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Insert flickr photos in posts

« on 28/06/2007, 17:58 »
On the back of the sheffield flood photos thread we thought it would be cool to be able to insert photos into threads without leaving the site. So today I knocked up a simple script that uses jQuery to load photos from flickr using the API and display thumbnails below the post text area in the forum. Clicking on a thumbnail adds the relevant bbcode.

You can see a demo here http://community.plus.net/flickr-test/  (click on 'Additional Options' to expand it)

It currently just loads the first 100 pics tagged 'barcampsheffield' but once we add a field for your flickr username in smf, it will load your most recent photos by default. You'll also be able to search by tag for other people's photos.

It's just a proof of concept so far but what do you think? Ideas/suggestions welcomed.
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« Reply #1 on 28/06/2007, 18:05 »
AWESOME!   Shocked

« Last Edit: 28/06/2007, 18:19 by Kelly »

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« Reply #2 on 29/06/2007, 08:22 »
That's amazing, it would make my (forum) life SO much easier!
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« Reply #3 on 29/06/2007, 12:02 »
Wicked - When can I use it...

I just got an N95, so that's ability to upload pictures directly to Flickr and this to push them straight into a post opens a lot of doors :-)

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« Reply #4 on 29/06/2007, 12:25 »
Quote from: Ianwild on 29/06/2007, 12:02
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opens a lot of doors
Hope that isn't an unfortunate turn of phrase Wink

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« Reply #5 on 29/06/2007, 14:58 »
Looks good - with over 1500 photos on Flickr, I can see it coming in useful for me some time.
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« Reply #6 on 29/06/2007, 17:39 »
Demo updated: http://community.plus.net/flickr-test/

TODO:
* pagination
* remove from "Additional Options..." and put in "Insert Flickr Photo..."
* save your flickr username to save typing it in
* allow browsing by sets/collections
* better styling
* fix the code so it's a bit less ugly

other suggestions?
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« Reply #7 on 29/06/2007, 19:14 »
I'd suggest this: if a username is given, make the tag search only search that username's photos. Also don't just limit it to tags, but allow it to search title/description text too. (Although I admit it could be doing that already; I haven't checked to be certain - I'm just going by the fact it's called 'tag search'.) Otherwise it looks good though! A unique but very handy forum mod. Smiley
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« Reply #8 on 02/07/2007, 15:35 »
Now live, check it out... treat it as a functional demo as it still clearly needs work. I think a tabbed interface with 'My Photostream', 'Search my photos' and 'Search all photos' might be the best way to do it.

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« Reply #9 on 02/07/2007, 15:38 »
Awesome!   Now you just need to add pagination! Smiley

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« Reply #10 on 02/07/2007, 16:56 »
Quote from: Kelly on 02/07/2007, 15:38
Awesome!   Now you just need to add pagination! Smiley

pagination added. it's built into the flickr api so it was pretty straightfoward. Looks a bit funny now when flipping between pages cos the height of the div keeps changing. Need to make the loading animation go *over* the images rather than replacing them.

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« Reply #11 on 02/07/2007, 17:22 »
Woo!

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« Reply #12 on 02/07/2007, 17:49 »
Looking good Kelly...

... and for random onlookers - Yes - that is Kelly!
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« Reply #13 on 02/07/2007, 18:03 »
Quote from: Liam on 02/07/2007, 17:49
Yes - that is Kelly!

I can think of sooooo many comments!   Shocked

Actually, I already knew that Plusnet's Head of Quality Assurance was a rocker, but I remember when Kelly's name first appeared, I had this mental image of a demure little lady.

BarCamp was the giveaway.
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« Reply #14 on 02/07/2007, 22:30 »
Were you at barcamp then?  Or just looking at the photos?



I reckon this flurry of posts with images in of mine will have stopped by tomorrow Smiley
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« Reply #15 on 03/07/2007, 09:39 »
Quote from: Kelly on 02/07/2007, 22:30
I reckon this flurry of posts with images in of mine will have stopped by tomorrow Smiley

Ah but it's just so fun!

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