Is the only option to embed a Facebook post, or is there a way to actually transfer FB text into blog post text?
Autoblog doesn't do this job, I am afraid. Even I can't find any other plugin that does this job. Autoblog will take a rss feed, and the posts from that feed will be posted in your wordpress site.
I did further investigation and discussed with our team leader Tim and found that if it is a facebook page, in that case you can import the posts into wordpress.
The ID needs to be replaced by your page ID. You can find the page id in: https://graph.facebook.com/PAGE_USERNAME
I found my page ID and tried to update my feed address (previously I had entered it as facebook.com/hamakuaag and it was just embedding posts) but now it does not seem to be importing anything. I followed your steps and I listed my feed as:
Thanks for your question and yes, the plugin actually pulls the content from the Facebook feed and posts it on your site. So the content will be available directly from your site afterward, by default.
There's an add-on to have it just reference the content instead, but by default it'll grab the content and include it as posts on your site.
In fact, I've just successfully pulled content from that feed you provided on a test site with the following add-ons activated:
This seems to be working. The only issue I see right now is that the imported image in the Wordpress post is smaller than it appears in the Facebook post. Is there any way to change this?
Would you please post a link of you site so that we can check? It might be some css in your site is reducing the size of the image?
Unfortunately, I have also issues with reduced images. The featured image is reduced in size (smaller than the original image from Facebook). The same image as the featured image is also post in the text of the post. I don't want that.
I visited your link and the first image looks to be the same size as several images on your home page, are those ones all from fb or am I looking at the wrong one. It looks like your theme styles them this way. Is that not what you're wanting?
Now I have posted it again. When you go to the site, the first post (with the swim shorts) is the one from Facebook. You can see that the image is blurry. And when you open the post, the image is posted two times: one as featured image and one is posted in the text block. I only want a featured image.
I took a look at your page and I can see the problem. Do you mind granting support access so we can take a look at your settings? You can do this via WPMU DEV > Support > Support Access > Grant Access.
I have activated Grant Access. If you take a look at the images, I also wonder if it is possible to shorten the title. Now the title of the post that is imported from Facebook is more characters then the description (see home page - swim shorts).
Do you mind posting a link to the actual Facebook post too? Just so we can see what it is being brought from exactly.
Autoblog pulls the image and other content that is available in the feed. So you have to compare with the feed, not the actual content.
And if you look at those images you will see that all of those are smaller, that's why autoblog pulls the smaller images. It totally depends on the feed you are using.
I am not sure if large images can be included in facebook rss feed. Let me ask @Tyler Postle if he has any idea about this.
What Ash mentioned there is exactly what I wanted to check, see what size the source images were. As Ash mentioned, that's the reason they are being brought in small.
I asked the developer about this just in-case and unfortunately there is no way to bring in a bigger image. It can only bring in what is in the feed.
What you can do, is go into the post after it has been autoblogged and manually swap out the image for the full sized one :slight_smile: I know it isn't the most convenient solution, but unless Facebook starts using the original versions in their feed there isn't really any other way here.
I saw another blog of another plugin struggling with the same issue (http://wordpress.org/support/topic/facebook-feed-images). It seems they have a solution for the image sizes, but I don't know what they mean. Is it helpfull for our problem?
Interesting find there! I am tagging the developer, @Hoang Ngo, in this thread so he can take a look at that and see if it's something we could do with AutoBlog :slight_smile:
Developer input can sometimes take a bit longer than regular support, as we do tend to keep them quite occupied with developing new stuff for y'all. :slight_smile:
- When you go to the article itself, the image is also post in the article. Is there a way that the image is only used as featured image?
1. By default it looks to be taking the first 80 characters of the content since there is no title in a Facebook post. Are you wanting to limit that further? and only on FB posts or all posts?
In the meantime, you can manually go in and remove the added content image + shorten the title :slight_smile:
Another question (@Hoang Ngo): at http://www.jeansenlifestyle.nl not every post includes the photo. So: posts on Facebook have text and a picture, but sometimes on the website there is only text and no featured image. What's the problem here?
While there isn't a way presently to do it inside of Autoblog (not without some custom coding, at least), there is a way you can have post titles be 40 characters in length:
You can insert that into a mu-plugin (more on that here), and it'll apply itself everywhere on your site.
If you're only wanting this to be applied to posts imported from Autoblog only though, I would recommend hiring one of our Pros to develop a solution for you:
As for your second question (about images inside the post content), do you have the "Image Import" add-on enabled presently? If so, please disable that, the images should no longer be imported then.
at http://www.jeansenlifestyle.nl not every post includes the photo. So: posts on Facebook have text and a picture, but sometimes on the website there is only text and no featured image. What's the problem here?
