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Adding Flickr Slideshows with Flickrshow API

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I have been using Flickrshow to display some flickr images from a certain tag. I am now using Flickr’s Slideshow code (though not sure it’s exactly what I want, still).  The IDEAL for me is a simple javascript that loads the one, MOST-RECENT image from a tag for a user, period. No flash. No embed code. Just one picture.

Anyway, since I am pulling code out that I may want later, I will insert it here for my own benefit (or yours) at a future date:

Somewhere in your webpage, or in a wordpress widget that accepts HTML, enter a DIV with a name you give for your flickrshow. You will need this variable-name later:

<div id="yourFlickrShowName">
		<p>If nothing appears here, something has gone wrong!</p>
	</div>

Now, put the following script call in your footer somewhere, just before your “” tag. Be careful actual quotes are used in your code when you cut/paste this (because WordPress sometimes changes them to look prettier).

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://api.flickrshow.com/v7/flickrshow.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var yourFlickrShowName = new flickrshow('yourFlickrShowName', {
'autoplay':false,
'hide_buttons':false,
'interval':5000,
'page':1,
'per_page':20,
'tags':'INSERTTAGS',
'user':'username'
});
</script>

Flickr Uploadr Available for Blackberry Smartphones

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Sharing the things you find as you journey through life is half the fun of being well-connected. And, of course, a picture is worth thousands and thousands of those words. Flickr, the popular online photo storage site, has published a cool uploading tool that allows you to choose and send photos from your blackberry to your account on the Flickr website, but you can also “geotag” photos (adding information to the photo revealing the location it was taken), and even send photos you have already put on Flickr to your Blackberry contacts! From the Blackberry site:

This mobile photo uploader is designed to offer the same features and functions you’re used to using on your computer. And, because of the familiar BlackBerry smartphone keyboard, menus and prompts, it’s easy to learn, fun to use and it’s free. Upload photos easily Snap a picture, put it in the right album, tag it, and even adjust its size. Then post it with just a few quick clicks. Geotag your pictures If you’re using a BlackBerry smartphone with GPS capabilities you can also geotag images so that people who look at your pictures can tell where you uploaded them. Download Flickr Photo Uploader for BlackBerry Smartphones.