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Flickr Groups


Mike Payson
 

In case you've never used Flickr, I should probably explain the most
basic steps involved with using it. It's pretty easy, but there are a
couple of things that you'll need to do to make it so we can find your
photos. Just joining the group isn't enough.

First, when you upload a photo, you'll need to add tags. You should
awlays add a tag that includes the group name (ie. grizhfminimill),
plus any other relevant tags. I prefer to run the tag words together
(beltdrive), though you can also surround multiple words with quotes
("belt drive"). The two tags are different, though, so searching for
beltdrive won't find "belt drive", so it's better if we standardize,
or you can add both. Tags are cases insensitive.

After you've finished uploading, tagging, and captioning your photos,
you'll also need to send it to the group for it top show up on our
group page. To do that, just click on the "send to group" button just
above the photo. Choose the appropriate group, click OK & you're done.

If you would like to add an annotation, click on the "add note" button
above the photo. Drag the note that appears to where you want it,
resizing it if necessary, and type your comments.

The photos are automatically scaled when you upload them, so if your
photo is at least 1024x768 when you upload it, it will display on the
main page in a smaller format. If you need to see more detail, click
the "All Sizes" button above the photo.

That's all I can think of now, but hopefully that helps! I know this
sounds like a pain, but Flickr's great interface makes the whole
process pretty simple. After you've done one or two, you'll have no
problems at all.

Mike

On 4/11/07, Mike Payson <mike@...> wrote:
I wanted to let everyone know about three Flickr groups I've created:





Flickr has a number of advantages over the Yahoo photo page since it
has virtually unlimited storage & a very useful annotation feature
(roll your mouse over the photo at

to see what I mean). Photos can also be tagged so they can be
searched. For example, searching for minimill and beltdrive would find
the above photo and the others in the series.

The groups are public, so anyone can browse the photos, but you must
join the group to post photos to it. Not to mention, no more having to
login to Yahoo just to look at a photo!

Flickr is owned by Yahoo, the same username & password that you use to
login to Yahoo groups will work for it as well. I encourage everyone
to join whichever groups apply to you!

Join [email protected] to automatically receive all group messages.