It just seems strange that posting the URL directly to the wall results in proper display, but hitting “post to facebook” from the like button results in a thumbnail. I’ll mess with the image size. I’ll post back if it turns out the image posts correctly via like button with the large image.
Then I used explode to grab the characters after the slash in $ret and then appended $ret with my domain. Obviously a cleaner solution would be preferable but it works for now. I had been previously using bit.ly and would like to keep using it for this side since over 100 articles are using that service.
It appears that the location of the NGFB information in the <head> wasn’t a problem. It looks like it was the “Apply Content Filters.” I unchecked this and the form issue appears to be gone. I will give in update later if the problem comes back.