How to Use Flickr to Add Thumbnails to Your Blogger Blog

Posted by Anonymous , 9/5/2007 Tags:UseFlickrAddThumbnailsBloggerBlog
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How to Use Flickr to Add Thumbnails to Your Blogger Blog

Introduction

Flickr is an online photo album, a place where you can publish photos for everyone to see unless you restrict the viewing audience. Many people have both a Flickr photo album and a Blogger blog, but you needn't post the same images twice. You can upload them once to Flickr and set them to appear on your Blogger blog. Your Blogger blog will show the most recent images you have added to your Flickr album in a set of thumbnails.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Steps

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Step One

Visit Flickr, and register for a Yahoo! account name. Then log in and set up your photo album.
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Step Two

Log into your photo album.
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Step Three

Find the "Photo Badge" page of Flickr.
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Step Four

Choose whether you would like to have an HTML or a flash badge.
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Step Five

Select the next button to move onto the second page of the settings.
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Step Six

Select whose photos you want to display. Your photo badge can display only your photos or everybody's photos.
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Step Seven

Customize the photo badge layout. You can select the number and size of the photos. Click "Next."
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Step Eight

Customize the color scheme for your photo badge. Select any background color you want.
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Step Nine

Flickr automatically generates a code for you to copy into your blog. Highlight the entire code, right click and select "Copy."
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Step Ten

Visit the Blogger site and log in with your username and password.
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Step Eleven

Click "Settings" and then "Template." This displays a page where you can enter the code.
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Step Twelve

Click the text box to select where you want to place the code (in the body). To paste, right click, and select "Paste."
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Step Thirteen

Click "Done" when you're finished.

Tips & Warnings

  • You can also send photos directly to Blogger by emailing them or uploading them to the site.
  • If you want to use a solitary image, copy the image's URL and paste it into one of the blog entry forms.
  • Flickr offers a handy solution if you want to send a single photo to your blog. After you have you logged in, select the "Blog This" button to send.
  • You can remove the link to Flickr if you do not want it.
  • Both Blogger and Flickr have rules against uploading obscene images.

Overall Things You'll Need

  • Internet access
  • Computer
  • Blogger account
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