Could you share an example of this in action? A link to the post on the Facebook page, as well as the corresponding post on the blog, would prove useful in troubleshooting this.
This is happen on many other posts. And some posts are including a featured image from Facebook. This is for example a good import from Facebook:
You can see at the homepage (see screenshot) that some of the posts have an image, and some of the posts haven't. All these posts are generated by Autoblog from Facebook posts. And all the Facebook posts have images.
When you click at the messages (with or without image), there is always a thumbnail shown in the text.
Thx for your respond. I understand. But it's strange that some images are post at the website and some are not. Isn't it? If it would be
There are not images in your facebook page for every posts, that's why autoblog can't get images when there is no images in fb post.
But many other posts on Facebook have an image, but no big image on my website (only a small image in the text). For example:
When you go to the homepage (www.jeansenlifestyle.nl), you see this is one of the first posts. There is no image shown. Why?
The privacy settings Ari mentioned above are probably the cause of this. If the Facebook user whose post you're Autoblogging has privacy settings in place that prevent their images from being shared, they won't appear on your blog. You may be able to see them if you're Facebook friends and are logged in, but you may not if you were to try to visit as a logged out user.
That's not something we can override from our end, or that you can override from yours, and ultimately, it's a good thing, because it helps protect everyone's privacy.
Thanx for your response. Autoblog is getting the small images (and post this in the text as a large thumbnail). But Autoblog doesn't get the larger images. So it is probably another problem?
The reason why it always getting the small images, because in the facebook feed, they only provide thumbnail image, not large image.
So the patch I posted above, we do some detect to get the large image from facebook. But some case, the logic to detect large image can be wrong, that's cause the post don't have image :slight_frown:
I will have some update to the code above, so it can fallback to the small image if the logic can not detect large image.
First the most posts contains a big image. But now every new posts hasn't a big image. See screenshot (posts at the top are the new posts - no featured image at all).
I believe @Hoang Ngo will be working on it and come up with a solution :slight_smile: We appreciate your patience on this.
I figured out that the website jeansenlifestyle.nl is moved a few weeks ago to jeansenlifestyle.nl/jeans. Can this be the problem why the Facebook feed (Autoblog) does only load the text and thumbnail images and does not load the featured images anymore?
I have investigate this issue for a times, it's look like facebook have change their image url, so when we trying to download the image, it will say something error. Please replace the file/autoblog/autoblogincludes/addons/cacheandfeatureimages.php by the attachment.
Thanx for your reply. Now the posts have featured images included. But these are the small images. Do you have a solution how I can get the big images for featured images? You figured it out for me in the past (see somewhere in this topic).
That solution isn't work anymore. But the new file (cacheandfeaturedimages.php) is a little bit different. Maybe it's easy to fix?
Yes, the facebook have change something, that's why we can not query the large image anymore. And this is the reason why your site's posts suddenly display without image.
The new version make it fallback to small image, getting from the facebook's feed if the large image can not found.
I was wondering: are you come closer to the solution to post the big Facebook images in the Wordpress posts? I hope so. The site is now posting small images in the posts and stretches them to big images, which is not very nice to see.
I've notified @Hoang Ngo of your message, he should be able to respond shortly. Hope your day's been going well so far! :slight_smile:
Sorry for posting a reminder again, but my membership is ending in a few days (6 october). So I hope there is an answer very soon.
Just one question: is there a simple way to not show the little image (thumbnail) below the text? See attachement.
That image is from the feed content, if you want to remove it, you just need to use the Strip Images addon. So now, the image from content will be removed, and only display the feature image :slight_smile:.
Thanx for your quick response! I have activated the Strip Images addon, but the new post from Facebook also includes a thumbnail (image from content). Do you have another idea?
I have activated the Strip Images addon, but the new post from Facebook also includes a thumbnail (image from content). Do you have another idea?
Just to be sure, did you check the box for "Strip Image Tags" inside of the feed settings (see screenshot below)?
@Morgan: You'd just replace the file presently inside of autoblog\autoblogincludes\addons with the file inside the .zip archive that Hoang provided.
I hope you are well today. Great to hear it's working for you :slight_smile:. Thanks @Michael Bissett for the assist!!
also i have an issue with my new theme ... in the old one the pictures shows up in the post - if i swith then to the new theme it wont work.
