How to Link Your Blog to a Flickr Account and Post Image Entries via Email
Link
your blog to your Flickr account!
The
purpose of this tutorial is to walk you through the steps involved in linking
your Penn State Weblog to a Flickr account in order to post entries through
email. This procedure is useful for anyone interested in posting images and
entries directly from a mobile phone or any device that can access an email
account. Linking the two accounts should take only a few minutes and should not
jeopardize your blog in any way.
Materials
and Time
In order to successfully
complete this process, you will need:
- A
computer with internet access
- A Yahoo
and Flickr account
- A
separate email address
- A Penn
State blog ID
- 5-10
minutes of free time
Video Tutorial
You will find a video
walkthrough and step-by-step instructions to complete this task below.
Instructions
1. Go to http://blogs.psu.edu
2. Log into your Penn State Blog Dashboard.
3. Click your username in the top right
corner of the page.
4. Find the "Web Services
Password" box under "Preferences".
5. Click "Reveal" on the right side of this text box to view your password.
Note: A window
should pop up with your Web Services password--you will need this password
later.
6. Go to http://www.flickr.com/
7. Log into your Flickr Account.
8. Click the arrow beside the
"You" tab at the top of the page.
9. Select "Your Account" from the drop down menu.
10. Click the "Extending Flickr" tab.
11. Click the "Configure your
Flickr-to-blog Settings" link in the "Your blogs" section.
12. On the following page, click "Set
Up Your Blog."
13. Select "Movable Type" from the drop down menu and click "Next."
14. Enter the URL,
https://blogs.psu.edu/mt4/mt.cgi, in the "MT cgi-bin" box.
15. Enter your Penn State Blog account,
and the Web Services password in the appropriate text boxes.
Note: The
password that needs to be entered is not the one necessary to log into your
dashboard, but the Web Services Password revealed in step 5.
16. Select the blog you wish to link
the Flickr account to from the drop down menu and click "Next."
17. Confirm the information on the next
page, and then click "All done."
18. Click the "You" tab at the top of
the page and select "Your Account" to return to your Account information page.
19. Select the "Email" tab next to "Extending Flickr."
20. Click "Create an upload-to-blog email address."
21. Select the blog you would like to
post to from the drop down menu.
22. Select an image size and select
"Yes Please." to post the body of your email as the entry text.
Note: If you
do not want the body of your emails to accompany your images in your blog
entries, you may select "No thanks."
23. Click Save.
Congratulations! You have successfully linked your Flickr Account to your Penn State Weblog! You can now post images to your blog by sending an email to the designated Flickr-to-blog email address. This address can be found under the email tab.
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The instruction set worked. The screen shots were helpful. My only suggestion is to break up the instructions into subheadings (like "Linking Your Blog" and "Obtaining the Email Address").