How to set og:image to be that of the watermarked image

darkufo

Hi All,

I hope someone can help me.

On my gallery for an image page eg

http://spoilertv.co.uk/images/new-girl/Season 2/Cast Promotional Photos/crng_05-group-blue-wall_1226_jw1a3a.jpg.php

I set the og:image so that I can use it for things like G+, FB and pinterest sharing.

However the og:image is being set to the actual image

http://spoilertv.co.uk/images/albums/new-girl/Season 2/Cast Promotional Photos/crng_05-group-blue-wall_1226_jw1a3a.jpg

However we don't allow hotlinking so the image will no share.

What I need is for the og:image to be set to our watermarked/cached image

http://spoilertv.co.uk/images/cache/new-girl/Season 2/Cast Promotional Photos/crng_05-group-blue-wall_1226_jw1a3a_595_watermark.jpg

Is there a variable that I can use in my template that contains the watermarked/cached image url that I can then use to set og:image?

Many thanks in advance.

acrylian

The html_meta_tags plugin uses the thumbnail which is cached if enabled. However on G+ it does not seem to work somehow, at least not on our page.

You can of course always code that manually. See the object model and template functions.

darkufo

Thanks acrylian.

I'm using the FBSuite plugin which sets the OG: variables for me.

What I need is to replace this line

echo '<meta property="og:image" content="http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . getUnprotectedImageURL() . '" />';

It seems to be using the getUnprotectedImageURL() which is not what I want. Is there a simple function similar to getUnprotectedImageURL() but for the cached image?

micheall

yeah that would be the part in the fbcommon to update.

Try the below:
`
echo '';
`
When I get the time to touch up the plugins again (hoping very soon), I'll probably add that as a switch set by options, makes sense.

darkufo

Awesome, that worked a treat