Photos from Flickr

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We all seem to have the problem where photos from Flickr "disappear" on posts. I may have found the solution...

When you copy the link from Flickr, the last bit of looks like this: / > < / a > (but without the spaces which I had to put in so you can see the text).

I took out the first / so it now looks like this: > < / a > and (fingers crossed), it works and the photos show up properly. Hope that helps somebody!

For those confused like me, you get this link (as mentioned above) by going to your image in flicker and on the right hand side towards the top of the screen it says 'share this' with an arrow pointing to a box. Click on the 'share this', then it gives you a few different options. Click on 'embed it' then copy the text and past it into your Crochet me post. Hope that helps anyone ells lost like me.

Submitted by Ragamuffin on 22 September 2008 - 2:04am.

I found that mine didn't show up for a different reason. I could see them when I would preview the post, but they were gone once I posted it. I signed up with Flickr today, because I wanted to post some photos here. In order for the photos to properly link, you have to go back into your Crochetme profile and add your Flickr username.

**Might be a good idea to add that info to the FAQ**

I read the FAQ, was following the instructions (even tried it both with and without the rich text editor) and getting frustrated. I only stumbled upon the fix while looking to see if it was a problem with my "post viewing" settings. Yeah, I know. Probably no such thing, but I was desperate.

Submitted by elizabethann on 22 November 2008 - 5:23pm.

Okay, now I feel silly. Just read another topic in the forum. Someone else had the same problem.

If it is in the FAQ, maybe it needs to be bigger, more noticeable. Something to catch the attention of those of us who are trying to beat our computers into submission.

Submitted by elizabethann on 22 November 2008 - 5:31pm.

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