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Flickr News Items
This section highlights items of interest from the Flickr forums
Flickr API Now Uses HTTPS For Searching Photos
Slickr Flickr 2.x has been updated to use HTTPS for connecting to Flickr in line with the Flickr’s new requirements for more secure access You do not need to do anything other than upgrade to the latest version of Slickr Flickr. Possible SSL Error However if after upgrading you get the following error you will […]
Searching By Tag Not Working Using Flickr API
Since Friday 13th June Flickr tags have not been working properly and all searches by tag using the API are returning no photos. Flickr have acknowledged the issue and are working on it. For more see this thread on the Flickr Help Forum and also this earlier thread Fetching favorites, groups, galleries and photosets is […]
New Flickr Photo Sizes
In March 2012, Flickr came up with 3 new photos sizes: “Medium 800”, “Small 320” and “Large Square”. These was brought to my attention yesterday and hence I have added support for the new sizes to Slickr Flickr version 1.41 Below are example of the new sizes. Small 320 Slideshow Use size”s320″ for the Small […]
Flickr Photos Not Available – at least not yet
There is always a delay between publishing photos on Flickr and their being publicly available. In the past this delay varied arbitrarily between 1 and 15 minutes so it was not a problem. However, from around December 26th Flickr users were reporting much longer delays of 24 hours, 48 hours and more. This is a […]
British Royal Family Now On Flickr
Yesterday the British Royal Family put almost 700 of their photos on Flickr. The photos cover Royal public events, meetings and audiences dating back over 150 years. New images will be added as more engagements and events take place. The Queen has been active in social media recently on Twitter and YouTube account and Flickr […]
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