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explain the Game Never Ending please.. what is it?
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1. Yeah, it's even on my moo cards!
2. Yeah, but I rarely ever do.
3. Yeah, but I missed it!
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4. You can embed a video or photo in comments or discussions by putting square brackets [] around a Flickr URL?
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Some more fun here... albeit some of it a bit arcane and outdated.
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flikr got tips and tricks too? you got to be kidding me
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Thanks, Jakerome! Added your bit into the OP. I do have a question, though. Do you mean outside of Flickr? Because I do not think it works in Flickr threads and discussions.
Double G: Ooh. Nice!
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yes, it works in the threads, jayel....you can post anyones pic or video now.
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Let's see if that works... just [ before & ] after the url.
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The square brackets things is brilliant!
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"4. You can embed a video or photo in comments or discussions by putting square brackets [] around a Flickr URL? (Thanks, Jakerome!)"
Wow! And all the time I was writing html as advised.
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The [ ] thing was only introduced about a week ago... and it wasn't widely announced.
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I feel so much dumber after reading the linked discussion.
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Even with video?!
Holy shit, son! That is fucking cool!
I love how it is defaulted to small-sizes, which makes things very easy for people.
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Jayel Aheram edited this topic 17 months ago.
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Woohoo!..............cool tips guys
1 stupid question though........what is a URL?.......sorry but I'm slow to catch on!....ever so sloooooow...........reeaallyy sloooooowwww
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The URL is the bit you see up in your browser address bar (or you can get it by clicking the "share this" button on the photo page and copying the "grab the link" bit.
Example, to post your latest photo:
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/10813066@N06/2739918126/]
which gives:
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Jayel Aheramyour number 3 is not really a tip, more a nugget of info
anyway [] square brackets? what the fuck! why was i not informed sooner? thats amazing
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Hey guys! If you want to "try out the bracket thing" you can just hit the "preview" button instead of the post now. No need to post it here. Thanks.
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Thanks the [ ] tip. Very, very useful.
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Brenda Anderson yes, we get everyone it works.
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What I don't get is how Brenda posted a URL in square brackets and it didn't show a photo. Genius.
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Mr. G's /surf tip from the other thread is fantastic! Here's another tip: Put "/no kittens" after it if you want to see my photos without the cats!
...Actually, that doesn't work, but I bet you wish it did!
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tabhastal edited this topic 17 months ago.
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AlexanderC special characters have html equivalent so if you type [ you get a [ displayed, you look up these characters on this table. bit geeky i know
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lomokev edited this topic 17 months ago.
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Thanks for taking the effort Kev. I'm none the wiser, and sometimes ignorance is bliss.
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the surf and [ ] thingie tips are fantabulous...thanks!
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Hey, I didn't even self-promote! I embedded someone else's image.
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Lomokev: Well, Flickr trivia is welcome, too. :)
Also, you do not need to type in [ to get the brackets, though it is more proper. Just throw in a styling tag somewhere in the middle to "break" it. For example [<i></i>]
You can also do the same with HTML if you want to display HTML tags in threads, but it is better if you use actual HTML codes like > for > and < for <.
You can also do the same with all-caps.
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6. YOU CAN TYPE A MESSAGE lN ALL CAPS BY JUDICIOUSLY REPLACING ONE CAPITAL LETTER WITH A SIMILAR LOOKING LOWERCASE LETTER.
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ooʇ uʍop-ǝpısdn ǝdʎʇ uɐɔ noʎ puɐ ˙˙˙dǝʎ
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¡ʇɥƃıɐɹʇs ƃuıʞlɐʇ ǝɹ,noʎ 'ʎllɐuıɟ
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"The URL is the bit you see up in your browser address bar"
There is also a farm URL one gets from "Properties" which one gets when one right clicks on an image. But, the square brackets don't work with that one. Or do they?
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[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/2560433322_35769638ab_m.jpg]
I guess that answers the question.
