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How to Add Alternative Text to Facebook Photos

April 14, 2021 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro 4 Comments

plump brown shorebird with long brown bill and buffy patterns forages for food in the marshy mudflat.

When I was chatting with a friend about alternative text (alt text) for images, I asked them if they knew they could add alt text to images on Facebook.

They replied they didn’t know.

I wasn’t surprised.

Though the feature has been out for several years, few people know about it. Continue reading How to Add Alternative Text to Facebook Photos

Filed Under: Accessibility, Social media Tagged With: alt text, alternative text, facebook, photos

How to Disable Autoplay Videos in LinkedIn for Desktop, Android, and iOS

March 24, 2021 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro Leave a Comment

LinkedIn feed showing latest updates, news, and account info.

It’s one of my pet peeves. I’ve never liked it.

What am I talking about?

Video autoplay.

I can’t imagine anyone wanting to go online to have video automatically play on their digital device.

And when it comes to LinkedIn, I learned the hard way. Continue reading How to Disable Autoplay Videos in LinkedIn for Desktop, Android, and iOS

Filed Under: Social media Tagged With: autoplay, autoplay video, linkedin, video

Why is Twitter Displaying the Wrong Image for Your Post?

December 21, 2020 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

Like many long-time bloggers, I update older posts regularly with new content, adding new info as well as resources and a new featured image to draw interest to the updated post.

For example, for my How to Find the Original Source for an Image post, I knew some of the content was outdated.

I wanted a fresher look for the post, so I created a new featured image and updated the content.

Before I published the changes, I checked the featured image for the post to confirm it was configured with the new image.

It was.

So I went ahead and published my post.

But when I shared my updated post on Twitter later that day, the old featured image displayed on my Tweet. Continue reading Why is Twitter Displaying the Wrong Image for Your Post?

Filed Under: Social media, WordPress Tagged With: featured image, sharing posts, twitter, Twitter Card Validator, Twitter Cards

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