Frequently Asked Questions About Slickr Flickr

Question MarkThis section contains questions about the capabilities and features of Slickr Flickr. Some of the answers will include an example of how to use a particular feature

Please check out the questions and answers on the pages below or use the search box in the sidebar.

If your question is not answered below or on the issues or suggestions pages below then please use the comment on the main help page and I will respond

Please note that due to the recent popularity of Slickr Flickr I can no longer give individual help with your site for free. However if you would like personal support with Slickr Flickr then please upgrade to Slickr Flickr Pro which offers both support and bonus features for a minimal monthly free

Vertical Stream Of Flickr Photos With Captions

Braden Hello, I am working with your plug in on my site. I have not yet purchases your pro version, but will if what I need is possible and the support is there. Im not a programmer. I would like to create one page with a vertical stream of the last 10-20 medium or large [...]

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Sorting Flickr Photos

Fran: Does the pro version allow me to set the order of my images from the plugin area? I can set at flickr, but it does not present them to me that way on my site. Please advise. Russell: Unless you tell it otherwise Slickr Flickr displays photos in the exact same order as it [...]

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Can I use a custom field in a Flickr gallery

How to use a custom field to select the tag for a Flickr Gallery

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Can I Display Photos From a Flickr Group

Example of a Group Pool Gallery of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Example of a Galleria of Cheese

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How Do I Display My Latest Flickr Photos?

To display your latest photos specify neither a tag nor a set, just the number of items you wand the the type of display

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Slickr Flickr – How Do I Find The Admin Page?

A number of people have asked about finding the Slickr Flickr admin page, once they’ve installed the plugin. Here is a quick video showing you how to do that. The Slikr Flickr Admin panel is located in the setting section of the WordPress dashboard.

How To Display a Flickr Photoset?

Question I’d love to see the option to use sets rather than tags. That would make this plugin perfect. Any chance this is going to happen or should I start to get hacking on this myself? Answer Yes you can but with some restrictions in the current release. Slickr Flickr 1.14. There is some support [...]

How To Use Slickr Flickr In A Thesis Multimedia Box

Question Deltina: I am trying to get the plugin to work within a Thesis media box. I really like the plugin, but would rather not have to write a new style just to accomodate it. It works fine in pages, just not in the media box, since that is looking for code. Is there an [...]

How To Fetch More Than 50 Photos

Question Stuart: I have more than 50 photos that match the tag set. How can I implement a paging system? Answer Russell: Right now Slickr Flickr just fetches the first page of 50 photos – which are the most recent photos. I plan in the next release to allow you to specify a page number [...]

How To Display Flickr Descriptions Under The Galleria Image

Is it possible to display descriptions under the large image when using galleria? thanks! Answer Yes, just specify the attribute as follows: descriptions=”on” e.g It looks like this:

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How To Remove List Icons From The Gallery

How to remove list icons from the gallery which are associated with an existing stylesheet? I have tried editing ‘jquery.gallery.css’ as I saw in a previous post by someone with the same issue, but that css file has gone from the latest release! Issue can be see here: http://www.uniquetravelguide.com/2010/07/ayutthaya/ Love the plugin btw, simple and [...]

How Do I Align a Flickr Slideshow?

Question I’m having difficulty finding a simple way to align slideshows to the left or right of a page. I feel like it defeats the purpose of using the plugin if I have to wrap it in a ‘div’ with lots of customized CSS styling. Are there any shortcuts I’m missing? Answer Right now you [...]

Is there any way to pull ALL photos rather than only those with a specific tag?

No, Slickr Flickr can only handle tagged photos, group pool photos, photos in sets, friends photos and favorites; it cannot grab all your photos at once. Try the WordPress Flickr Manager plugin if you want to be able to browse all your photos

Can I reorder pics in the gallery?

Yes you can sort by date, title or description. Please check out http://www.slickrflickr.com/414/how-to-sort-your-flickr-slideshow-photos/

Can slickr-flickr be directly embedded in php code?

Great question. The theoretical answer is yes. However I have not tried this. The function call is slickr_flickr_display ($attr) where $attr is an array of name value pairs of the slickr flickr parameters For example: or Please try it out and let me know how you get on. If it does not work then please [...]

How to Reduce the Height of the Small Slideshow?

On http://resurrection.drinklocal.com you will see that the space allocated for the slickr slideshow is quie a bit bigger than it should be.. I used the example code : [ slickr-flickr tag="Resurrection" items="20" type="slideshow" orientation="portrait" size="small" start="random"] Is there some way not to include all that space below the slideshow?” Solution This was a bug in [...]

Where do I find my Flickr ID

I read this but I am a novice, I do not understand. Where do I find my Flickr ID? I read this but I am a novice, I do not understand. Where do I do this or where do I find my Flickr ID? Instead of a slideshow a message “Please set up a Flickr [...]

Can I use a Flickr Photo set

Questions Is there a way to tell Slickr Flickr to display a slideshow of photos from another user’s SET of photos? This Flickr user has photos in a set called SXSW. None of them are tagged but I’d like to display the whole set of 87 photos on my blog. Thanks! Answer No. Slickr Flickr [...]

Adding Links To Photos

Question Is there a way to add a link to the captions or link the actual photo? Answer Yes. If you use type=”gallery” and flickr_link = “on” then the title that appears underneath the photo in the lightbox will be a link back to the photo on Flickr

How to display photos from other Flickr galleries

Question How do I display photos tagged with “ice cream” from one of my friends’s Flickr galleries? Answer You need to specify your friend’s Flickr Id beside the shortcode. For example [slickr-flickr id=”87654321@N00″ tag=”ice cream”

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