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| FatCat |
How do I post a pic here from Flickr?Sorry, I'm sure it's been asked and answered before but I can't spot it now
At the moment I'm uploading to Flickr (for Ravelry) AND Photobucket (for here) and it seems silly to be doubling up 
I'm sure it must be really simple but I'm stumped. Help. Techonumpty in need .... 
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| pictish |
Joy gave us very clear instructions about a week ago but can't find it now I'll do a search 
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| pictish |
It's here - must try it myself. | ||||
| FatCat |
aha! Brilliant - thanks Ali for the link and thanks Joy for the great explanation 
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| slowasasnail |
No you're not the only one...I've been doing the same. | ||||
| loobyj |
I fathomed out how to do that bit last night - but uploading to Ravelry has completely stumped me
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| Aknita |
lj - when you have loaded and saved your project details, go to the photo page. You will see tabs saying Flickr Importer and Search. Click on Flickr Importer Search will change to say Refresh Click Refresh and your flickr photos will appear. You can drag them in to the little box thingy then. You can add as many photos as you like. hth |
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| loobyj |
Ooo - thankyou Joy! I shall go and have a play
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| pictish |
I might just have a go at trying the flickr to here thing  So you might see a strange testing post soon 
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| Aknita |
There is a certain irony, I think, in my giving out technical advice
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| pictish |
Let's see if this works!!
Well I never  That will save a lot of time
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| loobyj |
LOL at Joy!
Sadly I haven't yet been able to get any pics onto Ravelry. I've tried three different browsers with no luck  Am now wondering if it's because I'm using Vista
Have to wait for Mr L to finish winning the league or whatever he's doing and have a go there. Will report back soon! lj |
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| FatCat |
LOL! I was slightly amazed to find that we've got to the point where you are our technical expert ..... Great stuff -keep up the good work
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| Aknita |
I have hidden depths and hitherto untapped qualites
Pictish - that's an intriguing photo, details please. |
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| pictish |
It's one of my fair isle attempts It's a spring jumper which was published in My Weekly or W Weekly last year I think - can't remember which - and it's in Rowan Pure Wool DK which is gorgeous and soft - think the pattern is for Patons Diploma tho.
I DO find fair isle a bit of a pain tho I really love the look of it. It's not a very good pic - it's a bit blurred
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| Aknita |
The colours are lovely
I don't use photobucket at all now. |
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| pictish |
Thanks!! Well I don't think I will be either. | ||||
| franney |
I know it's going to complicate matters but the Flickr! terms state that any picture linked to offsite must link back to the photos main page so you'll need to add a [url][/url ] tag to the [img] tag
Although having said that i don't know how strict they are about it, and i just don't like breaking the rules so i do it
Here's a pic to help
The code you need to put in your posts is:
All the code needs to be on one line with no spaces or it won't work
this post has been edited to make the instructions clearer
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| KnittingLadybird |
oooh I don't link back to flickr when I use pics cos the pics are usually mine...now I feel all naughty though i've never been told off.
loobyj, it took me ages to upload to rav and it was because I had flickr set to private and it has to be public. Just a thought.
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| Aknita |
I feel naughty too
This was the way I found that worked for me. I wonder - how would they know
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| loobyj |
And a very fine thought it was too Just a pity I didn't see until I came back here all triumphant cos I'd suddenly had a  moment
Anyway, have uploaded some pics now!!!!! Thanks everyone for your help! And I feel a bit naughty too..... lj |
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| franney |
I don't know how they check but i presume they can see how much bandwidth they are using and where images are being linked from and they probably do random checks just to make sure - anyway my paranoia and honest nature do not allow me to link without linking back
My other post looks really messy now, i will go back and tidy it up so that it's just the image and the instructions in brief - it really is very easy to do. I hope they consider providing the code in future as i would think that there are probably a LOT of people who just grab the image code and not the url code and they could make it a lot easier by providing the code like photobucket et al do! |
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| FatCat |
I hadn't realised that, about having to link back to the main photo page. But thank you so much Franney - excellent clear instructions. I've just successfully posted my first pic from Flickr, meeting all their legal requirements
Mods, any chance we can make this thread a sticky? Pretty please? I KNOW I'll need to refer to it time and time again
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| Woollywarbler |
Thanks from me too....I've been doing both Photobucket and Flickr and getting cheesed off storing everything all over the show. It makes perfect sense on Ravelry now about the one line thing as I tried to post a picture on a forum there but it wouldn't show up despite trying my hardest. All because of one little detail, insert big sigh here
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| franney |
No worries FC, i'm glad the instructions were easy to follow, i can get a bit wordy sometimes and it just confuses the matter
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| Blossom |
Is this you Franney??!
