I want to remove the text that accompanies a link in social media

GanginwoodGanginwood Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
edited April 15, 2014 in SmugMug Customization
when i post a link to a gallery on Facebook etc...i get a text box under it that says "smugmug, home to millions of happy etc......."

can i change or remove that text? i'm using it as a blog so i'd like to have text that is relevant to my post if possible

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  • Smug EricSmug Eric Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 333
    edited April 14, 2014
    Well you can edit that text when you go to post. Or you can edit your sites meta description and it can pull that when you go to post.
    Eric
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  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,373 moderator
    edited April 14, 2014
    Ganginwood wrote: »
    can i change or remove that text? i'm using it as a blog so i'd like to have text that is relevant to my post if possible
    As Smug Eric said you need to change your site meta description.

    Go to account settings... Discovery... Search...
    Fill in the homepage meta description.

    You may also want to add a description to your site profile.

    --- Denise
    https://www.denisegoldberg.com ... https://denise.smugmug.com

    Musings & ramblings at https://denisegoldberg.blogspot.com
  • GanginwoodGanginwood Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
    edited April 15, 2014
    ok. how and where do I go to do that?

    I don't think I can edit the text when I post the link though because the box that is inserted by the link is an image.
  • ChancyRatChancyRat Registered Users Posts: 2,141 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2014
    Ganginwood wrote: »
    ok. how and where do I go to do that?

    I don't think I can edit the text when I post the link though because the box that is inserted by the link is an image.

    I think you're right because it's happened to me.
    And I do have a meta description.

    I think it has to do if you're linking to a video versus a photo, or a gallery without photos. I haven't pinned down the cause but I've had links post properly, and not properly, and I haven't narrowed down the conditions that cause this.
  • GanginwoodGanginwood Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
    edited April 15, 2014
    ok denise, you are right. I changed the meta description but that the issue is that i'm using it as a blog post. so I'd like the link to be a brief description of each blog post. this means each time I link it I need the description to be different.
  • GanginwoodGanginwood Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
    edited April 15, 2014
    one more question. is there a recycle time? I changed the meta description on home page meta stuff but when I post the link my old description still comes up. any ideas?
  • Smug EricSmug Eric Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 333
    edited April 15, 2014
    check this to see what facebook is pulling:

    https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug
    Eric
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