Default SM summary when link attached?

ravenly98ravenly98 Registered Users Posts: 56 Big grins
edited November 13, 2011 in SmugMug Support
I am trying to figure out why I am displaying the Smugmug summary/description when I post a link to my Facebook page. It used to display what I had typed up in the muted summary area, but now it always displays "Billions of happy photos, millions of passionate customers. Gorgeous online photo albums. Protect your priceless memories. Buy beautiful prints & gifts."

My SM is http://eclecticallyforyou.smugmug.com
Lindsey Driscoll
Website: www.eclecticallyforyou.smugmug.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Eclecticallyforyou

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2011
    If you have either a gallery description, or fill out your sitewide meta info in your control panel, settings tab, you'll get your own words, -not- ours.
    Andy

    Portfolio • Workshops • Facebook • Twitter
  • richWrichW Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2011
    ravenly98 wrote: »
    I am trying to figure out why I am displaying the Smugmug summary/description when I post a link to my Facebook page. It used to display what I had typed up in the muted summary area, but now it always displays "Billions of happy photos, millions of passionate customers. Gorgeous online photo albums. Protect your priceless memories. Buy beautiful prints & gifts."

    My SM is http://eclecticallyforyou.smugmug.com
    If you add a custom 'Meta Description' in your control panel under the 'settings' tab, we'll use it on the FB post. If you add a gallery description, we'll use it... :)
  • ravenly98ravenly98 Registered Users Posts: 56 Big grins
    edited November 11, 2011
    Andy wrote: »
    If you have either a gallery description, or fill out your sitewide meta info in your control panel, settings tab, you'll get your own words, -not- ours.

    I had an album description, but it was "customized" with color and font size. Would that have stopped the description from posting? I went back and simplified the description with nothing fancy and tried the link again. This time it pulled my bio description (which has always been there) as the summary. And so then, without any additional alterations, I tried to post the link again. This time it posted my album description. :) Was that some kind of glitch or fluke?
    Lindsey Driscoll
    Website: www.eclecticallyforyou.smugmug.com
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/Eclecticallyforyou
  • rainforest1155rainforest1155 Registered Users Posts: 4,566 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2011
    Facebook caches things like thumbnails and might also cache link details / descriptions so after making a change to a gallery, it may take some time before the new settings are usable on Facebook.
    If you ever have an issue with this again, email our HelpDesk with a specific link to the gallery in question so we can take a look:
    http://help.smugmug.com/
    Sebastian
    SmugMug Support Hero
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