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Drupal 4.7: FlickrStickr Module Review

Matt Westgate
by Matt Westgate
April 4, 2006

FlickrStickr module is an easy way to insert images into content from photos stored at flickr.com. In this videocast I describe how it works as well highlight areas where it could be improved. Overall it's a fantastic module that deserves more attention. (6 Minutes - 12MB H.264)

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Hot linked from Flickr

On April 5th, 2006 Robert Douglass (not verified) said:

If you look closely in the video you can see the answer to the one question I had remaining; from where are the images served? The answer is from Flickr.com itself. Is there any Flickr policy on hotlinking like this? Encouraged? Discouraged? Might it be useful for the module to have the option of downloading the Flickr image and hosting it locally?

I'm happy to see that Elek Márton is very active developing Drupal modules. He is one of the developers that came to us through the Google Summer of Code program.

Thanks for the video!

-Robert

Open Flickr API

On April 5th, 2006 matt said:

Taken from http://www.flickr.com/services/

Flickr has an open Application Programming Interface (API for short). This means that anyone can write their own program to present public Flickr data (like photos, tags, profiles or groups) in new and different ways.

Equivalent for Drupal Images?

On April 5th, 2006 alanburke (not verified) said:

This module is outstanding!

Is there an internal equivalent for Drupal images, or especially for an Integrated Gallery 2 installation?

Thanks for all the podcasts, Lullabot. They are fast becoming a valuable resource.

Imagedrop

On April 6th, 2006 Budda (not verified) said:

I've been working on and off on something which is quite similar to FlickrStickr. It's called Imagedrop and is hiding in the Drupal.org CVS at the moment.

Nice ...

On April 6th, 2006 MattP (not verified) said:

Love the ideas for improvements. My only question is how it works with a wysiwyg add-in like FCK Editor?

WYSIWYG Support

On April 6th, 2006 matt said:

Currently the module doesn't seem to integrate with rich-text editors like TinyMCE of FCKEditor. Adding support isn't too difficult, I did it with img_assist module so maybe the FlickrStickr crew can use that code as a starting point.

Videocast

On April 17th, 2006 Anonymous (not verified) said:

Great videos and integration with flickr.

How did you get the videos into Drupal?

Thanks,

Ed

thansk!

On April 28th, 2006 Anonymouse (not verified) said:

Thanks so much for that videocast tutorial... That is exactly what i've been searching for this whole time. Kudos++

Module broken

On May 29th, 2006 Gene (not verified) said:

I upgraded to 4.7.1 and flickrstickr no longer loads images. Any ideas? Thanks!

Update

On June 2nd, 2006 Gene (not verified) said:

I've updated to 4.7.2 and it still isn't working. Any insight as to what went wrong?

Thanks!

I was able to install this

On June 22nd, 2006 Fernando (not verified) said:

I was able to install this module in 4.7.2 and did not have any problems.

blow away

On August 17th, 2006 bertboerland (not verified) said:

reall really really great stuff!

new flickrstickr is ready!

On September 10th, 2006 Ian (not verified) said:

Greetings,

The new version of Flickrstickr is ready! Read about it then try it!.

Some improvements include -
- Click and drag into tinyMCE enabled textareas
- scroll through all your images in the dock, not just your 10 latest on a specific tag
- image selector is now floatable/dockable for getting to textareas off your visible screen
- integration with lightbox2 module
- storage of images as nodes and in the filesystem for local backup if flickr changes something

cheers,

Ian