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+++ title = “Instant Views” description = “Instantly preview your content from within Telegram.” categories = [“social”] tags = [“author”, “templating”] features = [“related content”] +++
After Dark provides a template guide to enable Telegram Instant Views for posts. Use it to create an {{< external href=“https://instantview.telegram.org/my/” text=“Instant View Template” />}} on the Telegram site:
# enable for items in the post section
?path: /post/.+
# define required elements
title: //*[@itemprop="headline"]
body: //*[@itemprop="articleBody"]
# if cover exists, define images
?exists: //head/meta[@property="og:image"]/@content
cover: //head/meta[@property="og:image"]/@content
image_url: $cover/self::img/@src
# author and post date extracted automatically
Preview your results on the Telegram site:
Additionally, if your site has a telegram channel, you can specify it by setting the following in your site config:
[params.seo]
telegram_channel = "channelname" # omit the leading `@`
Specifying a channel name allows Telegram users to join your channel with a single click from within an Instant View.
See the {{< external href=“https://instantview.telegram.org/” text=“Instant View on Telegram” />}} for additional information.