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Title: Flickr
Post by: phil1960 on 12:11:18, 01/01/18
With photobucket ruining many trip reports on the forum including my own, I have signed up with Flickr, but really have no idea how to use it. I’m probably missing something obvious, but is there a way of just inserting pics into a trip report rather than a link to your account?
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: bricam2096 on 12:26:13, 01/01/18
With photobucket ruining many trip reports on the forum including my own, I have signed up with Flickr, but really have no idea how to use it. I’m probably missing something obvious, but is there a way of just inserting pics into a trip report rather than a link to your account?

It can look confusing to start with  O0

If you get what photo you wish to put in a TR from your "photostream", click on that photo then click the "share photo" icon on the bottom left. On the next pop up box, click on the "BBCode" option and choose your size, (I use medium 640 x 480) copy that link and .

Then, back to your TR. Paste the link from Flickr and I then delete all the info at the start and end of it so it just starts and finishes with the IMG brackets or you'll post links to your Flickr account as well, not just the image. Try it on this thread using the "preview" option. Below is one I copy/pasted from my account removing surplus info.

Hope it helps.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4368/37007550325_67c4c0e633_z.jpg)

Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: phil1960 on 14:08:26, 01/01/18
Thanks Bri, I’m trying to do it on my iPhone rather than my laptop so I wonder if that’s why I’m not getting it? I get an option to copy the url and that’s it from what I can see  O0
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: Mel on 21:44:38, 01/01/18
Copy the URL then, back in your trip report, click on the "Insert Image" button.  Paste your URL into there, click OK and it should magically appear in your post.
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: phil1960 on 16:31:59, 02/01/18
Thanks Bricam and Mel, still persevering but not quite there yet
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: phil1960 on 20:20:49, 08/01/18
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4600/24585737697_799596c5f1_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: Mel on 20:22:21, 08/01/18
Yaaaaaaayyyyyyyy  O0


You got it gaffered then  :)


Lovely pic.  Where is it?

Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: phil1960 on 20:23:19, 08/01/18
Well hopefully that came out ok, bit long winded and I did it using the laptop. For anyone interested it was taken on the path below Crimpiau near Capel Curig on boxing day.
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: phil1960 on 20:24:47, 08/01/18
Yaaaaaaayyyyyyyy  O0


You got it gaffered then  :)


Lovely pic.  Where is it?
Can't seem to do it on the phone Mel but worked on the laptop. Christine fell there a couple of years ago and her knee hasn't been right since so exorcised a few ghosts lol
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: phil1960 on 20:32:07, 08/01/18
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4633/27542399369_8e72e778ff_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: phil1960 on 20:32:58, 08/01/18
And that's Twm at Llyn Bychan, look how he's grown  :)
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: Mel on 20:36:07, 08/01/18
Smashing pictures, both of them.


Has Christine's knee been miraculously cured now then?
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: phil1960 on 20:41:47, 08/01/18
Smashing pictures, both of them.


Has Christine's knee been miraculously cured now then?
It still gives her trouble but doesn’t stop her getting out with me, mind you, trying to keep up with a one year old collie you soon forget any discomfort lol
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: Mel on 21:00:56, 08/01/18
Twm looks lovely.  A fine Welsh name (no vowels  ;)  )
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: jontea on 16:48:52, 12/03/18
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4794/40728644152_3637ff226f_z.jpg)


Thanks guys, if this has worked, it's also helped me as well as I was having trouble on Photobucket  O0  (https://flic.kr/p/2543WWC)
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: Ridge on 16:57:50, 12/03/18
I am having problems with photobucket too and am shifting to Flicker but anything I put below my pic becomes a link to my Flicker account, how do I stop that?
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4758/39626687825_89088826b5.jpg) (http://)



Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: jontea on 17:20:05, 12/03/18
I don't see a link with your photo (very nice) Mark, but you need to edit the info at start and end of file, leaving just the IMG brackets before posting.


