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Why is Twitter Displaying the Wrong Image for Your Post?

December 21, 2020 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro Leave a Comment

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For example, for my How to Find the Original Source for an Image post, I knew some of the content was outdated.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

Good News: How a Tweet Helped Resolve Webcam Recording Echo

October 14, 2020 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

overlooking the valley and mountains from Lookout Mountain

Imagine you’ve bought a new webcam and you’re trying to record your own computer screen.

The webcam has a built-in USB microphone.

For your recordings, you speak as you record your screen.

Only to have an echo in your recording.

Argh. What’s going on?

Your searches online don’t provide any useful help and you’re looking to resolve the issue quickly.

What do you do? Continue reading Good News: How a Tweet Helped Resolve Webcam Recording Echo

Filed Under: Social media Tagged With: Andy Ronksley, echo, good news, Meryl Evans, online help, twitter, video, video recording, webcam

10 Things to Know About Twitter’s Alternative Text for Images

June 1, 2020 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

tweet interface to add alternative text description to photo of purple and white bearded iris.

When Twitter announced alternative text for images in early 2016, the web accessibility community was abuzz with conversations.

The long-awaited option, providing the option to add alternative text to images, was greeted with loud approval from Twitter users looking for better web accessibility for the popular social media channel.

I know, I was one of them! Continue reading 10 Things to Know About Twitter’s Alternative Text for Images

Filed Under: Accessibility, Social media Tagged With: alt text, alternative text, mobile application, tweet, twitter

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