Attention Flickr Image Posting Issues

[Hamish Gill]

We are having a few issues today with Flickr

If you get a message like this

Access to the webpage was denied
You are not authorized to access the webpage at http://www.realphotographersforum.co...ostthread&f=73. You may need to sign in.
HTTP Error 403 (Forbidden): The server refused to fulfill the request.

It is due to some sort of issue with the bb code supplied by flickr

We are yet to find a solution

if anyone finds one please let us know

 

[Darren Turner]

I dont use BB code..........!!

I do the following

Select picture on Flickr
Click it
Mouse turns to magnifying glass
Click picture again,
Background now turns dark.
Click view all sizes top right
Choose relevant size you wish to upload to a forum or similar

Right click image and click copy url

then paste that code into the forum once you have clicked image above the txt box

I have always done it this way

works well

Daz

 

[Hamish Gill]

... that might well be the solution then!

That's a great photo!
Did I miss the thread where you originally posted it?

 

[Darren Turner]

Possibly

http://www.realphotographersforum.com/landscape-architecture/5462-helvetia-ship-wreck.html

Daz

 

[Rob MacKillop]

The problem disappeared when I uploaded single photos to multiple posts.the problem seems to have been when I tried six or so photos in one post. However, I have done this before, without a problem.

 

[Kev Pugh]

Just posted with no probs.......

 

[Allan Batchelor]

I use same method as Daz

 

[alfie Wright]

Anyone else still having trouble uploading images from Flickr?

I can't get it to work using Darrens rather long winded method either!

 

[Dave Moss]

Are the photo's in question public or private on Flickr I wonder that the trouble is with I did read last week that there was going to be some filter put in where those pictures which are private will not be linked to other websites!

 

[alfie Wright]

The photo's are public.

Just as a test I tried to post a couple of photo's on a different forum & they posted fine using the BB code. So I suspect the problem may be some setting here at RPF & not with Flickr.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I'm still having problems posting multiple images. Single images are not a problem. Weird.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I'll have to investigate further ...
We are due a software upgrade so I might just do that today

 

[Rob MacKillop]

So, can we expect some down time for the site?

 

[Hamish Gill]

If I do it ... Yes, but it won't just go to an error screen there will be a notice saying its being done
I've got a lot on today already, but it does seem this might be a worth while thing to do in the background

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Darren's method:





Fingers crossed...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Hmm...I chose large sizes, but only got teeny ones.

I also tried the old BB method, but that didn't work at all.

I followed Darren's Method as outlined above. Clicked on the image icon, and inserted the url in the window that popped up. And that was that. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Hamish Gill]

you need to untick the box that says "reference image locally"

 

[Darren Turner]

yup untick "reference image locally" as Hamish mentioned

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Like this?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yabadabadoo!

The BB way was easier when it worked. It still works for single images, so I don't know why all of a sudden it doesn't work for multiple images...

Anyway, we have another method which works fine