you can edit. :)
    Wait I don't understand a thing you just said. I have these edits in my meta-tags right now and nothing else.



    In my template, I don't have a meta_tags.php file

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    Default Re: Facebook preview shows unwanted banners and metatags

    Quote Originally Posted by Trinity14 View Post
    It looks like Facebook is grabbing your meta-tag data. If you edit:
    includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php

    I have made edits directly in Facebook when the default Zen Image and Text appear. Click on the image and upload your own, click on the text it turns yellow and you can edit. :)
    Wait I don't understand a thing you just said. I have these edits in my meta-tags right now and nothing else.



    In my template, I don't have a meta_tags.php file

    Do you think it's a Facebook cache thing?

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    Default Re: Facebook preview shows unwanted banners and metatags

    well i just typed your site address into my facebook status update thingie

    and it gave me the zencart lines and zencart image rather than your site, si I believe it may be cacheing

    here

    https://developers.facebook.com/tool...2Fedcblitz.com
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    Default Re: Facebook preview shows unwanted banners and metatags

    I just ran the above script does your site work correctly now?
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    Default Re: Facebook preview shows unwanted banners and metatags

    Ok for anyone else that runs into this issue

    1) Follow what trinity14 says, because if that isn't correct nothing will fix it
    2) go to the link below

    https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/og/object/

    paste your URL

    and select "show scrape information", this will show you what facebook has in its cache for that page

    If it is not what you expect to be there.

    then select "Get new Scrape" information, then check your facebook thingie
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    Default Re: Facebook preview shows unwanted banners and metatags

    Quote Originally Posted by nigelt74 View Post
    Ok for anyone else that runs into this issue

    1) Follow what trinity14 says, because if that isn't correct nothing will fix it
    2) go to the link below

    https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/og/object/

    paste your URL

    and select "show scrape information", this will show you what facebook has in its cache for that page

    If it is not what you expect to be there.

    then select "Get new Scrape" information, then check your facebook thingie
    I just checked. It's working. You guys are wonderful and I'll make sure to pay it forward!

    Chris

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    Default Re: Facebook preview shows unwanted banners and metatags

    Sharing the code I used.. The one module that automatically creates the meta tags required for Facebook REQUIRES the CSS/JS Loader.. Personally, I'm not a fan of being FORCED to use a module I don't particularly care for JUST to use another module.. So I did a little work to figure out the right code I needed..

    In the includes/templates/scrappin_stuff/common/html_header.php file, find this:
    Code:
    <meta name="description" content="<?php echo META_TAG_DESCRIPTION; ?>" />
    Below that add this:
    Code:
    <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" /> <!-- This is for USA, if your locale is different enter it here -->
    <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
    <meta property="og:title" content="<?php echo STORE_NAME; ?>" />
    <meta property="og:description" content="Enter your own site description here" /> <!-- Enter your site description here -->
    <meta property="og:url" content="<?php echo $canonicalLink; ?>" />
    <meta property="og:site_name" content="<?php echo STORE_NAME; ?>" />
    <meta property="og:image" content="<?php echo HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_TEMPLATE . 'images/' . HEADER_LOGO_IMAGE; ?>" />
    To verify that things are working go to the Facebook link: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/og/object/

    Enter your URL and click "Show Scrape Information". If there are any errors, you will see them here. You'll need to address those error. If the data shown does not match your current meta tags, the click the "Get New Scrape" information to refresh the data.
    Last edited by DivaVocals; 3 May 2015 at 08:58 AM.
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    Default Re: Facebook preview shows unwanted banners and metatags

    That scrape info was very useful, thank you! I wasn't able to get the image I wanted into the post on facebook... but at least I was able to remove the one I DIDN'T want on there!

 

 

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