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#1 11/24/2005 12:43 am
- jeffryv
- Citizen Squid Alumni
- From: Vancouver BC Canada
- Registered: 11/17/2005
- Posts: 2144
Fun with Flickr
Hi All
Just a tip if you do not have photos in Flickr and you want to add some to your lens, you can use any public ones.
To find some that are related to your lens, just use your Lens Tags in the Flickr tags search box
Here is the link to it
http://www.flickr.com/photos/search/
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#2 11/29/2005 9:10 am
- heath
- Lensmaster in Chief
- From: Irvington, NY
- Registered: 10/17/2005
- Posts: 979
Re: Fun with Flickr
And in the Flickr module, letting Flickr pick helps you go off your lens's keywords, too.
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#3 12/01/2005 3:10 pm
- seafoam
- Cuttlefish. Just browsing.
- Registered: 10/22/2005
- Posts: 8
Re: Fun with Flickr
If you use 'letting Flickr pick', presumably it's selection will vary with time? This sounds like it could lead to less than desirable results.
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#4 12/01/2005 3:25 pm
- squidoo_engineer
- Squid Staff / Forum Mod
- From: Boulder
- Registered: 10/17/2005
- Posts: 2179
Re: Fun with Flickr
The selections are updated daily. Yes, it could lead to less than desirable results, but maybe not. The idea behind "Let Flickr Pick" is that it's an easy way to keep your lens fresh--without requiring a lot of effort on your part.
For instance, I created a lens called snowboarding (http://beta.squidoo.com/code/snowboarding) which I have just started to work on. I added a Flickr module, selected "Let Flickr Pick", and used the tags "snowboarding" and "mountain". The results are fairly decent, and the fact that they're updated every day is great.
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#5 12/01/2005 10:21 pm
- jeffryv
- Citizen Squid Alumni
- From: Vancouver BC Canada
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- Posts: 2144
Re: Fun with Flickr
I have to agree with Seafoam, I think I would rather not trust Flickr"s search by tags system to pick my photos, without me checking them first.
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#6 02/23/2006 4:05 pm
- beta3385
- Landlubber.
- From: Boston, MA
- Registered: 11/09/2005
- Posts: 20
Re: Fun with Flickr
I use Flickr on most of my lenses, and it usually returns very good results. Obviously the more obscure your topic, the less luck you're going to have.
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#7 02/23/2006 5:28 pm
- jeffryv
- Citizen Squid Alumni
- From: Vancouver BC Canada
- Registered: 11/17/2005
- Posts: 2144
Re: Fun with Flickr
Flickr Feeds
Public Photos
To get a feed of public photos, use the following url:
http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne
This feed has the following optional url parameters:
id
A single NSID. This specifies a user to fetch photos for.
ids
A comma delimited list of NSIDs. This specifies a list of users to fetch photos for.
tags
A comma delimited list of tags to filter the feed by. Photos containing ANY of the tags will be included in the feed.
format
The format of the feed.
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#8 02/24/2006 12:18 pm
- Pyeman73
- Landlubber.
- From: Boston, MA
- Registered: 11/09/2005
- Posts: 20
Re: Fun with Flickr
Jeff - that is a great tip as I have never used Flickr prior to Squidoo. Seriously.
Thanks!
- Dave
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#9 02/25/2006 1:20 pm
- genglo
- Citizen Squid Alumni
- From: Cleveland Ohio
- Registered: 10/26/2005
- Posts: 469
Re: Fun with Flickr
Thanks for the tip! One good way to make sure you get just the photos you want is to go to flickr and do the tag search there. Then you can use the flickr module here on Squidoo to pick the best photos from that specific tag (using the URL for the specific photo pages that you choose). This way there are no surprises for you or your visitors.
Julianne
Julianne is a vegetarian Giant Squid, owns The Mommy Mall, volunteers for an animal rescue, loves ferrets and music, and creates lenses for charity.
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#10 03/30/2006 8:04 am
- nancoix
- My first post ever. Wish me luck.
- Registered: 01/09/2006
- Posts: 1
Re: Fun with Flickr
I want to be sure I understand the use of public Flickr photos. I can post other people's photos on my lens (even though it may potentially make a profit), as long as they are marked "public" in Flickr? Is this compliant with Flickr's Terms of Use?
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#11 04/06/2006 11:39 am
- jeffryv
- Citizen Squid Alumni
- From: Vancouver BC Canada
- Registered: 11/17/2005
- Posts: 2144
Re: Fun with Flickr
Hi All
I hate page turning sooooo
Flickr Leech
Makes it easier to find that "just right" photo for your lens.
( That and I love a good hack )
Last edited by jeffryv (04/06/2006 11:42 am)
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#12 04/09/2006 10:09 pm
- jeffryv
- Citizen Squid Alumni
- From: Vancouver BC Canada
- Registered: 11/17/2005
- Posts: 2144
Re: Fun with Flickr
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#13 04/10/2006 5:38 am
- genglo
- Citizen Squid Alumni
- From: Cleveland Ohio
- Registered: 10/26/2005
- Posts: 469
Re: Fun with Flickr
Thanks for posting the fun flickr links!
Julianne is a vegetarian Giant Squid, owns The Mommy Mall, volunteers for an animal rescue, loves ferrets and music, and creates lenses for charity.
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#14 04/10/2006 6:33 am
- CSReader
- Cuttlefish. Just browsing.
- From: Pleasanton CA
- Registered: 12/31/1969
- Posts: 15
Re: Fun with Flickr
I couldn't find the pictures I needed, so I shot them myself, and used Flickr to get them into a lens. I thought it might be a pain, but it's really easy to use. More on that here:
http://www.squidu.com/forum/viewtopic.p … 1544#p1544
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#15 04/10/2006 12:34 pm
- heathrow
- Lensmaster in Chief
- From: Irvington, NY
- Registered: 10/17/2005
- Posts: 979
Re: Fun with Flickr
I love Flickr. Glad you signed up, CS!
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