Only links to the actual photopages work.
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Jayel Aheram edited this topic 17 months ago.
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Jayal. How do we know whether those are real square brackets, or fake square brackets?
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You offer a sacrifice to the Magic Donkey and the answer shall be thus revealed to you.
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The square brackets work with set URLs too.
but not Collection URLs.
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Leo Reynolds edited this topic 17 months ago.
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Whoa! I did not know that!
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[http://www.flickr.com/groups/lomo/]
dose it work with groups?
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no!
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haha!
lolz @ lomokev :)
and this [] thing is absolutely brilliant!
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Never in the histroy of mankind has such a small thing caused so much excitement.
Well not since the Clinton/Lewinsky saga, anyhow.
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The Magic Donkey actually pre-dates Flickr by several years.
bees also had his fat, grubby, hands in the creation of b3ta.
It is the Magic Donkey who decides whether a picture makes it from the messageboard to the front page of b3ta
www.b3ta.com/features/faq/
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thanks for the tips. Will I use them.....no I'm lazy. But thanks
If anyone could find a way to get rid of the white background that would be awsome....the white has to go
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Markr 67 edited this topic 17 months ago.
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Well well, I never knew the Magic Donkey was born on b3ta. YOu learn something new everyday. Not necessarily something useful, but something new.
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Markr_67:
Copy this into your address bar and hit enter:
javascript:void(document.getElementsByTagName('BODY')[0].style.backgroundColor='#000000')
Instantly, a new, hideous black background.
EDIT: Yes, I know it should change the text to white, but as I hate the idea of a black background, I can't be bothered.
Now, if people start asking for a black matte, I might be more sympathetic, but reading white text on a black background gives me a migraine, flashbacks to the VT220 terminals I used for my degree, and a strong urge to scream "NO!!! As soon as the Mac came out, the black background was DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!"
Oh, go on then. Because I'm nice.
javascript:document.getElementsByTagName('BODY')[0].style.backgroundColor='#000000';var a = document.getElementsByTagName('P');for(var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) a[i].style.color='#ffffff';void(null);
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-RobW- edited this topic 17 months ago.
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Re: the Magic Donkey.
Jayel, the post you reference is actually from 17th August, not the 15th.
If Heather was her usual efficient self it's likely that this comment which refers to the Magic Donkey was made on 14th August and precedes your cited one.
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 You forgot to add, "bee-yeatch!"
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And I didn't know about 4,5, 6 or 8.
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Great tips - although
I've tried changing my upload date & time of my photos to
rearrange them and it never works for me
I have no idea why -but they always stay in the same order
they were regardless of what I have changed them to
so I gave up on that a long time ago
that URL thingy is cool : )
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Creative Mommy edited this topic 17 months ago.
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[that's great]
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Creative Mommy - you're probably changing the date taken, not date uploaded
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Flivia always makes me wanna check my watch.
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wow it works!!
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"you're probably changing the date taken, not date uploaded"
That is one feature that needs to be refined a bit. Its far too easy to click on the wrong tab while changing dates.
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The "/surf" thing doesn't work for me, just goes to a 404. What's it supposed to do?
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The /surf has to be put at the end of a photopage URL, not the photostream.
like this: flickr.com/photos/curiouskiwi/2662073107/surf
It's a novelty, but I find it harder to use than just loading someone's photostream page and seeing 18 photos at a time.
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Brenda Anderson edited this topic 17 months ago.
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Here's one not mentioned.
You can can get a quick overview of your photos by looking at the date-posted archives page.
www.flickr.com/photos/me/archives/date-posted/
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Useful Search if you want to know how many Flickr members there are and who's uploaded the most photos.
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Leo Reynolds edited this topic 17 months ago.
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Following on from Brenda's link, if you want to see a bit more detail:
www.flickr.com/photos/me/archives/date-posted/2008/detail/
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Leo Reynolds edited this topic 17 months ago.