I wasn't sure what to take out, but just checked on 'Preview' first  O0
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: Ridge on 17:24:23, 12/03/18
John , it is if I type below the picture it becomes a link so that people can click on it and get to my pictures, like this!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4535/38166857382_fd737bceef_m.jpg) (http://)
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: jontea on 17:30:52, 12/03/18
Ah haa I’m learning  :)


Glad you picked a good one  O0
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: rockhopper353 on 23:19:25, 10/11/18
I'm trying to post photos to a post from the Flickr app on my phone, I've tried putting the link in the message box or using the photo icon but all I get when looking at the preview is the url link and no photo. Any help it's really frustrating me now!
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: Rob Goes Walking on 23:48:11, 10/11/18
I don't know how to do it from the Flickr app but I can tell you how to do it from a PC if that's any help. You can do this from your mobile too if you're using Android and Google Chrome, just press the three little dots in the top right of the web browser window and select "Desktop site".

You need the URL of the photo itself not the URL of the Flickr page for the photo. You can get the URL of your own images on Flickr. To get this on a PC (in your web browser):

Click on the photo you want to share to open it.
Click the Download icon (it's the arrow with a line below it, second icon in from the bottom right of the page)
Click View all sizes.
Select the size of photo you want.
Right-click the image | select Copy image URL or copy image address (depends on browser what it says).

For Android instead of Right clicking the image, hold your finger down on it, select open in new tab then select and copy the image address out of the URL bar of the image when it opens in the new tab.
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: rockhopper353 on 00:52:25, 11/11/18
(http://www.walkingforum.co.uk/file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/31945677998_3dbfeb465a_z%20(1).jpg)
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: rockhopper353 on 00:55:46, 11/11/18

(http://www.walkingforum.co.uk/file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/31945677998_3dbfeb465a_z%20(1).jpg)
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: rockhopper353 on 00:57:27, 11/11/18
Apologies, attempted to post a photo from Flickr on my phone but failing miserably. I did read through your tutorial but don't know what I'm doing wrong, tired now bed time 😴
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: Rob Goes Walking on 01:01:18, 11/11/18
Apologies, attempted to post a photo from Flickr on my phone but failing miserably. I did read through your tutorial but don't know what I'm doing wrong, tired now bed time

Sorry I didn't explain it clearly enough, I tried.  :(  Sleep well.

You can preview posts before you make them to see what they will look like (press Preview instead of Save) and modify posts you've already posted instead of making new ones for a while after you post them (press Modify in the top right of your post in the thread).
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: jontea on 08:31:15, 11/11/18
I use my laptop to transfer photos onto the forum site from Flickr as I’ve had no joy from my mobile.


This is how I go about it


On Flickr:- (top black bar) go to cloud ‘upload’ option.


(Press blue bar) choose photo and video


Select file and photo (double click it)


If more than one photo, select add (top left)


For just one photo, select blue box top right of screen ‘upload’


In the ‘Photostream’ option double click the photo to share


Select ‘share photo’ (arrow bottom right)


Select size 480x640


Right click on the image file to highlight and then click to copy


Go to forum post, and on the page, right click. Select ‘paste’ option.


In forum ‘preview’ option edit out text upto ‘IMG’


...........and post


Note writing below this will create a link to Flickr


Good luck  O0
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: rockhopper353 on 10:29:01, 11/11/18
Apologies, nothing wrong with both explanations, I just haven't got access to a pc so was attempting to do it on my phone but all I could see when Ihit preview every time was the url. In the end I tried posting to see if it would be any different but to no avail.
Don't think the site is particularly mobile friendly, any other forum I use these days, you just use a insert photo tab and go straight from your gallery.


Thanks for trying to help.
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: bricam2096 on 11:51:37, 11/11/18
I'm trying to post photos to a post from the Flickr app on my phone, I've tried putting the link in the message box or using the photo icon but all I get when looking at the preview is the url link and no photo. Any help it's really frustrating me now!

Don’t worry as it can’t be done on the App. You can log into your Flickr account using your phone’s internet browser and get the code for your photo from there.

