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fix(social): add image dimensions and alt text to Open Graph tags #2496

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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions app/views/shared/_meta_tags.html.haml
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%meta{ property: 'og:type', content: 'website' }
%meta{ property: 'og:url', content: request.original_url }
%meta{ property: 'og:image', content: image_url('codebar-social.jpg') }
%meta{ property: 'og:image:width', content: '1200' }
%meta{ property: 'og:image:height', content: '630' }
%meta{ property: 'og:image:alt', content: 'codebar - making tech more diverse and welcoming' }
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I know that this has already been merged, but I thought it worth pointing out that alt text is intended for people and systems (eg assistive technology) that cannot see the contents of the image, to be able to understand what is in the image. The text as is ("codebar - making tech more diverse and welcoming"), is a piece of branding text and doesn't not help someone to understand what is in the image. I think that as an absolute minimum this should say "codebar logo".

Photo showing a crowd of people in the lower half, raising their hands in celebration. The top half of the photo shows the word 'codebar' in large writing alongside the codebar logo.

%meta{ property: 'og:description', content: 'Making tech more diverse and welcoming by bringing people together and helping teach programming skills.' }
%meta{ property: 'og:site_name', content: 'codebar' }
%meta{ property: 'og:locale', content: 'en_GB' }
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion app/views/workshops/_meta_tags.html.haml
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title = if workshop.virtual?
t('workshops.virtual.title_with_date', chapter: workshop.chapter.name, date: humanize_date(workshop.date_and_time))
else
t('workshop.title', host: workshop.host.name, date: humanize_date(workshop.date_and_time))
t('workshop.title', host: workshop.host&.name || 'codebar', date: humanize_date(workshop.date_and_time))
end
url = request.original_url
image = workshop.host.try(:image_url).presence || image_url('codebar-social.jpg')
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