Forum Discussion

Brass Contributor

Jun 25, 2019

Solved

Link Web Part Not Generating Preview

Here is the code for a trivial Web Page I am hosting in IIS on a Non-SharePoint machine: <!DOCTYPE html> <!-- Saw this in the source at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoi...

SharePoint Online

Norman Young
Sep 06, 2019
It seems like a bug - especially considering that the Use the Link web part page shows a preview image to an external site.

I'll report it to MS Support and report back.

Norm

Shawn Eary

Brass Contributor

Aug 15, 2019

I'm still having problems with this. As an example, if I post this URL in MS Teams:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/

I get a URL Preview:

but when I try to put the same URL in the Link WebPart of a SharePoint Online page, I get a "There's no preview available for this link." message:

DJ GRIJALVA

Copper Contributor

Aug 29, 2019

Shawn Eary Having the same issue, but it shows the preview on some SharePoint sites and not on others for the same exact link.

janwf2019
Copper Contributor
Sep 06, 2019
Exactly the same issue, no preview in Link Web part
What's the trick?
- Norman Young
  MVP
  Sep 06, 2019
  It seems like a bug - especially considering that the Use the Link web part page shows a preview image to an external site.
  
  I'll report it to MS Support and report back.
  
  Norm
  - TerraB85
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 18, 2024
    This is still an issue. The Link web part doesn't always show a preview of the page thumbnail image...even after refreshing and saving the page for a week. How do we report this to Microsoft?