Administrator Manual
Flickr

As explained in the “ Templates“, in “Intro” and “Welcome Portal” you can display images from Flickr. To do this you must create a Flickr App.

Creating an App

To create an application, you must go to https://www.flickr.com/services/developer, register an account if you do not have it already and follow these steps:

  • Click on the link “API” in the top left, below the main image;
  • Click on the link “Request an API key”;
  • Click on “Request an API key”;
  • Click on the “Request a key non-commercial” button;
  • In the next form that will appear on the screen, enter the name of the application, a description, and then enable the two checks and press on the button “Send”;
  • At this point, on the screen will appear the confirmation of the API with the display of “key and the” secret “. Save this two data and insert the key in the “Flickr API key” in “ System Settings” of HSNM;
  • Click “Upload” in the main menu at the top;
  • Click on the “Add” button;
  • Select the images to upload to Flickr and press “open”;
  • Click on the “load x photos” button in the top right;
  • Click on “upload” on the message appeared on the screen;
  • Select “create your first album” or “Add new album”;
  • Select again “create your first album” or “Add new album”;
  • In the text field at the top left, assign a name to the album;
  • Drag from the bottom to the middle of the page and drop the photos you have chosen;
  • Click on the “Save” button in the lower left-hand corner;
  • Press the Flickr logo in the upper left corner to return to the home page or enter www.flick.com;
  • Click “you” on the menu;
  • Click on “Album”;
  • Click on the name of the album you just created;
  • Copy the ID of the SET from the URL (It is given by the last numeric portion between the two bars “/”. If the displayed URL is for example https://www.flickr.com/photos/123747130@N07/sets/72157649404245043/, the ID will be 72157649404245043);
  • You have to enter this ID in the “Flickr photo set” in “ Templates” on the tab “Welcome Portal”.