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Another search. If you want to know how many public groups are on Flickr and which one has the most members:
www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=+&s=siz
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Leo Reynolds edited this topic 16 months ago.
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that &q=+ hack is actually a lot more useful than you think! Great way to add some advanced searching with a * wildcard to your photostream.
Example that fills one feature request, All your favorites in "detailed view":
flickr.com/search/?w=faves&q=+
and ALL group discussions by # of replies:
flickr.com/search/groups/?q=+&w=34427469792%40N01&...
Browse an entire pool in "detailed view":
flickr.com/search/groups/?q=+&m=pool&w=3442746979...
Discover the most "interestaculous" photo in a pool:
flickr.com/search/groups/?q=+&m=pool&w=3442746979...
If you remember the "old" version of "everyone's photos", and miss it?
flickr.com/search/?q=+&s=rec&ss=2&ct=6&z=t
I'll stop with the most INTERESTING PHOTO EVAR!:
flickr.com/search/?q=+&z=t&ss=2&ct=6&s=int
and the close 3rd, phew! Go George!
Post if you find more great applications of &q=+
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clickykbd edited this topic 16 months ago.
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Oops, a few more nice ones:
All inclusive "friends most recent photos", screw this 1 or 5 thing, bonus detailed view also:
flickr.com/search/?q=+&w=ff&s=rec&ss=2&ct...
All inclusive "contacts most recent photos", ditto:
flickr.com/search/?s=rec&z=t&ss=2&ct=6&w=...
Combined with advanced search, a contact's stream AS THUMBNAILS:
flickr.com/search/?q=+&w=12037949632%40N01&z=t&am...
Have oldschool flickr-cred? Find out where you rank by join-date (if you are in the first 4,000 or so)
flickr.com/search/people/?q=+&s=age
This does seem to hit a page limit easily, around 400, haven't tested for all the searches posted so far.
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clickykbd edited this topic 16 months ago.
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These are awesome, Clicky. I was not aware you can even search your favorites. I think these should be included in a "Better Flickr" plug-in or something.
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Thanks for those, mind blowing.
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Leo Reynolds edited this topic 16 months ago.
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I'm sure word of it will spread to the GM people (wink wink)... All we need is a couple more links on several pages that access these rather demanded an "popular" views... which flickr has never had because of an apparent lack of wildcards. You're welcome.
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clickykbd edited this topic 16 months ago.
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How do you make a name or word clickable to a full URL? like the "wink wink" on clickykbd post above?
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Paste the URL into the comment and post. Flickr does the rest. Edit comment to put your own words in the code.
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Leo Reynolds edited this topic 16 months ago.
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Test!flickr.com/photos/outro_perez/
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outro_perez edited this topic 16 months ago.
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what?? how?
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a little late but your html should look like this: <a href="url">words you want as link</a>
e.g. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/outro_perez/">your pictures</a> will return this: your pictures
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my pictures
ah thanks!!
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outro_perez edited this topic 16 months ago.
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Great tips. But how do you get your text to show up upside down? That is cool....
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¿sıɥʇ ǝʞıן 'uɐǝɯ noʎ
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˙sıɥʇ ǝʞıl suɐǝɯ ǝɥ ʞuıɥʇ ı 'ou
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Could someone please take me through
(from the start) how to view a contact's
photos as thumbnails (mentioned further
up by clickykbd).
Also, can I view my own photos as thumbnails?
Thanks!
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I've also been waiting patiently for someone to explain how to do the upside down text. I don't expect I'll ever actually want to use it... but I still want to know how.
Pretty Plase!
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Sometimes all it takes is just one google search.
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Thanks, GustavoG. I assumed that it was some flickr secret code that someone had discovered. Now I only need to find some kind of excuse oʇ ǝsn ʇı :-)
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paul (england) wrote Also, can I view my own photos as thumbnails? You mean, like this?
