Flickr Image Link Integration

[AgentTim]

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After trying several Flickr BBCs that didn't work right, or didn't link back to Flickr (as required by their TOS),
I made a variation that works great for our phpBB3 forums.

Section 1 (BBCode Usage):

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[flickr]<a href="{URL1}" title="{TEXT1}"><img src="{URL2}" width="{NUMBER1}" height="{NUMBER2}" alt="{TEXT2}" /></a>[/flickr]

Section 2 (HTML Replacement):

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<div align="left">
    <a href="{URL1}" target="_blank"><img src="{URL2}" border="0"></a><br />
    Image Title: <b>{TEXT1}</b><br />
    Width: {NUMBER1}px Height: {NUMBER2}px &nbsp; &nbsp;
    Required Link: <u><a href="{URL1}">Flickr Source Page</a></u> 
</div>

Section 3 (Help Line):

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Flickr: [flickr]<Flickr, Medium Size, Copy & Paste HTML>][/flickr]

And, of course, check the 'Display on Posting Page' box at bottom to activate it.

Usage:



Note: This code is an alteration of Alex's code at http://digitalpardoe.co.uk/blog/show/115. It didn't work right for me, so I updated it.

[stickerboy]

Hi. I might be worth posting this in the Custom BBCodes topic on phpbb.com
It's stickied in the Support Forum

[AgentTim]

Thank you for the suggestion. I have posted it there as well (on phpbb.com forums). Hopefully someone will find it useful.

[Eelke]

Although unlikely, if Flickr ever changes their embedded HTML, you'll run into a problem. Can't change the current bbcode, or you'll break all existing posts using it. Create a new bbcode for the new format? Not practical either.

[bobbob]

i may be missing something but what is special about this ?
why not just link with the IMG tags ?
or is it that you get the different picture size options when you click yours ?
it's just that, to me, it sounded as if you suggested that one couldn't post pics from flickr in phpbb without the code.

i agree.. the image tags work adequately ... usually if users want more of a gallery, they use a gallery system.. a lot work very well with phpbb;

gallery menalto, coppermine

[Eelke]

Again, if you want to embed an image from Flickr, you are required, by Flickr's TOS, to link to Flickr's photopage for the particular image. If you think: "Why would I bother to comply to that?", this topic isn't for you If you would like to comply to the Flickr TOS, ask yourself how to accomplish that:
- Force your users to use standard BBCode to get the image linked (nested [ur] and [img] tags).
- ...?