editorial-share-and-social-cards

name	editorial-share-and-social-cards
description	Use when promoting editorial content on social. Share cards (OG images + Twitter cards) carry brand identity into social platforms.

Editorial Share and Social Cards

Share cards = brand on social. Custom OG image per article: title, brand mark, illustration. Drives click-through.

Social card patterns

Twitter Card meta tags:

<meta name='twitter:card' content='summary_large_image'>
<meta name='twitter:title' content='Article Title'>
<meta name='twitter:description' content='Article description'>
<meta name='twitter:image' content='https://...og-image.png'>

OG meta tags:

<meta property='og:type' content='article'>
<meta property='og:title' content='Article Title'>
<meta property='og:description' content='Article description'>
<meta property='og:image' content='https://...og-image.png'>
<meta property='og:url' content='https://...'>

Article-level OG image

Per-article OG image patterns:

1. Title + brand mark — text-based, programmatically generated
2. Article photography — featured image cropped to 1200×630
3. Topic illustration — branded illustration matching article topic
4. Quote pull — pull-quote rendered as image
5. Dynamic — Cloudflare Worker generates per request

Optimization tips

1. File size <500KB (faster sharing)
2. PNG for text, JPG for photo
3. Test on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn previews
4. Validate via Twitter Card Validator + Facebook Sharing Debugger
5. Update meta on edit + cache-bust query param

Where this fits in the X3 empire

Used for CardPrepAI article promotion.