I feel naughty too...I have always done it the Joy way...now I shall have to remember to add the url bit too!  Seems a bit off though...especially as they are OUR photos!
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| KnittingLadybird |
lol @ Blossom I remember that
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| Auntie Noo |
Duly stickied!!!! | ||||
| Aknita |
I feel awful for telling everyone how to do it incorrectly. I knew I shouldn't be giving out technical advice
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| franney |
Don't be daft Joy, you were doing the picture link thing right, it's just that i am a bit anal when it comes to copyright and T&C's an all that... goodness only knows why though
I kind of agree with you Blossom, they are our pictures so why should we have to link to them... but on the other hand Flickr! are providing us with a free place to host them so the least we can do is provide some traffic back to them... i can see both sides really
And i feel i should know that character but it's escaping me! |
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| Blossom |
Not when you are paying for a Pro account!!!
It's Wordy from Words and Pictures!!
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| franney |
Ah, yes, Words and Pictures! Did he fly around or something?
I pay for a Pro account too, purely cos my stash photos took up the 200 picture limit and i couldn't see any other pictures
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| Aknita |
Franney, your sheepie has gone! I loved your sheepie, but I love this photo of you too
What a nice avatar. |
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| FatCat |
I hadn't noticed there was a 200 pic limit in Flickr before you had to pay ....  I might have to cull old photos when I get to that stage. Hmm. Thanks for that!
That is a fab avatar Franney!
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| Aknita |
I have to say I thought it was a monthly limit I have 148 photos altogether so far, but the upload photos page tells me "You've used 14% of your 100 MB limit this month" and that seems to change every month and go back to 0%
So I've never envisaged paying. I'll have to go back and have a proper look. |
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| franney |
Ah, i should make myself clearer! Only the most recent 200 photos uploaded to your free account will show on your account page - the rest will still be there but they won't be visible to you or anyone accessing your account page. I believe they will still show up in blog posts and elsewhere that they are linked to but you won't be able to do anything else with them. I hope that makes sense? Check the Flickr! site for a proper explanation
I upgraded simply because i use my Flickr! account for Ravelry, and even though i tried the photobucket slurper they provided i found Flickr! a whole lot easier to manipulate
Joy - thankyou i thought it was time for a change and my friend took this picture for me just for my avatar
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| Aknita |
Franney, where does it tell you that yo have to pay once you have 200 photos? I can't find anything about that at all ?: | ||||
| franney |
Noooo Joy, you don't HAVE to pay, you can still have a free account, but you will only be able to see the last 200 pictures that you've uploaded, everything else before that is inaccesible to you (but not deleted) unless you upgrade to a pay account. I found this in the help pages:
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| Aknita |
Oh, I understand now ( feels very dim )
As long as they still appear on Ravelry then, that's fine. I download from my PC for my blog - I tried Photobucket once, but didn't like the fact that it took my blog so long to load up. |
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| franney |
No need to feel dim Joy, i don't explain myself clearly enough most of the time
I have over 300 pictures in my Ravelry Stash set now, i knew i would need to upgrade as i also use it for other purposes and i didn't like being unable to access earlier photos. I've an account with photobucket, imageshack, picasa and picturetrail as well as Flickr! but for ease of uploading, sorting, blogging and Ravelling i use Flickr! almost exclusively. For forumming i tend to use imageshack as i like the thumbnails and ease of linking but now i have worked out an easier way of linking to Flickr! pics i will probably use them to save uploading the same pic twice
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| slowasasnail |
Am i being stupid...i just don't get this? Do I still need Joy's original instructions coz they have disappeared. | ||||
| pictish |
I can't help cos I use photobucket!! You can upload direct from p/bucket onto Rav now
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| slowasasnail |
Oh can you??? | ||||
| pictish |
Yep - much easier I think
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| FatCat |
I use this wonderful explanation from the lovely Franney, and have no probs posting from Flickr to here
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| slowasasnail |
Ok I see that but where on the Flicker page do I get that info? Sorry real numpty today. | ||||
| FatCat |
ah. hang on, let me open up Flickr and see ...
right. you click on the photo you want, and then on All Sizes at the top. I usually select Medium from Available Sizes, and then the info to link to other websites is at the bottom of that screen. Does that help at all? And you're definitely not a numpty
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