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I try to share a link to my website on Facebook but the get parameter is trimmed. I make the share button like this:

 <a name="fb_share" type="button" share_url="http://www.site.com/page/?key=4v56dfv456sdfv456s" >Share on facebook</a> 
 <script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script>

The share button is correctly created and shares a link on my wall but the linked shared is only :

 http://www.site.com/page/

Where's the ?key=... part? How to get it back?

I used http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug to see what's going on. In the "Redirect path" section, I have original and canonical URL but it's finally the canonical URL that is shared. How to share the original URL?

Thanks!

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facebook might have a problem with url form. try:

http://www.site.com/page.php?key=4v56dfv456sdfv456s

not

http://www.site.com/page/?key=4v56dfv456sdfv456s

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It's a wordpress website, I can't do that. Is there another way? – jafar Jan 23 '12 at 9:38
have you tried using this to debug? developers.facebook.com/tools/debug – Dan Kanze Jan 23 '12 at 9:42
Of course. In the "redirect path" section, it tells that the canonical url is used and not the original url (which is the one I want to share) – jafar Jan 23 '12 at 9:51
you could force a url rewrite to remove the tailing backslashes at the end. addedbytes.com/for-beginners/url-rewriting-for-beginners – Dan Kanze Jan 23 '12 at 9:54
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Try using facebook post-to-wall function instead of share since it looks the same, but share button is no longer supported by Facebook, hence it could not work well.

Hope this helps

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Is there a way to do that without having to create a facebook app? – jafar Jan 23 '12 at 9:56
No, you have to create facebook app for this. – djtina Jan 23 '12 at 10:26

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