Discussion Forum: Thread 339939

 Author: erikkroes View Messages Posted By erikkroes
 Posted: May 18, 2023 06:31
 Subject: Preview image when linking to Bricklink
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erikkroes (2)

Location:  Netherlands, Flevoland
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Let's make this all agile and stuff:

As a BrickLink visitor I would like to see preview images when linking to
BrickLink so my links to BrickLink are clear and comprehensive

There are formats like Open Graph (https://ogp.me/) and Twitter Cards (https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-for-websites/cards/overview/markup)
that enable previews in many common tools and platforms. Think of messengers
(like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal), team chats (Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams),
Social Media Platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter) and note taking tools (like Keep,
Notion, Dropbox Paper).

For example, I just wanted to make note of some parts for a project (not a MOC
or purely Lego). It would've been nice if I could have added BrickLink-links
to my notes and immediately get a visual overview.

It makes links much more valuable, useful and I bet it improves
click through rates
as well. It's also rather easy to implement
as it's about taking data that's already there, and putting it into the
meta-section of the HTML.

Thanks already!