Comments on: WordPress 1.6 + Flickr Integrated into Media Manager

By: dnorman

dnorman — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:39:16 +0000

I haven't tried it, but there's a plugin that looks like it will do it - WordPress has apparently dropped the integrated Flickr support. I have tried WordPress Media Flickr, which adds a "Flickr" media button above the editor.

By: Nayna

Nayna — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:14:59 +0000

This is really neat. Will I need some special plug in for this ? I want this on my blog right away.

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Yeah, it is pretty cool, isn’t it? We’re still working out a few glitches, but I hope that everyone finds it as easy to use as I do.

By: D'Arcy

D'Arcy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Owen – it rocks nicely. The only glitch I found was that I couldn’t select a size other than thumbnail to drag into the post. Tried the click-the-image-then-select-the-size thing, but it still just dragged the thumbnail into the post entry textarea. No biggie though.

Very nice work! Looking forward to it!

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Ah…

When you click the alternate size, it changes the source of the thumbnail image in the image browser, but doesn’t resize the thumbnail itsself. So when you drag the image into the post, you are actually using the other size image, but it has been resized to the thumbnail’s dimensions by your browser.

This is a point I was trying to illuminate in the comments of my animations at Flickr, and maybe this will make it clearer for you:

If you drag the thumbnail (set at the thumbnail size) into the Post area and then resize it, it will be pixelated and ugly. If you set the size to, say, Medium, and drag that into the Post area, it’ll look the same size, but then when you resize the image in the Post, it will look nice because there is more resolution in the image.

Whatever size the image is in the image browser is by necessity the size it will appear in the Post, but changing the size setting in the image browser allows you to make the image bigger without looking bad.

I hope that clears that up. If I didn’t get your point, please keep talking about it. We’re running a bug-squishing event this weekend for WordPress, and this could be something that needs attention.

By: D'Arcy

D'Arcy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Ah! Gotcha. I didn’t think to drag the resize widget dealie on the dragged image – assuming it was just a tombstone sized image. It would be cool if the dropped image was the actual size that was selected in the previous step – otherwise it’s just adding another less-intuitive step to the process (1. select image 2. select size. 3. drag to post. 4. resize image to the size you selected in step 2)

By: teddy

teddy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

y’know, I’ve been trying doggedly to encorporate some sort of photo blog plugin thingy with my Wordpress. For some reason, I havent been able to get any of the plugins or add-ons to work. php issues, or whatever.

So in the meantime, I’ve reverted to manually including photos in my blog postings, and using PS to do web galleries for me, and linking them at my sidebar.

Take a look here, and click on a sidebar photoset.

Not the best fix, but I will change that as soon as I figger something out.

Npow flickr… I’m not sure I have to/want to pay 25 bucks for it. But perhaps I should… I dunno.

Is flickr worth it in your mind?

.te.d

By: D'Arcy

D'Arcy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Teddy, Flickr is so totally worth it – and it’s getting better all the time. Very cool service. And, this is from someone who was a big time .Mac subscriber, but just let it lapse because it wasn’t providing the type of service that Flickr does for much less dough.

Especially when combined with the FAlbum plugin for WordPress (it drives the “Photos” section of my blog), and the iPhoto integration for easy uploading. It just doesn’t get better.

Haven’t tried the new print service though, since it’s currently restricted to USAians.

By: Owen

Owen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I’ve been a Flickr user for a while, but only recently signed up for Pro. You can use it for free with some minor limitations on quantity of uploads.

The moment I signed up for the Pro account, I regretted it. Flickr wasn’t letting me do things that I wanted to do even with the “Pro” added near my name. But things have changed over time, and I’ve learned to cope with the things I don’t like. And now I put everything on there.

In actuality, the only image files that are on my site that aren’t served from Flickr are the site theme images. And I may yet move those out there, too.

The great advantage to me is that Flickr doesn’t care how big the images are and doesn’t bother me with bandwidth questions. So I don’t have to worry about bandwidth if a thousand people download my enormous 8 Megapixel shot of *whatever* because it’s not my problem.

And now my distant family can make prints if they use a free account, so all the better!

By: teddy

teddy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

tried falbum – couldnt make it work properly. Im on WP 1.5 or somesuch – July build. Is there a WP 1.6? Ho weasy to update?

The bandwidth thing is a goood consideration, plus the flickr community. But i hesitate putting up full res photos. copywrite and all that.

Prints I dont care about, but the book option would be cool at somepoint.

.te.d