Thumbnail for Sharing on Facebook

[Anonymous User]

Original User: lstapleton

I recently became responsible for Facebook posts for our organization so I wanted to feature some of our arcgis online maps. When I share the map using the Facebook feature, I get the shortened url to post but it is frankly, not a very attractive link. Is there a way for this share feature to be enhanced to include a thumbnail...much like when you post a YouTube video? I did experiment with sharing down another path and accomplished this but it opened the map editing functions on the left side so I quickly deleted that post. Thanks

[MikeMinami]

There does seem to be a difference generating the facebook post from the Share dialog when viewing a map vs from the item details page of the item itself, when looking at the metadata of the map.

Try it from the share dialog when viewing the map and you'll get a thumbnail.

Thanks,

Mike