Or, save the photo to your phones ‘camera roll’ and then post it to a Photobucket account if you have one and then get the code from there. Seems daft using a second App but it’s a solution.
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: rockhopper353 on 09:17:14, 12/11/18
Don’t worry as it can’t be done on the App. You can log into your Flickr account using your phone’s internet browser and get the code for your photo from there.

Or, save the photo to your phones ‘camera roll’ and then post it to a Photobucket account if you have one and then get the code from there. Seems daft using a second App but it’s a solution.


Cheers Bri, I've started using tinypic now but it's weird how all the landscape photos get elongated when posted!
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: Dovegirl on 13:09:05, 12/11/18

Cheers Bri, I've started using tinypic now but it's weird how all the landscape photos get elongated when posted!

rockhopper, when I view your thread 
http://www.walkingforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=37512.0 (http://www.walkingforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=37512.0on) on my laptop the photos aren't elongated. It's only when I view them on my phone that some of them are.  Afraid I've no idea why!
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: rockhopper353 on 13:55:17, 12/11/18
rockhopper, when I view your thread 
http://www.walkingforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=37512.0 (http://www.walkingforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=37512.0on) on my laptop the photos aren't elongated. It's only when I view them on my phone that some of them are.  Afraid I've no idea why!


Very strange, not sure why on a mobile it does that, I know when you click on the photos they show normal..
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: Mel on 15:22:55, 12/11/18
Same as Dovegirl.

I just assumed it because the forum is primarily "desk" based...ie for use on a PC or laptop and not a web "app" which tend to be more mobile friendly.

The positive side though..viewing an image of a small rocky knoll on my mobile makes it look like Everest!!!
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: rockhopper353 on 15:44:50, 12/11/18
Same as Dovegirl.

I just assumed it because the forum is primarily "desk" based...ie for use on a PC or laptop and not a web "app" which tend to be more mobile friendly.

The positive side though..viewing an image of a small rocky knoll on my mobile makes it look like Everest!!!


Haha, very true and everyone is 10ft tall 
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: pleb on 12:33:33, 13/11/18
Well I have just signed up with imgur, see how I get on with that.
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: rockhopper353 on 13:06:02, 13/11/18
Well I have just signed up with imgur, see how I get on with that.


Let us know how you get on please.
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: pleb on 10:35:54, 27/11/18

Let us know how you get on please.
https://edwardwillows.imgur.com/all/
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: fernman on 17:02:36, 27/11/18
https://edwardwillows.imgur.com/all/ (https://edwardwillows.imgur.com/all/)

The link doesn't work for me.

And are you able to link to photos on Imgur in posts on here, the Walking Forum?
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: Glyno on 17:49:33, 27/11/18

And are you able to link to photos on Imgur in posts on here, the Walking Forum?


yes you can, I do.


edit: though imgur seems to be acting up a bit at the moment  ???
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: April on 19:34:45, 27/11/18
Well I have just paid for flickr pro for $34.99 for a year, that is with 30% off. I wonder how much it will cost next year?  ::) At least my trip report photos are safe for another year  :-\

Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: pleb on 10:35:08, 30/11/18
Anybody use imgur successfully? Looks useless for links  >:(
Anybody got bright ideas?
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: phil1960 on 18:58:56, 05/12/18
(https://i.postimg.cc/Hn2Z69V9/23026-B0-C-46-C8-4-DD6-9-F78-DDA09070-F628.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Just wanted to see if this works
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: phil1960 on 19:00:47, 05/12/18
It does, that’s my young collie Twm on Pen Allt Mawr
Title: Re: Flickr
Post by: vghikers on 19:19:14, 05/12/18
Quote
    https://edwardwillows.imgur.com/all/
The link doesn't work for me.

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Anybody use imgur successfully? Looks useless for links  >:(
Anybody got bright ideas?

The link works if you remove the '/all/' at the end - it takes me to your top-level imgur page.