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  • September 11, 2017 at 9:57 am #211303
    starsa10
    Member

    I feel like this is the dumbest question, but my homepage isn't actually a page, so that's why I'm getting confused! Anyone know where on the backend I can change the photo that shows when posting http://www.starsandscars.com on Facebook/social media? I feel like I've scoured everywhere in the WordPress dashboard and code! I have the News Pro template. Many thanks!

    http://www.starsandscars.com
    September 11, 2017 at 10:03 am #211304
    babilonarts
    Member

    That's a great question. I'd like to know the answer to that as well.

    September 11, 2017 at 10:14 am #211306
    starsa10
    Member

    Worth mentioning also that it's currently pulling an old banner image. I updated the banner weeks ago, and that hasn't cycled through if by chance it's defaulting to grabbing that image.

    September 11, 2017 at 11:19 am #211308
    Erika
    Participant

    Hi Starsa10,

    If you don't mind making your homepage an actual page, follow these instructions:

    From your Admin dash, go to Settings > Reading, then for Front Page Displays select A Static Page. Make sure you have a blank page called Home and one called Blog created so you can set the home and blog page. Afterward, your homepage will actually be a page, and you can set a new featured image for it just like you would a post.

    Let me know if this helps!

    September 11, 2017 at 1:24 pm #211320
    starsa10
    Member

    Hi Erika,

    I'm not sure that's exactly what I want to do, nor how I would actually do it. My site functions as a blog currently. I wouldn't know how to code a new, blank "Home" page to function and look exactly as it does now if that makes sense.

    September 11, 2017 at 1:54 pm #211321
    Erika
    Participant

    You won't have to code it. Just create a page like normal and call one Home and another Blog.

    September 15, 2017 at 8:21 pm #211544
    starsa10
    Member

    For anyone else with this question, the Studio Press support team sent me an answer -

    To have the featured image show when sharing your homepage link on social media, you can use Yoast SEO.

    There’s a setting for the homepage image in the social tab: http://d.pr/i/1biA7

    You will want to make sure that the original image is large enough for FB, and I suggest using the FB debugger tool to force it to fetch the new image:

    https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/

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