leenkme

Hi mhmcintyre,

I think it must be something FB does special when you manually share a post. The only way I could do it is to run another API call to Facebook that likes the post after publishing it. I may add that option to the plugin in the future.

Hi Aahz,

Do you know how to get the correct CPT url?

Hi Tammy,

None work with leenk.me out of the box, but I have some code for NextGEN Gallery that will work. You’ll still have to set one of the images as a “featured image” though.

Lew

Hi AZmom4Him,

Yep, I just logged in. I had to set the image as a featured image for it to work — which I did with the “Vintage lunchbox tutorial is available now!” post (you can see it if you edit it now).

These are the steps I took. Logged into WordPress, Posts -> All Posts, click the post to edit it (you can also do this when you add a new post). Click the “Add Media” button (between the post title and the post content). If you upload an image from here you can click the link “use as featured image” or if you go to the Media Library tab you can “Show” an image and then click the “use as featured image” link from there as well.

Let me know if you need further instructions. It doesn’t look like the Easy Gallery plugin has the right options to make it work with leenk.me, unfortunately.

Lew

auidferd,

Facebook does have an API for uploading image, but it’s not built into leenk.me, leenk.me is all about sharing posts. The API for uploading images would just be uploading an image to your account, it wouldn’t be sharing a “post” like leenk.me does.

Lew

AZmom4Him, Can you email me temporary admin credentials to your site so I can take a look? https://leenk.me/contact/

Hi AZmom4Him,

Easy Gallery probably has something to do with it.

When you’re adding/editing a new post, you can scroll down to see a little box for leenk.me with a preview of what your content will look like in your social networks. If you click the Facebook tab on this window it should show you the image.

Try uploading an image with the regular WordPress gallery when you add your next post, see if that works… if it does, then we know it is probably the Easy Gallery. Let me know and I’ll try to find a way to get it to work with Easy Gallery :).

Lew

What is the URL to one of your images? If you’re just developing on your local machine and your image is something like https://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/image.jpg

Then Facebook will reject it (since it isn’t a valid domain). The image doesn’t actually get sent to Facebook, just the URL to the image.

Does that make sense?

Lew

That’s odd… can you email me temporary admin credentials to your site so I can take a look? https://leenk.me/contact/

Does the image you’re setting show up in the leenk.me preview box? Are your images uploaded through the post or through a image gallery plugin like NextGEN Gallery?

Hey AZmom4Him,

I’m glad you’re liking the plugin… I tried to make it as simple as possible (though sometimes things aren’t as simple as I like!).

Anyway, regarding your photos, the way the plugin determines which picture to use, is as follows:

Check to see if you have custom post meta “facebook_image” set, if so, use that URL
If not, check to see if you have a “featured image” set, if so, use that URL
If not, check to see if there are any images “attached” to the post, if so, use that URL
If not, check to see if there is a “Default Image” set in the plugin’s Facebook settings, if so, use that URL
If not, use a default blank image hosted at leenk.me.

How are you setting the image in the post?

Hi sock2me,

In your WordPress dashboard, go to the leenk.me menu for Facebook and make sure you have “Publish to Fan Page?” checked.

Hi Shixons, The WordPress Admin Panel should be sufficient.

Shixons, Can you send me temporary admin credentials to your site? https://leenk.me/contact/

That is very odd that it isn’t work for you. Try to click the “Save as Draft” button before you click “Publish” and see if that works.