Just a heads up: if you want to add nice cover images to the articles you post on dev.to, add a cover_image: entry to that nice little block at the top. For example, the block for this post looks like this:
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title: how to add cover images for dev.to feed entries
published: true
description: make sure you read the instructions
tags: blogging, images, personal, whatevers
cover_image: https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/u1x7n8mbvor1nq6tcbk0.jpg
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And then you get a nice picture of a huge black hole at the top of your post, and also when folks are browsing through the feeds of dev.to posts.
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Notice you have to respect the ratio of
1000x420to display a very beautiful cover image (with1000 pixels x 420 pixelsfor better resolution).Thanks for the tip. :)
I was going crazy trying to add a cover image but all effort were for naught and then realized that cover_image had a // .............
It was being commented out and didnt notice.
Any great source for 1000 pixels x 420 pixels images ?
Hey @TheOpenShiftNinja,
Thanx for your excellent post, I've just added cover image to my post. Thanx again.
🙌
Can't believe it took me this long to figure out. :)
Anyone know what RSS property (e.g. itunes:image) they read from the RSS feeds?
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