How do I choose an image to show on Facebook?

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Kerry L Klun, Broker/Owner, 321-626-5868 (Palm Realty)

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Lyn Sims

Schaumburg, IL

Real Estate Broker Retired

You cannot use the share buttons on AR - they don't work. You have to cut & paste the link & then the photos switch over. It's not you - it's AR.

Oct 04, 2016 07:06 AM

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John McCormack, CRS

Albuquerque, NM
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Scottsdale, AZ
Lise Howe

Washington, DC
Mary Yonkers

Erie, PA

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Lynnea Miller

Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR

Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon

I haven't tried this with ActiveRain, but we do this all the time with our company blog when we try to share it to Facebook. You take the URL of the blog, paste it in the Facebook debugging page, and then scrape it a couple of times. You then can share the page and the photo shows fine. This has always worked for us. https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/

Oct 04, 2016 08:26 AM

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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...

La Jolla, CA
Lise Howe

Washington, DC

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Jennifer Mackay

Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL

Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

Doesn't work on AR currerntly - do it manually or use another method

Oct 05, 2016 12:51 AM

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Jessie Cochran

Panama City, FL

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Dorie Dillard Austin TX

Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX

NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Lyn Sims has the correct answer..Bingo!

Oct 04, 2016 10:12 AM

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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...

La Jolla, CA

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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate

Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL

Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

Load the image first (manually). Then add the link to the blog post.

Oct 04, 2016 09:41 AM

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Lise Howe

Washington, DC

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Dave Halpern

Dave Halpern Real Estate Agent, Inc., Louisville, KY (502) 664-7827 - Louisville, KY

Louisville Short Sale Expert

What Fred and Lyn said

Jun 15, 2018 03:24 AM

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Jessie Cochran

Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL

Panama City Realty Group

I use a 3rd party poster

Oct 05, 2016 01:02 AM

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John McCormack, CRS

Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM

Honesty, Integrity, Results, Experienced. HIRE Me!

Lyn Sims has this one.

Oct 04, 2016 11:41 PM

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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers

Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ

Coldwell Banker Realty

Lyn Sims nailed this one!

Oct 04, 2016 11:13 PM

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Gita Bantwal

RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA

REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I have not done it.

Oct 04, 2016 10:10 PM

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Roy Kelley

Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Use your short URL.

Oct 04, 2016 09:20 PM

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FN LN

Toronto, ON

Choose one that ads value to your post and create your FB post manually.

Oct 04, 2016 09:15 PM

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Bob Crane

Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI

Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Generally works properly if you paste the url directly into your fb status rather than using the share buttons from AR

Oct 04, 2016 06:04 PM

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Praful Thakkar

LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA

Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Kerry L Klun I think that was a bug which is fixed now.

Oct 04, 2016 04:31 PM

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Noah Seidenberg

Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL

Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

Choose a photos you took. I am walking around taking pictures with my phone every day.

Oct 04, 2016 12:25 PM

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Lise Howe

Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC

Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

parked and reading.

Oct 04, 2016 11:22 AM

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Susan Laxson CRS

Palm Properties - La Quinta, CA

California Real Estate Specialist

I agree with the other comments that you have to post the picture yourself because the link for your post to FB does not work for pictures yet.

Oct 04, 2016 07:52 AM

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Mary Yonkers

Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA

Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Lyn Sims has the solution. I upload the photo to FB and Tiny URL link from AR. It's a pain but it works. Good luck & stay safe in Florida.

Oct 04, 2016 07:09 AM

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You cannot use the share buttons on AR - they don't work. You have to cut & paste the link & then the photos switch over. It's not you - it's AR.
I haven't tried this with ActiveRain, but we do this all the time with our company blog when we try to share it to Facebook. You take the URL of the blog, paste it in the Facebook debugging page, and then scrape it a couple of times. You then can share the page and the photo shows fine. This has always worked for us. https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/
Doesn't work on AR currerntly - do it manually or use another method
Load the image first (manually). Then add the link to the blog post.
Choose one that ads value to your post and create your FB post manually.
Generally works properly if you paste the url directly into your fb status rather than using the share buttons from AR
Choose a photos you took. I am walking around taking pictures with my phone every day.
I agree with the other comments that you have to post the picture yourself because the link for your post to FB does not work for pictures yet.
Lyn Sims has the solution. I upload the photo to FB and Tiny URL link from AR. It's a pain but it works. Good luck & stay safe in Florida.