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flickr 101
Michael Sauers
Technology Innovation Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
Disclaimer
Since I have no control over the content of
the flickr site there is the possibility that
you may see images you find offensive.
What is flickr
“Flickr is the best way to store, sort, search
and share our photos online. There is a
huge mass of photos in the world, and
Flickr provides a way to organize yours,
and for you and your friends and family
to tell your stories about them.”
Free flickr account
• 20 MB monthly upload limit
• 3 photosets
• Photostream views limited to the 200
most recent images
• Storage of smaller (resized) images
flickr Pro account
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$24.95 / year
2 GB monthly upload limit
Unlimited storage & bandwidth
Unlimited photosets
Permanent archiving of high-resolution
original images
• Ad-free browsing and sharing
Creating an account
Since Flickr is owned by
Yahoo! you’ll need a Yahoo!
account to use it. You can
create one here if you don’t
already have one.
User profile
You can
include as little
or as much
information as
you’d like.
Other options
include: Web
site URL,
home town,
interests,
favorite
movies/books,
and more.
Uploading
• Methods
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Web interface
Flickr Uploadr (Yes, that’s how they spell it.)
Upload to Flickr via Windows XP Explorer
E-mail
1001 for Mac OS X
iPhoto plugin for Mac OS X
Tells you
how much
of your
upload
you’ve used
so far this
month.
Web interface
Click this
link for the
uplodaing
tools.
Privacy
options
Browse for
the image
you wish to
upload. The
Web
interface
limits you to
six uploads at
a time.
Tags added
here will be
attached to
all photos
uploaded in
this batch.
Upload to Flickr via
Windows XP Explorer
Adds Flickr as an option for
Web publishing via XP’s
“Publish this file to the Web”
E-mail
Clicking on this link
will present you with
a custom e-mail
address attached to
your account. Emailing a photo to that
address will post it to
your flickr account.
Click this link again
whenever you want a
new e-mail address.
Describing & Tagging
Title
Narrative
description
Tags
Editing
Clicking on
the “Edit” link
allows you to
change a
photo’s title,
description,
and tags.
Organizing
Search photos by tag,
keyword and date. Select
& drag them into the
organizer.
The organize
screen allows
you to
manipulate
your photos
in batches
including
tagging,
sending to
groups and
sorting sets.
Creating a set
Click on “add to set”
then select “create a
new set”.
You’ll then need to
give the set a title
and a description
(optional).
When you create the
set this photo will
automatically be
added to the set.
Adding to a set
Click on “add to set”
then select the name
of the group you
wish to add the
photo to.
Removing from a set
Click on “add to
set” then click on
the [X] next to the
name of the group.
Deleting all photos
from a set will
delete the set.
Available sizes will depend
on the size of the original
photo.
All Sizes
Slideshows
Stream
slideshow link
Group pool
slideshow link
Slideshows
Slideshows
Moving your
mouse over the
picture allows
you to select a
particular
picture.
Blogging via Flickr
To send flickr
photos to your
blog you must
first set up your
blog info in
your account.
You can also
control who is
allowed to blog
your flickr
photos.
Click “blog this” to send
the photo to your blog.
Blog This
Then compose your blog post.
The photo will automatically
be cited.
Exploring flickr
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Tags
Favorites
Contacts
Groups
RSS Feeds
Tags
The larger the
word, the more
popular it is.
Favorites
To make a photo a
favorite, click on “add to
favorites”.
To view your favorites
click on the “your
favorites” link on your
photos page.
Adding/editing contacts
Once you’ve added a contact
they’ll be marked as such on
their stream page along with
a link for you to change their
status or remove them from
your contact list.
To add someone as a
contact, find the link
on their stream
page. You’ll be
given the option to
mark them as a
friend and/or family.
Contacts
You have a page
listing your contacts
linked to on your
homepage.
Contacts @ home
The four most recent photos
from your contacts will appear
on your homepage.
Groups
Try a search on topic
of interest and to see
what groups already
exist before creating
your own.
Creating a group
Choose your group
type carefully.
Joining a group
Joining a group will
add the group pool
to your groups list
and will allow you
to submit your
photos to the group.
Adding to a group
Click on “send to
group” to post your
photo to a group.
You must be a
member of a group
before it will show
up in this list.
Removing from a group
Click on “send to
group” then click on
the [X] next to the
name of the group.
RSS Feeds
Look for links to
RSS feeds at the
bottom of any group,
tag, or user stream.
Leaving your mark
• Comments
• Notes
Comments
Comments will be
shown beneath the
photo.
You can also add your own
comments to any photo. Be sure
to preview before posting.
Recent comments
Use the dropdown box to
change the timeframe for
displayed comments.
You can link to
recent
comments off
your home
page.
Viewing Notes
If there’s a
note on a
photo a box
will appear.
Hover your
mouse over the
box to see the
content of the
note.
Click “add
note” to do just
that.
You can drag
and resize the
note box.
The content of
the note goes
here.
Adding notes
Your Account
There are
options you
can change
here. Be sure
to look at all of
them before
you get to far
along.
More flickr fun
• Flagrant Disregard’s Flickr Toys
http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/
• Color Fields Colr Pickr
http://www.krazydad.com/colrpickr/
• How to embed flickr slideshows in your Web site
http://www.paulstamatiou.com/2005/11/19/how-toquickie-embedded-flickr-slideshows/
• Flickrnation Blog/Podcast
http://www.flickrnation.com/
Thank you!
Any questions?
Michael Sauers
[email protected]
http://travelinlibrarian.info/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/