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1. wanderingjasmine
   Member
   Feb 17, 2009, 6:04 PM

   I'm new to all this.

   I want to add photos from Flickr (my own and others under CC) and be able to have a neat title and photographer link underneath the photo like when you 'blog this' straight from Flickr - 'Title originally uploaded by photographer'

   I'm finding that I can't just click the square 'add image' button to insert a photo as when I enter the Flickr URL, the timer whirls and a red cross comes up seeming to say that the link hasn't worked.

   The only way I can add an image is to embed the code taken from the 'share this' button on Flickr and the caption function on this is ugly.

   Am I missing something

   The blog I need help with is wanderingjasmine.wordpress.com.

2. panaghiotisadam
   Member
   Feb 17, 2009, 7:33 PM

   You could paste one of the URLs here so we can see.

3. wanderingjasmine
   Member
   Feb 19, 2009, 7:59 PM

   Ok, so I'm just grabbing a link like this:

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/wanderingjasmine/3293583232/

   and putting it in the image URL box - then the timer turns to the left of the box and it comes up with a red cross.

   I've tried lots of different photos so assume I'm doing it wrong rather than there being a broken link.

   Any help appreciated

4. panaghiotisadam
   Member
   Feb 19, 2009, 9:52 PM

   That doesn't work because it's a webpage, not an image. The URL you need is this:

   http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3293583232_efa689a60f.jpg

5. wanderingjasmine
   Member
   Feb 20, 2009, 12:20 AM

   The smoke has lifted - thank you!

6. randasfans
   Member
   Mar 5, 2009, 12:35 AM

   I'm having the same problem; how did you generate the .jpg URL? Everything after the last slash makes sense to me, but not before. Thanks!

7. raincoaster
   Member
   Mar 5, 2009, 7:17 AM

   You put your cursor on the picture, right click and copy Save Image Location. It's the image location you want.

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