Flickr Tutorial

[Pandora]

Flickr seems to change so often that it's hard to keep up with all of its functions. There have been a number of questions about deeplinking from Flickr recently, so I hope people find this short tutorial helpful.

I have included TWO ways of sharing pictures from Flickr in this tutorial; using the "Share" button and through the "Download" button.

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Embedding pictures using the "Share button.

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Embedding pictures using the "Download" button.

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Feel free to post questions about Flickr here and anyone can answer them. For any other questions, ie anything not relating to flickr, please check the FAQ tab in the upper right of the forum, or post in the HELP! ! ! topic here in Forum Information and Help.

[Wardancer]

Why is the second part after of the tutorial (after previewing the post) necessary? Isn't it enough to paste the BB code and that's it? Or is it more than one tutorial? Does it have advantages to follow the whole thing?

[Rick]

Isn't it enough to paste the BB code and that's it?

Yes, it is.

Or is it more than one tutorial? Does it have advantages to follow the whole thing?

The tutorial describes two different ways to embed images in posts.

[Sir Brickalot]

Thank you, this is very helpful.

[Lady K]

This information is a great help! Thanks for taking the time to share it Pandora.

[ManInATopHat]

Excellent tutorial, helped me out a lot! Thank you Pandora!

[Gary The Procrastinator]

This was very kind of you to take the time to do, thank you very much!

[Pandora]

Or is it more than one tutorial? Does it have advantages to follow the whole thing?

It's a tutorial showing two ways of embedding a picture. Hopefully that's a little clearer now as I've edited the tutorial.

[bacem]

just want to add info. on the second method, instead of selecting "copy image URL", you can also select "copy image" instead, and then on the topic editor, just press ctrl+v.

[Herman Lee]

Embedding pictures using the "Download" button actually deviates from Flickr's guideline.

Edited July 20, 2014 by Herman Lee

[RememberTheLittleGuy]

Extremely helpful, thanks!

[Wardancer]

Hmm, maybe we should not bring Flickrs Wrath over us by violating their rules?

Edited July 20, 2014 by Wardancer

[Darkoil]

Thanks muchly appreciated :)

Edited July 26, 2014 by Darkoil

[huskysizeguy99]

OK, I have tried both methods described for Flickr. This is what I get for "Share" <a href=" title="2014-08-06 15.18.38 by Jeff Stuibhart, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5559/14660519397_753ced8303.jpg" width="453" height="500" alt="2014-08-06 15.18.38"></a>

Which just gives me a broken link icon. When I try to "download", I do NOT get an option to "copy image URL". I have spent about 4 hrs trying to upload 6 pictures and I am WAY frustrated! Help please!!!!

AHA!!!! I think I may have reinvented the wheel, by accident. I THINK I figured it out............

"https://www.flickr.c...04/14660519397

OK, these links go to my pic, but still don't work with the EB embed. : ((( WAHAAAAAAA GRRRHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!1

"https://www.flickr.c...04/14660519397

[Rick]

OK, I have tried both methods described for Flickr. This is what I get for "Share"

Be sure to select BBcode instead of HTML.

When I try to "download", I do NOT get an option to "copy image URL".

What it is called is browser-dependent. In Chrome it is called "Copy Image URL", in Firefox it is called "Copy Image Location" and in Internet Explorer you have to select "Copy" when you right-click on an image. Be sure to wrap the resulting URL in "img" tags, which can be done using the image button in rich text mode or typing out the "img" tags:

[img=<url to image>]

[Alasdair Ryan]

Guys,if you are still struggling then there is a much simpler way of embedding pictures from Flickr....

1) Find the picture you want.

2) On Flickr click on all view all sizes (If using google images then - view image).

3) Select the size you want,then right click and copy image.

4) In your Eurobricks reply box right click and past image.

Done.

[Lind Whisperer]

Many thanks - When Brickset went down earlier and I needed to embed an image I was stumped until I found this.

[Kizmoz]

I'm having trouble putting up images, for some reason it won't allow me to paste straight into the reply box, and when I go to "Image" it wont allow me click OK or exit the pop up without closing the page... :/

[Only Sinner]

https://www.flickr.c...er/11105908404/

How do I get this onto EB as an actual image? The download button is gone, and the share button is not an option on the individual pics, only for the whole photostream.

I am not able to change the size, find the BBcode, or anything. This kind of thing is very hard for me to begin with, and if I can't post pictures of my creations, there really is no point in making a thread about it.

[Peppermint_M]

There is an icon in the right hand corner of the black band the image appears in. It looks like an arrow pointing to a line.

Click that and select "View All Sizes" Then you can choose the appropriate size to post: I use firefox, so if I right click the image I can choose to copy image location. I am not sure of Chrome, but in IE right click will let you look at the properties which will have the full URL. Then you can past that into the forum image dialogue box.

TaaDaa

EDIT

Or, you can use the share button.

Really, this whole tutorial seems to work just fine...

What browser are you using?

[Only Sinner]

Thank you for your help. Yes the tutorial is fine. It appears that my com is just weird. Flickr behaves normally on the other com I have, Mine is using the latest Linux Mint OS with the Firefox browser. It seems my Noscript has not allowed all the Flickr functions to be available while the program is running. Anyone with this feature would have to individually whitelist all the websites integrated scripts in order to use all the buttons. Funny, because I know I have posted pics here before, but it must not have been on this particular terminal.

Thanks again.

[par016]

I seem to be having trouble. I went to flickr, picked the picture I wanted to post, clicked on the arrow, copied the embed link, pasted it in the dialog box like this:

<iframe src="https://www.flickr.c...099937/player/" width="320" height="213" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe>

And it doesn't seem to put the actual picture in the post. Just the link with some weird characters around it.

-Pete

Edited December 22, 2014 by par016

[Darkdragon]

I seem to be having trouble. I went to flickr, picked the picture I wanted to post, clicked on the arrow, copied the embed link, pasted it in the dialog box like this:

<iframe src="https://www.flickr.c...099937/player/" width="320" height="213" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe>

And it doesn't seem to put the actual picture in the post. Just the link with some weird characters around it.

-Pete

Eurobricks' forum uses BBCode not HTML for posts, so when you go to the "link" part of Flickr sharing, you need to select "BBCode" above the little box with the code in it. It should have brackets [ and ] rather than arrows < and >

Another thing is that it looks like you are trying to stick a slideshow or video into the post. Videos from Flickr won't work to embed in EB, you'd have to link that one.

[par016]

Eurobricks' forum uses BBCode not HTML for posts, so when you go to the "link" part of Flickr sharing, you need to select "BBCode" above the little box with the code in it. It should have brackets [ and ] rather than arrows < and >

Another thing is that it looks like you are trying to stick a slideshow or video into the post. Videos from Flickr won't work to embed in EB, you'd have to link that one.

Thanks so much! That did the trick. I missed that in the tutorial.

-Pete

[BlackVagrant]

Good guide by Pandora.

In case some of you are unsure, there are 2 methods as shared by Pandora.

1. Embedding use BB code

2. Use image URL from Flickr

Refer to 1st post for instructions of both.

Edited January 4, 2015 by BlackVagrant