TUTORIAL: Posting images from flickr .. step by step

Hello,

a user asked me if could give him a guide for posting images from flickr and i decided to create this tutorial instead, so that it can remain as a future reference for anyone interessted.

Let's begin.. I'll assume that you already have the image uploaded to your flickr account

.. oh, the used browser was Firefox, if you are using IE the menus may differ a little.

1) Go to the "Post your photos!" Section




2) Click the Button "New Thread"




3) Go to you flickr account and go to the page of the image you wish to post here on the forum, then click on the "All Sizes" button




4) Click on the "Medium" link




5) Right-Click on the medium size image, and click "Copy Image Location"




6) Now let's get back to the "Post New Thread" on PentaxForums,

Left-Click on the "Insert Image" Button



and the folowing popup will appear:



now Paste the image location which you previously Copyed,
you can Right-Click and Paste, or just use CTRL+V




At this point if you press the submit button, the medium sized image will be displayed on the post, i use the medium sized image to use as thumbnails, next i'll show you how to create a link, so that when someone click the medium image will be forwarded to the large size one.

If you do not wich to create thumbnails, on step 4) go directly to the large size image instead of the medium size, and your done.


Creating a link from the medium size image on PentaxForums to the Large Size on flickr:

7) Repeat step 4) and 5) but instead of going to the medium size, go to the large size image.

8) On the "Post new Thread" page, select all the image location, including the [IMG] tags, and the press the "Insert Link" button.




9) A popup will appear, Paste the URL of the large size image (which you already copied on step 7) using CTRL+V and then click OK.

If everything went OK, you should have the medium size image displayed on the post, and if you click the image you will be forwarded to the large size image.


Just repeat this steps to every image you want to post.

I Hope this helps someome, any doubt just drop me a PM or post here.

[channeler]

I for one would like to thank you for taking the trouble to do this Pornflake. Perhaps you could ask Adam to make it a sticky so it doesn't get lost.

Paul

[Nels]

I also wish to thank you for the post and such a quick response to my PM for help. I have been telling my friends and family how helpful and friendly the members of this forum are and I am pleased to be a member.

[TYOsborn]

Thanks so much! I was rapidly using up space in the forum, plus it's nice to get other comments. It's how I learn. Thanks so much for taking the time to post these step by step instructions!

[alohadave]

Instead of all that, this link will automagically convert the HTML from the Share This | Embed It on the Flickr page to BBCode format.

OILU - Openforum Image Link Utility

[axl]

I can't do it, step 5 doesn't work for me, I don't have the option of copy location

[vievetrick]

Under the picture in flickr you should see the links that you can cut and paste instead of the right click as shown above

[Nowhere Matt]

But does anyone know if you have your flickr account set for "friends and family only" as in not public, will it still allow the posting?
*answers his own question with this test although his results had arrived by somewhat different means using flickr*

[Bramela]

I am experiencing the same difficulty as Axl. I dont have the option "Copy to Location."
I have tried Pat's hint of Cut and Paste URL details under the Flickr picture, and does transfer but in the thread I get the URL in text. To see picture then have to click on the text to open picture in the Forums thread.

To copy picture from Flickr to Forums, I have found I only succeed if if I manually type in the URL details into the "insert image" each time.
This is VERY time consuming. Where am I going wrong???
(Incidentally, I think I may have been the original enquirer to Bonovox)

[daacon]

Bruce if you use the URL under the All Size (example here is meduim).

Under the picture you should see :

To link to this photo on other websites you can either:

1. Copy and paste this HTML into your webpage:
<ugly url leave this don't use it >

2 Grab the photo's URL: and thens past that url as a image (this is the one you want)

then click on the insert image (or wide image) it should work as below ....



Edit : but I have a pro account if you using the free account options may vary ....

[Bramela]

Thanks Dave, will follow on with your instructions.
Cheers, mate!

[Bramela]

Tried it with this one!



Ah! got it this time, thanks a lot Dave.

[spyglass]

Originally Posted by Bramela

I am experiencing the same difficulty as Axl. I dont have the option "Copy to Location."
I have tried Pat's hint of Cut and Paste URL details under the Flickr picture, and does transfer but in the thread I get the URL in text. To see picture then have to click on the text to open picture in the Forums thread.

To copy picture from Flickr to Forums, I have found I only succeed if if I manually type in the URL details into the "insert image" each time.
This is VERY time consuming. Where am I going wrong???
(Incidentally, I think I may have been the original enquirer to Bonovox)

If you do not have the "copy to location" feature, simply right click on your photo, choose properties, and copy the address in the resulting window that pops up. (just remember that the address is based on the file & size you are looking at)

[Shaloot!]

test...

[Shaloot!]

woohoo! thanks for the tutorial!