should it show a preview?

  • Resolved psypat

    (@psypat)


    2 years, 10 months ago

    A shot question, should this one show a little preview of the site the link is pointing, or what it’s purpose?

    I’m not seeing any previews on my side..

    or am I mistaken…

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  • Plugin Author Brecht

    (@brechtvds)

    2 years, 10 months ago

    When you add a “Visual Link Preview” block you set a URL and it should then try to automatically retrieve the image, title and description for that URL and show that.

    If it’s not able to load those details automatically, they can also be set in the sidebar.

    There are some screenshots of what it should look like here: https://help.bootstrapped.ventures/article/172-adding-a-visual-link

    Thread Starter psypat

    (@psypat)

    2 years, 10 months ago

    i tested 2 different addresses, and they look like this:

    At the bottom you can see the real adress, the other is my headline (O know, the same but I was only testing), but nothing more…

    [visual-link-preview type="external" url="https://www.svt.se" title="Vad är psykisk ohälsa"  new_tab="1"]
    Plugin Author Brecht

    (@brechtvds)

    2 years, 10 months ago

    When manually setting the shortcode it cannot automatically retrieve the details, I’m afraid. You would have to set those yourself: https://help.bootstrapped.ventures/article/262-manually-construct-the-vlp-shortcode

    Thread Starter psypat

    (@psypat)

    2 years, 10 months ago

    O I c, well, I’m not using the blockeditor to create pages, I’m using elementor, is there anyway to use this with elementor?

    Plugin Author Brecht

    (@brechtvds)

    2 years, 10 months ago

    I’m afraid the plugin does not have an Elementor block at the moment. The integration requires quite a bit of development and it’s still on the todo list.

    Technically it would be possible to create the link in the Classic Editor and then copy the shortcode it generates to use in Elementor. But that’s obviously not ideal.

    Thread Starter psypat

    (@psypat)

    2 years, 10 months ago

    Wait a moment, so the “Scan” isn’t live, so it saves the “icon” on my system, and then displays it from there?

    Plugin Author Brecht

    (@brechtvds)

    2 years, 10 months ago

    That’s correct. Getting the latest details every time would put too much strain on the external site.

    Thread Starter psypat

    (@psypat)

    2 years, 10 months ago

    Ok, then I understand how it works, but doesn’t that cause copyright issues with the images?

    Plugin Author Brecht

    (@brechtvds)

    2 years, 10 months ago

    I’m not in a place to provide legal advice.

    Thread Starter psypat

    (@psypat)

    2 years, 10 months ago

    Well, Ok, then I’m satisfied with the answer :)– thxn for the help!

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