plugin: thumbnail for posts on facebook
I was wondering if something like this exists for Elgg:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook-like-thumbnail/
On facebook, I want to post a link to public content on my Elgg site. When I do, and it is a link to a photo, or an image file, or a video, no thumbnail appears on facebook.
The goal is to draw people away from Facebook to Elgg. A plugin like the Wordpress one above would help with the goal. At least, people would be more inclined to go to the site if they saw an interesting thumbnail, and possibly comment via another elgg plugin called facebook connect.
ps. I was looking for a way to turn off comments on Facebook, but there is none. I will have to put a message each time telling people not to comment on Facebook (instead on elgg site), as I will delete each comment! Ha!
- DhrupDeScoop@Dhrup2000
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You must log in to post replies.just read around a little more here;-) and you'll wonder a little less; all these features are *already available in elgg.. some plugins..!
here's a link for you
the sw wire links works but not exaclty facebook style. it shows a thumbnail of the entire page and no info with it, just a link. also if depending on video plugins (exmbed extender, etc....) it will show the video and and another thumbnail as it tries to create a thumbnail out of the video. but it sounds as if he wants to create a thumbnail for his site to draw people away from facebook, not create thumbnails inside of elgg. do a google search about creating thumbnails, you will get a couple million hits, lots of different ways to do it.
Yes costakisc, your interpretation is correct.
I sort of made a mistake above. When I said "...and possibly comment via another elgg plugin called facebook connect" I meant a plugin called "facebook comment application": http://community.elgg.org/plugins/839524/1.1/facebook-comments-box-social-plugin-for-elgg-18
"Facebook connect" is just for having users log-in to your site with their facebook credentials (it says "sync" in its description, but that is what it refers to, nothing more).
"Facebook comment box/application" makes it easier for people to post, since they don't need to log into your site to post; they can post by just being logged into facebook. Either is a spam risk, but I'll see how it goes.