Flickr Tip:Adding A Blog to Flickr

Posted by Pixelhead

No I am not really adding a blog to my Flickr account, but I kind of think that would be pretty cool. What I mean here is I want to add a blog to my list of blogs, so that I can write a post about a Flickr pic that I come upon without logging onto my blog.

Why do I want to do this?

I browse through Flickr a lot, and often I will see a picture that would be appropriate for say my Pet blog, but at the moment I am not logged in to that Wordpress account. This allows for a quick little post, which can then be edited from the blogs wysiwyg(What You See Is What You Get) editor.

How do You add a Blog to your Flickr Account?

This is a little confusing, because it is not an option that appears in any of the drop down menus at the top of the screen.

Click the “You” tab at the top of your Flickr homepage.
In the drop down menu, select “Your Account”.
Across from the big red words “Personal Information” click on the blue “Extending Flickr” link.
If you have not added any blogs yet, click the “Configure your Flickr-to-blog settings” link.
Click “Set up your blog” .
Then Choose your Blog platform.
Enter in your blogs login info such as login name and password. You will also need an type in the API info, which should be the url of your blog plus /xmlrpc.php. The hardest part about this is making sure your username and password are correct.
Flickr then asks you to make a custom posting template, which will be the format that your posts will be in when posted to your blog. There are five standard options that you can choose from. If none of these grab your fancy, clicking on one of them will bring you to the next screen where the option to either Use or customize your own layout. Only do this if you have a bit of understanding of html/css.

Posting To Your Blog from Flickr

Find a suitable picture for your particular blog.
Look for a grey “BLOG THIS” button at top of the photo. Some photos may not have this, depending upon if the person who posted it has the feature turned on or off. I believe that it is an option if you don’t wish for people to blog your photo’s. I have it enabled for all of my photos, so please feel free.
Keep the title of the pic as your blog post title or add a new title to your post.
Type in the description. You may use html, but you can also edit with your blog’s WYSIWYG editor later.
Click “Post Entry” and you have successfully posted to your blog from Flickr. Congratulations.

I hope this Flickr tip is useful, let me know if you have any questions or advice or other Flickr tips.

Written by Pixelhead on October 11th, 2007 with 10 comments.
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Monika @ The Writers Manifesto
#1. October 13th, 2007, at 2:24 AM.

Hey Adam,

This post is perfect for my competition. Please use the email provided her to submit it. I need this done, so I can keep track of all the entries. Thanks and good luck.

Monika

Pixelhead
#2. October 13th, 2007, at 11:36 AM.

Thanks Monika, I’ll have to give your contest a mention in an upcoming post.

Monika @ The Writers Manifesto
#3. October 13th, 2007, at 1:53 PM.

Thank you,

You are now added to the competition, all the best of luck to win.
Monika

Mike C
#4. October 13th, 2007, at 11:24 PM.

Wow I did not know it was possible to add a blog to a flickr account. I am going to try this for myself.

Pixelhead
#5. October 14th, 2007, at 1:55 PM.

Not really adding a blog to it, you can however list your blogs with them, so and be able to post directly to your blog. This is pretty cool if you want to do a quick post, find a good pic, and blog it.

Rebecca
#6. October 18th, 2007, at 2:55 PM.

This is a wonderful tip!
I’ve been doing research about setting up my own blog, and stumbled across your spot. I’ve been thinking I need to do something where I can post a lot of pictures, and this would make things 100% easier! Thank you!!!

Pixelhead
#7. October 18th, 2007, at 3:02 PM.

Rebecca,
Thanks for letting me know you found the tip to be useful. It truly is a great feature of Flickr. Just yesterday I used it to post to our restaurant review site and travel blog. Just wanted to do a quick update post, and this type of posting is perfect for those types of posts. The one bad think about it is you need to be familiar with html if you want to put any hyperlinks or other stuff into your post. The SEO tech in me requires that I put at least one link in a post.

Tina Su - Think Simple. Be Decisive.
#8. October 19th, 2007, at 4:47 PM.

Thanks for the Tip. I didn’t realize this was added. Very cool.

Love & Gratitude,
Tina
Think Simple. Be Decisive.

googel
#9. March 20th, 2008, at 8:48 AM.

I just knew this now, though I don’t use flickr but I have heard of it. Lemme check on it now.

UK
#10. April 22nd, 2008, at 12:44 PM.

I was searching for an option like this for my photoblog. Thanks for the tip. Will it work for movable type? I’m not much of a techie person.

Thank you

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