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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Geoff I on December 21, 2011, 11:19:07 AM

Title: Flickr and how?
Post by: Geoff I on December 21, 2011, 11:19:07 AM
I have an account with Photobucket but I see lots of people use Flickr so I have set up an account up on there, I want to do it right and make the Flickr account look good without looking like a plain site as it is, I need a little help. I have only got 3 photo's on that site at the moment but hope to get a good amount of photo's up over Christmas.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffs_images/
Title: Re: Flickr and how?
Post by: picsfor on December 21, 2011, 11:29:46 AM
TBH Geff, not sure you can do much to make your Flickr site look good.

Not quite Tumblr or 500px in terms of customisation. Pretty much choose how many columns you want in your gallery and how you want the sets displayed, and that's it - unless i've missed something.
I know a few people who use it as their main site and thy've got nothing more than i have.

Flickr is popular, and a good way of sharing images, but it is not quite WordPress when it comes to making it look good.
Title: Re: Flickr and how?
Post by: Geoff I on December 21, 2011, 11:37:05 AM
I am reading all the jargon on Flickr now and there might be a way of making the site a bit more interesting rather than the bland pages, just need to read more up on the subject.
Title: Re: Flickr and how?
Post by: greypoint on December 21, 2011, 12:16:13 PM
You can always send people to view via flickriver  - set the address to recent/most popular/sets etc. - it looks a bit better!
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/greypoint/sets/
Title: Re: Flickr and how?
Post by: Geoff I on December 21, 2011, 12:39:26 PM
Thanks greypoint for the thumbs up on Flickriver.
Title: Re: Flickr and how?
Post by: greypoint on December 21, 2011, 02:12:13 PM
looks good  :tup:
Title: Re: Flickr and how?
Post by: Geoff I on December 21, 2011, 02:17:29 PM
Well its a start, and hopefully I can get more images on over the Christmas Break.
Title: Re: Flickr and how?
Post by: Jonathan on December 22, 2011, 07:53:47 AM
Flickr + Looks nice = www.500px.com

(OK it's not really Flickr - but it's much prettier)
Title: Re: Flickr and how?
Post by: picsfor on December 22, 2011, 08:34:07 AM
Quote from: Jonathan on December 22, 2011, 07:53:47 AM
Flickr + Looks nice = www.500px.com

(OK it's not really Flickr - but it's much prettier)

Yep, with Jonathan on that... More themes to play with as well...