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1. Jon
   Member

   I've explicitely set the title, summary and content in the .addEntry. The title shows in an email share, but posting to Facebook it takes the page title instead. The summary and content do not show up anywhere in the description (it does in the email preview). It just shows the title and link. The page is currently in private development, but I will post it once it's live.

   Posted 10 months ago #

2. ShareThisSupport
   Key Master

   Hi Jon,

   Could you paste the .addEntry code in here and I'll take a look on a test page?

   We'll get this figured out.

   -S.T.S.

   Posted 10 months ago #

3. Jon
   Member

   I just posted the site live (bugs and all). Here's one of the pages in question:
   http://www.dwsforcongress.com/VideoGallery/VideoGallery.asp

   If you hit the second .addEntry, which is:
   <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
   SHARETHIS.addEntry({
   title:unescape(encodeURIComponent('Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz Video From June 27, 2008.')),
   url:'http://www.dwsforcongress.com/VideoGallery/VideoGallery.asp?VideoID=2008-06-27-GoodMorningAmerica',
   summary:unescape(encodeURIComponent('Rep. Wasserman Schultz discusses the battle for disability insurance benefits on Good Morning America and how she will pursue legislation to punish insurance companies that wrongly deny claims.')),
   content:unescape(encodeURIComponent('Rep. Wasserman Schultz discusses the battle for disability insurance benefits on Good Morning America and how she will pursue legislation to punish insurance companies that wrongly deny claims.'))
   }, {button:true, popup:true} );
   </script>

   When you go to the email preview, it shows the "'Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz..." as the title, and the "Rep. Wasserman Schultz discusses..." in the body of the email, as it should (had another post about the body of the email not coming through even though it shows in the preview).

   When I go to FaceBook, it shows "Video Gallery" (the page title) as the title, and "
   July 31, 2008 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a House..." for the description, which is the first text on the page.

   I am pretty sure I have the same problem on the photo page as well.

   Also, what's the difference between the summary and content? I wasn't sure how to really use the two.

   Thanks,
   Jon

   Posted 10 months ago #

4. ShareThisSupport
   Key Master

   Hi Jon,

   Summary is a brief description for the share object. The content parameter is for defining precisely what you share. It's normally used for pictures or embedded elements like video. By setting the content parameter you're establishing the share object to be the text. Most likely what the share is yielding is an email with a link to the Sharebox with that text.

   You may wish to remove "content" assignment. We've just released a new template today that will include the summary in the emails.

   I'm happy to answer any additional questions you may have.

   Posted 10 months ago #

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