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Configure Open Graph properties on widget level

You can configure the display of Open Graph content items only for a particular MVC widget.
For example, configure only the News items that are displayed on a particular page, by a particular News MVC widget.

To do this, perform the following:

  1. Open the page where the widget that you want to configure is located.
  2. Open the widget designer, by clicking Edit.
    This must be an MVC widget.
  3. Navigate to the advanced properties, by clicking Advanced.
  4. Click MetadataFields.
  5. In OpenGraphTitle, enter a name of a field that belongs to the module.
    For example, enter Tags
    This way, the OpenGraphTitle will be populated with the Tags of the content item.
  6. In OpenGraphDescription, enter a name of a field that belongs to the module.
    For example, enter Summary
    This way, the OpenGraphDescription will be populated with the summary that you created for the content item.
  7. In OpenGraphImage or OpenGraphVideo, enter one of the following:
    • A a link to the image or the video that you want to represent the content item. 
      It can be a link to an image or video from a Sitefinity CMS library or any other link to a media item.
    • A name of the field that belongs to the module and stores an image or video. The field can be either Short Text or Related media field of type Image or Video.
  8. Click Save.

Association of Open Graph fields and module fields
  • If you leave OpenGraphTitle field empty, Sitefinity CMS adds meta property og:title and takes its value from the Title field of the static content item or from the identifier field of a dynamic content item. Otherwise, the og:title property is populated with the contents of the field that you have entered in OpenGraphTitle field.
  • If you leave OpenGraphDescription field empty, Sitefinity CMS checks whether the content type has a custom field named Description.
    • If the content type has a custom field named Description, but it is empty, Sitefinity CMS does not add a meta property og:description.
    • If the content type has a custom field named Description and it is filled out, Sitefinity CMS adds meta property og:description and takes its value from what you have entered in Description field.
  • If you leave OpenGraphImage or OpenGraphVideo fields empty, Sitefinity CMS does not add an Open Graph image or video meta property.

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