I know it's likely related to this and if you can link to this thread in your new post that would be awesome, but this one is getting a bit long and tough to follow :p
I'm watching the forums now, so when you create it in a new post I'll be the one to get it :slight_smile:
Granting support access might be a good idea too, then we won't have to ask for it if needed. Saves a bit of time.
Has anything changed since Hoang posted the cached image fix a few weeks ago? I applied the fix and the images imported from Facebook were correctly importing at full size after that, but now everything is importing at thumbnail size again. :slight_frown: I've tried re-generating the thumbnails and setting up the feed again, but nothing works. Weirdly, all of the images that were previously imported at the correct size seem to have changed to thumbnails even though I haven't changed any settings.
Would you mind creating a new post? That will make it easier for us to follow your ticket and we can provide better service. Definitely link to this one in your new ticket description just as a reference :slight_smile:
Creating your own post also means we can use the support access feature if you grant it, then we can take a look at your setup.
PS. Hoang hasn't posted any fixes since then, but in your new ticket we'll investigate and see if a new fix will be possible/needed.
It can be so easy to think that if you have your business website set up and your social media accounts all linked, that people will just suddenly find you, right? Wrong! With more and more businesses setting up as online only, with social media becoming jam-packed with news updates, celebs, friends and everything else to keep you in the know, it becomes a tough job to get ‘seen’. What with that plus the ever-changing algorithms which are challenging every public page at the moment, you are probably finding yourself and your company vanishing from sight.
This probably seems like a given BUT is your branding saying the right thing about what you do? Have you ever looked into what your colours may be saying about you? We have a post right here on that. And most importantly, is your branding consistent across every social media site you use? A potential client/customer needs to be able to click online and easily see that your Facebook page is you after looking at your website, that your logo is clear to see, that your Twitter name links to your business name and so on. The smallest details can mean so much. If you want to be found you need to be screaming ‘hi, this is me, this is what we look like, come on over!’ I don’t want to be clicking on your Instagram account and wondering if I have the right company, I want this to be obvious. Look at your sites with a fresh pair of eyes or gain feedback from a customer and make changes where you think appropriate.
I know I may go on about social media quite a bit but it really is a great tool for marketing yourself because it is free (one of my favourite points!) and because it is where your future customers could be. You can reach far more people across the internet than you ever could in a shop and if you don’t utilise that, you are missing a huge opportunity. Social media sites are quite particular about the size of their headers and it can be easy to just upload any photo in the hope that it will fit your Twitter header the same way it does over on Facebook but chances are it won’t and it can end up looking like a shoddy job. Presbee has each header option over on their site for you to create the best header you possible can for your business. I have previously talked about these in other articles including how to create a Twitter header, why you need to crack Pinterest and making your blog posts stand out. Why not check them out and see how Presbee’s new features could work for you?
When your business/company is online it can be easy to forget the simple things like letting people know who is behind the scenes. When we walk into a shop we are met by smiling (we hope) staff who all wear name badges stating who they are and their positions. You can ask to speak to the manager and you can gauge the type of person they are from talking to them. You may be a lovely person in real life but does this transpire across the net? Are your posts as friendly as you or are they more business-like? Everyone likes a personality. They want to see the face of the company, they want to know you and be able to gel with you without the need for meeting you. I would highly recommend taking photos of yourself and the team and using these on your website and sharing them on social media. Show yourselves at work and also having fun, include photos of team building exercises or even better, film it. Facebook live is a great tool to engage with your audience… if you’re brave enough! Anyone who likes your page will receive a notification each time you go live which will increase your chances of being seen.
Following on from the above tip, it only seems natural to move onto YouTube next. I don’t think it really matters what your business is, anything can grab viewers attention as long as you can create and edit a fantastic YouTube video. You will probably want to practise speaking and working on your nerves before starting out but once you overcome these small issues you can reach so many more people with video than you can do by only being on social media. A blog is a great way to bring traffic to your website but if you have something you want to demonstrate, if you want to show who you are, if you want to film a day in the life of, then YouTube is your friend. It is so easy to set up a channel and once your video is ready to go live, you can also share this across other social media sites or how about in your weekly newsletter? Step out of your comfort zone and make that impression you need to get yourself noticed!
Having said all of the above, there is nothing worse than having the right type of photos but in poor quality. All it takes is a little practice OR think about hiring a professional photographer, which I would recommend for any marketing materials and your website anyway. You obviously can’t do this for Instagram every day but with a few tips, we can help you along your way. Check out this post here on taking better photos.
Go on, have a go at some of these and see if a difference is made. Get your business noticed online!
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