Sharing on Facebook

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  bilalmalik001 · Member · Mar 22, 2015 at 5:23 pm

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  When I share a post on Facebook, I don’t want the initial lines of my article to appear with the post. Rather I want my own message to appear.
  How to do it?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 23, 2015 at 8:21 am

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  Hi there. The only way to do this is to post your link to Facebook manually. Then you should be able to delete/edit the preview. But there’s no way to prevent the preview from appearing if you post via Publicize, as Facebook controls how posts shared that way are displayed.

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 23, 2015 at 8:29 am

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  Even if you post manually, an excerpt will appear.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 23, 2015 at 8:31 am

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  @raincoaster
  True, but you have the option to delete it if you wait for the preview to generate before you click Post.

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  bilalmalik001 · Member · Mar 23, 2015 at 10:16 am

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  @kokkieh and raincoaster
  Thanks for the reply. So how do I generate a link for my posts?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 23, 2015 at 10:45 am

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  @bilalmalik001
  View the post (single post, not home page) in your browser and copy the link in the browser address bar. Then go to Facebook and paste the link as your status, be it on your profile or your page. If you wait a little Facebook should generate the preview from the link (sometimes if the connection is poor this doesn’t happen). If you click on the preview you should be able to edit it, or click the x in the corner of the preview to remove it. Only click Post once you’re finished editing the preview.

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  bilalmalik001 · Member · Mar 23, 2015 at 1:11 pm

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  Thank you soooooooooooooooo much. I am really happy I did it. I have been searching for the answer for the past one month but you solved the matter within 24 hours.
  May Allah bless you :)

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 23, 2015 at 1:23 pm

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  I’m glad I could help :)