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Steve Goerger
Steve Goerger

Reputation: 51

Facebook Share Button Creates Stories with link "via" my FB app URL - change to website URL

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I am having issues integrating Facebook buttons on my site. I have created a FB app to use with the integration - my like button (see http://soundsviral.com/2014/02/13/tennis-court-by-lorde-45/) is working just like I want it to. However, the share button next to it returns a story like you see above. The real disconcerting piece is that the link for the "Sounds Viral" name (which is the name of the app here, not the site) links to the app itself, which I don't want users to visit at all.) How can I change this URL to be my homepage (or the link in the post below, if that's preferable?)

I also which I could change "link" here to be "song", which is a supported og:type and is in use for my "like" button. However, for the "share" button, it just says "link". But that's less important to me than the actual URL in the story.

Thanks for any ideas!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2001

Answers (1)

Annabel
Annabel

Reputation: 1414

The solution is to set your facebook app to be a website app that directs facebook users to your website.

To do this:

  1. go to you app page
  2. go to Settings
  3. click Add Platform button
  4. Select Website option
  5. Enter URL of your website and save

Upvotes: 4

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