My website How do I get the thumbnails to show up when the article links are shared on Lemmy? I tried metatags, changing the aspect ratio and the image format. Nothing seems to work. Here are some of the failed results.: [email protected] Any help would be appreciated.
Article.tsx:
import React, {useEffect, useState, useContext } from "react"
import { useParams, Link, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom"
import { articlesData } from "../data/articles"
import { styled } from "styled-components"
import MetaTags from "../utils/MetaTags"
import CopyLinkIconDark from "/src/assets/copyLinkDark.svg"
import CopyLinkIconLight from "/src/assets/copyLinkLight.svg"
import FacebookShareIconDark from "/src/assets/facebookShareDark.svg"
import FacebookShareIconLight from "/src/assets/facebookShareLight.svg"
import TwitterShareIconDark from "/src/assets/twitterShareDark.svg"
import TwitterShareIconLight from "/src/assets/twitterShareLight.svg"
import ThemeContext from "../utils/ThemeContext"
import formatDate from "../utils/formatDate"
type articlesData = {
id: number;
articleUrl: string;
category: string;
img: string;
alt: string;
header: string;
subhead: string;
author: string;
datePublished: Date;
articleBody: string[];
}
const StyledHeroWrapper = styled.div`
position: relative;
`
const StyledLogo = styled.h2`
position: absolute;
font-size: 4rem;
text-shadow: ${({ theme }) => theme.isDarkMode ? "1px 1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)" : "1px 1px 5px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)"};
top: -6.3rem;
left: -1rem;
`
const StyledImg = styled.img`
max-width: 100%;
margin: 0;
border-radius: 5px;
object-fit: cover;
`
const StyledHeadline = styled.h1`
font-family: "Fjalla One", sans-serif;
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-size: 3rem;
letter-spacing: -0.05em;
transform: tranlateY(-20%);
max-width: 90%;
word-spacing: -0.05em;
line-height: 3.4rem;
margin: 0;
`
const StyledSubhead = styled.h3`
font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif;
font-optical-sizing: auto;
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-size: 1.5rem;
letter-spacing: -0.05em;
word-spacing: -0.05em;
margin: 0;
line-height: 1.5rem;
`
const StyledArticleInfo = styled.p`
font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
font-optical-sizing: auto;
font-weight: 300;
font-style: normal;
font-variation-settings:
"wdth" 100;
text-transform: uppercase;
`
const StyledAuthor = styled(Link)`
color: ${({ theme }) => theme.isDarkMode ? "#9CE00C" : "#5200FF"};
margin-right: 1rem;
text-decoration: none;
&:hover {
background-color: ${({ theme }) => theme.isDarkMode ? "#5200FF" : "#9CE00C"};
}
`
const StyledButtonWrapper = styled.div`
display: flex;
`
const StyledShareButton = styled.button`
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
width: 3rem;
height: 3rem;
border-radius: 50%;
background-color: ${({ theme }) => theme.isDarkMode ? "#353535" : "#cacaca"};
margin-right: 1rem;
border: none;
&:hover {
background-color: ${({ theme }) => theme.isDarkMode ? "#5200FF" : "#9CE00C"};
}
a {
width: 2rem;
height: 2rem;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
`
const StyledShareImgIcon = styled.img`
width: 2rem;
height: 2rem;
`
const StyledArticleBody = styled.p`
font-family: "Quattrocento", serif;
font-weight: 400;
font-style: normal;
font-size: 1.2rem
`
const copyLink = async () => {
try {
await navigator.clipboard.writeText(window.location.href);
alert('Link copied to clipboard!');
} catch (err) {
console.error(err);
alert('Failed to copy link to clipboard!');
}
}
const Article: React.FC = () => {
const { isDarkMode } = useContext(ThemeContext);
const {articleUrl} = useParams()
const [article, setArticle] = useState<articlesData | null>(null)
const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true)
useEffect(()=>{
const foundArticle = articlesData.find(articleObj => articleObj.articleUrl === articleUrl);
setArticle(foundArticle ? foundArticle : null);
setIsLoading(false)
},[])
const navigate = useNavigate()
let formattedDate = ""
if(article){
formattedDate = formatDate(article.datePublished)
}
useEffect(()=>{
if(!article && !isLoading) {
navigate('not-found')
}
}, [isLoading])
return (
<>
<MetaTags
title={article?.header || ""}
description={article?.subhead || ""}
imageUrl={article?.img || ""}
url={window.location.href}
/>
<main>
<StyledHeroWrapper>
<StyledLogo theme={{ isDarkMode }}>theGlitch</StyledLogo>
<StyledImg src={article?.img} alt={article?.alt}/>
</StyledHeroWrapper>
<StyledHeadline>{article?.header}<br/></StyledHeadline>
<StyledSubhead>{article?.subhead}</StyledSubhead>
<StyledArticleInfo>
<StyledAuthor
theme={{ isDarkMode }}
to={`/profiles`}
aria-label={`to profiles`}
>{article?.author}</StyledAuthor>
{formattedDate}
</StyledArticleInfo>
<StyledButtonWrapper>
<StyledShareButton onClick={copyLink} theme={{ isDarkMode }}>
<StyledShareImgIcon src={isDarkMode ? CopyLinkIconDark : CopyLinkIconLight} alt="copy link icon" />
</StyledShareButton>
<StyledShareButton theme={{ isDarkMode }}>
<a href={`https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://theglitchnews.netlify.app/article/${article?.articleUrl}"e=${article?.header} | #theGlitch`} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
<StyledShareImgIcon src={isDarkMode ? FacebookShareIconDark : FacebookShareIconLight} alt="facebook share icon"/>
</a>
</StyledShareButton>
<StyledShareButton theme={{ isDarkMode }}>
<a href={`https://twitter.com/share?text=${encodeURIComponent(article?.header + " | #theGlitch #tech")}&url=${encodeURIComponent("https://theglitchnews.netlify.app/article/" + article?.articleUrl)}`} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
<StyledShareImgIcon src={isDarkMode ? TwitterShareIconDark : TwitterShareIconLight} />
</a>
</StyledShareButton>
</StyledButtonWrapper>
<article>
{article?.articleBody.map((paragraph, index)=><StyledArticleBody key={index}>{paragraph}</StyledArticleBody>)}
</article>
</main>
</>
)
}
export default Article
MetaTags.tsx:
import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet';
type MetaTagsProps = {
title: string;
description: string;
imageUrl: string;
url: string;
}
const MetaTags = ({title, description, imageUrl, url}: MetaTagsProps) => {
return (
<Helmet>
<title>theGlitch</title>
<meta name="description" content={description} />
{/* OpenGraph tags */}
<meta property="og:title" content={title} />
<meta property="og:description" content={description} />
<meta property="og:image" content={`https://theglitchnews.netlify.app${imageUrl}`} />
<meta property="og:url" content={url} />
{/* Twitter Card tags */}
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
<meta name="twitter:creator" content="@EtAl19820625" />
<meta name="twitter:title" content={title} />
<meta name="twitter:description" content={description} />
<meta name="twitter:image" content={`https://theglitchnews.netlify.app/${imageUrl}`} />
<meta name="twitter:url" content={url} />
</Helmet>
);
};
export default MetaTags;
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