*edit to add missing /*
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paul (england)
For your own photos
What  Brenda Anderson said would be one method, but it uses square thumbs. If you want proper-aspect thumbs you can use the search hack I mentioned... you'll have to edit the url to contain your own NSID though:
flickr.com/search/?q=+&w=37718677955%40N01&z=t&am...
This was built up using Search. Set it to your photostream. Search within TEXT. Type something simply there. Then regardless of results change the URL by removing that "something simple" and replacing it with "+". Hit Enter. To get them to order same as your stream you can click "most recent" at this point.
There is no link to get to this. Hence why it is a *trick*. ;-)
Putting the "+" in the search field itself will not result in the same behavior. You'll just get photos with pluses in the description/title.
For contacts photos as thumbnails
It's the same process except start from the "Advanced Search" and select the person to display in the dropdown first.
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clickykbd edited this topic 16 months ago.
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You guys are amazing! Thanks very much to both of you for your help!
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The "something simple" text and editing the URL can be replaced by using a space in the Search box.
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Leo Reynolds edited this topic 16 months ago.
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.sresol yllems rof si txet uwop episdU
Oh... wait...
AVG reckons there is an active exploit on the site sherv.net which has an upside down text generator, so DON'T USE THAT ONE.
Be careful out there!
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-RobW- edited this topic 16 months ago.
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WOW...so many tips.
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Not sure if this has been mentioned or not, but how do you reply in a topic using a person's buddy icon? For example, clickykbd replied to paul (england) and Brenda Anderson and included their buddy icon in his reply.
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Fizzy_79 wrote how do you reply in a topic using a person's buddy icon? Check out the buddy icon reply greasemonkey script (requires firefox)
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 Leo Reynolds
Good point. Forgot about that. :-) Do we know if searching for "space" includes everything... is a generic upload indexed in such a way as to have a space in it somewhere? (will try on my next upload).
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We need a thread for that. "Flickr Mascots in MSPaint"
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Good point. I've never checked. Just assumed it did.
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Leo Reynolds
It could also be something on flickr's end, perhaps they are stripping leading and trailing padding prior to the query... in which case our "space" query turns into a null-string query... which could either match everything, or nothing, depending on the database properties I'm sure. The fact it gives us the "space" character back in the text field of the result makes me think it's actually searching for it though.
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The first use of this was for searching usernames, and it is clearly returning users with no spaces in the name. I think it saves a "printable" version to use in the rendered page but uses a normalized (to null) version for the search.
(First use I know of: me about two months and posted about in a 10 million photos topic. It is interesting to see the idea spread.)
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www.flickr.com/explore/panda
see also group Secrets of Explore
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okay, I need a tip/help on how to keep track of all my posts in the flickr groups
I can search for my posts in _a_ group but how do I search for my posts in _all_ my groups?
(sure I can go one by one for every group that I am a member of but I am a member of 100+ groups)
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oh god, the panda is bizarre
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But not as bizarre as some of the photos in Explore.
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 this is true
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Not exactly a Tip or Trick but a change in how flickr informs you about Testimonials.
In the good old days I found out by seeing a message on my home page but nowadays you have to check the Testimonial page under your Profile. I found one that's probably been waiting there for ages. When did you last check your Testimonial page?
www.flickr.com/testimonials_manage.gne
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 Thanks. Just discovered a new testimonial!
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As did I. Flickr needs to have a better way of alerting people about testimonials. I have no idea how long that was there.
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@ Tip #1
How do I access my photostream?
flickr.com/photos/the andy man doesn't work
i'm all confused.
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 It's not username, it's the unique url, like flickr.com/lwr not flick.com/Leo Reynolds. You don't have a URL for your account. You can set one up, permanently (it can never be changed) here, www.flickr.com/profile_url.gne
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I learnt about a testimonial put on my page at the weekend because the person who did it wrote to me yesterday to tell me about it. Otherwise I would never have known!
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