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  • JACundefined

    Hi Mark,

    This title may not be relevant so feel free to change it.

    I’m looking to add an image so when I post to social profiles etc it displays an image instead of the NodeBB logo.

    How do I achieve this?

    Many thanks

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  • JACundefined JAC

    Hi Mark,

    This title may not be relevant so feel free to change it.

    I’m looking to add an image so when I post to social profiles etc it displays an image instead of the NodeBB logo.

    How do I achieve this?

    Many thanks

    phenomlabundefined

    @jac Good question. I raised something similar on the NodeBB community

    https://community.nodebb.org/topic/15650/default-image-when-sharing-topics-posts

    but, I never got a response 😠 - however, there is an OG image (Open Graph) which you can apply at

    /admin/settings/general

    Which (I think) should give you a default image (which you of course specify by uploading) for sharing on social media.

    EDIT - on checking, this does indeed work. Once the image is applied, the Open Graph tags are present in each post - see below

    <meta property="og:title" content="Social icon (Nodebb)" />
<meta property="og:description" content="@jac Good question. I raised something similar on the NodeBB community   	  	 		 			  				 					                                                          May 11  /  Technical Support                                                                         ..." />
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2021-12-04T16:58:18.479Z" />
<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2021-12-04T17:28:05.608Z" />
<meta property="article:section" content="Customisation" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/profile/1-profileavatar-1629822570834.png" />
<meta property="og:image:url" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/profile/1-profileavatar-1629822570834.png" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/system/og-image.png" />
<meta property="og:image:url" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/system/og-image.png" />
<meta property="og:image:width" content="1900" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="950" />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://sudonix.com/topic/162/social-icon-nodebb/2" />

    Mark – Founder, Phenomlab Ltd
    Executive IT & Security Leadership
    Phenomlab Ltd

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  • phenomlabundefined phenomlab

    @jac Good question. I raised something similar on the NodeBB community

    https://community.nodebb.org/topic/15650/default-image-when-sharing-topics-posts

    but, I never got a response 😠 - however, there is an OG image (Open Graph) which you can apply at

    /admin/settings/general

    Which (I think) should give you a default image (which you of course specify by uploading) for sharing on social media.

    EDIT - on checking, this does indeed work. Once the image is applied, the Open Graph tags are present in each post - see below

    <meta property="og:title" content="Social icon (Nodebb)" />
<meta property="og:description" content="@jac Good question. I raised something similar on the NodeBB community   	  	 		 			  				 					                                                          May 11  /  Technical Support                                                                         ..." />
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2021-12-04T16:58:18.479Z" />
<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2021-12-04T17:28:05.608Z" />
<meta property="article:section" content="Customisation" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/profile/1-profileavatar-1629822570834.png" />
<meta property="og:image:url" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/profile/1-profileavatar-1629822570834.png" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/system/og-image.png" />
<meta property="og:image:url" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/system/og-image.png" />
<meta property="og:image:width" content="1900" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="950" />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://sudonix.com/topic/162/social-icon-nodebb/2" />
    JACundefined

    @phenomlab said in Social icon (Nodebb):

    @jac Good question. I raised something similar on the NodeBB community

    https://community.nodebb.org/topic/15650/default-image-when-sharing-topics-posts

    but, I never got a response 😠 - however, there is an OG image (Open Graph) which you can apply at

    /admin/settings/general

    Which (I think) should give you a default image (which you of course specify by uploading) for sharing on social media.

    EDIT - on checking, this does indeed work. Once the image is applied, the Open Graph tags are present in each post - see below

    <meta property="og:title" content="Social icon (Nodebb)" />
<meta property="og:description" content="@jac Good question. I raised something similar on the NodeBB community   	  	 		 			  				 					                                                          May 11  /  Technical Support                                                                         ..." />
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2021-12-04T16:58:18.479Z" />
<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2021-12-04T17:28:05.608Z" />
<meta property="article:section" content="Customisation" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/profile/1-profileavatar-1629822570834.png" />
<meta property="og:image:url" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/profile/1-profileavatar-1629822570834.png" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/system/og-image.png" />
<meta property="og:image:url" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/system/og-image.png" />
<meta property="og:image:width" content="1900" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="950" />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://sudonix.com/topic/162/social-icon-nodebb/2" />

    Thanks very much mate, I’ll try this tomorrow.

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  • JACundefined JAC

    @phenomlab said in Social icon (Nodebb):

    @jac Good question. I raised something similar on the NodeBB community

    https://community.nodebb.org/topic/15650/default-image-when-sharing-topics-posts

    but, I never got a response 😠 - however, there is an OG image (Open Graph) which you can apply at

    /admin/settings/general

    Which (I think) should give you a default image (which you of course specify by uploading) for sharing on social media.

    EDIT - on checking, this does indeed work. Once the image is applied, the Open Graph tags are present in each post - see below

    <meta property="og:title" content="Social icon (Nodebb)" />
<meta property="og:description" content="@jac Good question. I raised something similar on the NodeBB community   	  	 		 			  				 					                                                          May 11  /  Technical Support                                                                         ..." />
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2021-12-04T16:58:18.479Z" />
<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2021-12-04T17:28:05.608Z" />
<meta property="article:section" content="Customisation" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/profile/1-profileavatar-1629822570834.png" />
<meta property="og:image:url" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/profile/1-profileavatar-1629822570834.png" />
<meta property="og:image" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/system/og-image.png" />
<meta property="og:image:url" content="https://sudonix.com/assets/uploads/system/og-image.png" />
<meta property="og:image:width" content="1900" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="950" />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://sudonix.com/topic/162/social-icon-nodebb/2" />

    Thanks very much mate, I’ll try this tomorrow.

    phenomlabundefined

    @jac In addition, see this

    https://community.nodebb.org/post/86245

    73027e22-1ffa-42a9-8271-54a5c50f599a-image.png

    Mark – Founder, Phenomlab Ltd
    Executive IT & Security Leadership
    Phenomlab Ltd

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  • phenomlabundefined phenomlab

    @jac In addition, see this

    https://community.nodebb.org/post/86245

    73027e22-1ffa-42a9-8271-54a5c50f599a-image.png

    JACundefined

    @phenomlab said in Social icon (Nodebb):

    @jac In addition, see this

    https://community.nodebb.org/post/86245

    73027e22-1ffa-42a9-8271-54a5c50f599a-image.png

    That’s a good shout mate 😁😁

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  • JACundefined JAC

    @phenomlab said in Social icon (Nodebb):

    @jac In addition, see this

    https://community.nodebb.org/post/86245

    73027e22-1ffa-42a9-8271-54a5c50f599a-image.png

    That’s a good shout mate 😁😁

    phenomlabundefined

    @jac I just tested my theory around using the OG image, and according to the Twitter card validator, it works fine

    73e805e1-997b-41bf-9259-51c5052ca8fc-image.png

    Mark – Founder, Phenomlab Ltd
    Executive IT & Security Leadership
    Phenomlab Ltd

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  • phenomlabundefined phenomlab

    @jac I just tested my theory around using the OG image, and according to the Twitter card validator, it works fine

    73e805e1-997b-41bf-9259-51c5052ca8fc-image.png

    JACundefined

    @phenomlab said in Social icon (Nodebb):

    @jac I just tested my theory around using the OG image, and according to the Twitter card validator, it works fine

    73e805e1-997b-41bf-9259-51c5052ca8fc-image.png

    fixed 🙂

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