embedding flickr images

*architorture* · 07-10-2008, 01:44 AM

this has been a problem for me every time i try to post pictures from my flickr account.

on the "all sizes" page for a picture it says this:

Remember! Flickr Community Guidelines specify that if you post a Flickr photo on an external website, the photo must link back to its photo page.

there is a box with code that you're supposed to use so the picture you post links back to it's page, not just the static url. like this:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/skunstadt/2652446828/" title="_IGP6329RIGHT by s.kunstadt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2652446828_4718013729_o.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="_IGP6329RIGHT" /></a>

but whenever i try to use that the picture doesn't appear, just the code. i can do it manually by inserting an image with the static link and making >>it<< a url with the buttons on the forum. but it's annoying.

why doesn't the flickr code work? is there something that could be done so it would work?

thanks.

ftpaddict · 07-10-2008, 02:44 AM

I think posting this > <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2652446828_4718013729_o.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="_IGP6329RIGHT" /> is enough.

community guidelines BAH!

garth1948 · 07-10-2008, 03:06 AM

I use
In Flickr, Select photo, select all sizes, copy URL from panel at bottom to Forum message then enclose with [IMG] and [/IMG]

*architorture* · 07-10-2008, 11:03 AM

yeah, what you've said works for my when i've tried that. i was hoping though there was someway to use the "photo-as-link" code straight from flickr (from the TOP panel on the all sizes page).

**Adam** · 07-10-2008, 01:51 PM

Your original code was HTML code, and you can't use that on the site. As long as you get ahold of a direct URL to the flickr image, [img] tags can be used, as ftpaddict and garth said.

*architorture* · 07-10-2008, 10:22 PM

thanks adam. that is the kind of definitive, explanatory answer i was looking for. unfortunate though.

i'm a html/code, etc. newb, so...what do the buttons above the posting field create? that's not html?

MJB DIGITAL · 07-11-2008, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by ftpaddict

community guidelines BAH!

It is just a guideline, not a rule.

*sewebster* · 07-11-2008, 05:06 PM

I think what you want is the above. It's a flickr image and when you click on it you go to the photo page. The code is below. You can get this by editting the "recommended" html code that flickr gives you. It isn't super convenient, but it works.

HTML Code:

[url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sewebster/2641382164/"][img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/2641382164_c5fa9d4223.jpg[/img][/url]

ftpaddict · 07-12-2008, 01:43 AM

Originally Posted by MJB DIGITAL

It is just a guideline, not a rule.

Precisely why I never follow them.

*falconeye* · 07-24-2008, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by architorture

what do the buttons above the posting field create? that's not html?

The programmer of one of the first bulletin board programs (maybe UBB.threads ) decided that it is *MUCH* simpler to type "[" rather than "<" (ok, ok, so he defined a subset and some simplifications, too).

Anyway, the result is yet another markup language to learn, called BBML.

Read here for a good reference:
BBML - Bulletin Board Markup Language

Fortunately, most forum software authors have adopted this convention since

Technical notes:
(1) phpBB names its variant of BBML: "BBCode".
(2) vBulletin (used by pentaxforums.com) names its variant of BBML: "vB Code".
(3) Forum software must not copy HTML-markup 1:1 from the user into the post. This would break the site's layout and can even be used to hack the site. BBML defines what goes and what not.

*mickeyobe* · 09-16-2008, 07:37 AM

After reading all of the above "simple" instructions I think I'll stick with Photbucket which is probably just as complicated but I have finally learned to use it even though i don't like it.

Why can't I just click 'copy' on a photo, wherever it might be and then click 'paste' where I want to put it?

Simply Mickey

**Adam** · 09-16-2008, 03:00 PM

Hi Mickey,

You CAN do that, as long as you select the full WYSIWYG editor option in your User CP preferences. If you're on an older browser that doesn't support that (most do), you'll have to use the BB code, however.

*mickeyobe* · 09-16-2008, 05:50 PM

WYSWIWYG???
editor option???
User CP preferences???
BB code???

Thanks Adam. I really do appreciate your efforts but my mother tongue is English.

Mickey (aka Hopeless)

ftpaddict · 09-17-2008, 01:37 AM

Originally Posted by mickeyobe

WYSWIWYG???
editor option???
User CP preferences???
BB code???

Thanks Adam. I really do appreciate your efforts but my mother tongue is English.

Mickey (aka Hopeless)

WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

CP (control preferences, not child pornography) can be accessed from the quicklinks button on the forum toolbar.

BB code = bulletin board code.

Do a search on those.