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Different "Share on Facebook" Links in Logs


t0mc@

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Hi everybody,

 

came across this issue:

 

The "Share on Facebook" Button behaves different whether one use it on a freshly created log or one use it when re-viewing the log (the last version should be the correct one).

 

Here are the details:

1) Write a new log, submit it, the "... found ..." - page appears:

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2) At this page, hover over the "Share on Facebook" button, see the link at the bottom:

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As one can see, it's something like this:

https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?ID=17316&lcn=1

The geocaching.com url after u=... leads to the "Create a new log" - page:

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3) So clicking the button leads to this facebook share site:

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Here just a very common message appears, not the cache name or parts of the log

 

Now almost repeat the steps like this:

1) Open the listing of the cache one just logged, scroll to the log and click on "View / Edit Log / Images":

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2) At this page, hover over the "Share on Facebook" Button, see the link at the bottom:

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Notice, it differs from the one above. It seems to directly point to the log's LUID:

https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=0d656880-7cc4-4451-a9c4-22ade30f5a3f

Here the geocaching.com url after u=... leads to the correct log entry:

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3) Now facebooks share page looks correct as it should be IMHO:

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I think, the share button should behave similar, whether it is used while entering a new log or editing an existing one. IMHO it should always point to the "LUID", so the "edit" - version should be the right one...

 

Thx a log in advance.

T0mc@

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Hi everybody,

 

just realized, that sth. seems to have changed with the "Share on Facebook" Links. Now, the "Share on Facebook" Link on the "View / Edit Log / Images" Page is broken (the one from my second way in the starting post).

 

Actually it is:

 

https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx%3FLUID=15dec505-d364-41aa-8b3f-b2c700ec84f6?LUID=15dec505-d364-41aa-8b3f-b2c700ec84f6

 

where it should be

 

https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=15dec505-d364-41aa-8b3f-b2c700ec84f6

 

Greetings

T0mc@

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