metatags and sharing
mikeu said 1 year ago:
I am having trouble with customizing the metakeywords on my blog. I have gone to “Manage Blog” and edited the “Meta Settings” for “Description” and “Keywords.” I have also checked “Add meta tags for all pages” My main page is at http://codex.umbricht.org
The problem is that there are lines in view source code such as:
<meta property =”og:description” content=”Codex%3a+a+gathering+of+notes+on+natural+history%2c+science%2c+technology+and+the+history+thereof.” />
This is the same text that appears in:
<meta name=”description” content=”Codex: a gathering of notes on natural history, science, technology and the history thereof.” />
But, there are “+” and other characters in the string. The trouble with this is that when I try to use the “Share” link on my blog to post to Facebook or if I copy and paste the link to Google Plus the description for the page is rendered with the garbled text.
For my subpage http://codex.umbricht.org/2012/05/04/bubble.aspx I am seing a thumbnail of the template for my blog (instead of the image posted in the entry) along with this text for the description:
<meta property =”og:description” content=”Here’s a post I thought you’d like.” />
<meta property =”og:image” content=”http://themes.quickblogcast.com/BlogTheme670/app2/thumbnail/0.gif” />
How can I modify or turn off these “og” tags?
-mikeu
adamr said 1 year ago:
@mikeu
I tried a few workarounds to override the og: description and og:image tags in my personal Quick Blogcast account and didn’t have any success. We will be looking into this issue with our development team in the coming week to try to work out a solution. I will post an update here as soon as possible.
-Adam
adamr said 1 year ago:
@mikeu
I reviewed the issue further and there is currently no way to override the og:image tag for post pages. However, you can add a custom og:image meta tag for the main blog page. This can be done in the ‘Meta Settings’ section of Quick Blogcast.
Adding Meta Tags to Your Quick Blogcast Site
You’ll want to add a custom meta tag with the following information:
Name: og:image
Content: http://urltoyourimage.com/image.jpg
I will pass along a suggestion regarding the ability to add a custom og:image tag for each post page.
-Adam
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