Correct the directions for placing a FLICKR widget in the side bar please?

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  mcaennyl · Member · Jun 4, 2013 at 2:58 am

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  Widget problem, long oustanding; still no solution on the database of FAQs etc.
  Re FLICKR Widget.
  Your instructions are faulty. They currently read …
  “* Your RSS feed can be found on your photostream on Flickr (not a photo, album, tag, or any other page).
  Scroll down to the bottom of the page until you see the RSS icon or the Latest link. Right click on either and copy the URL. Paste into the box above.”

  Well, back at FLICKR there is NO RSS icon nor LATEST link.

  I can share my photos to my wordpress site, but only as a blog post of all photo thumbnails in one post. That is Not what I want.
  I want to feature three photographs in the right side panel of my page, as it used to.

  Please may your tech-heads examine Flickr and amend directions – preferably without us having to write coding to get back what the widget used to supply (up to about four to three weeks ago?)
  Thank you

  Lynne McAnulty-Street ( wwwmcaennyl.com)

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  amightywp · Member · Jun 4, 2013 at 6:52 pm

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  Hi there,

  You are right, a few weeks ago Flickr changed the structure of their RSS feeds a bit. The widget still works, but your Flickr RSS URL may need to be changed.

  Your RSS URL can be found on your photostream on Flickr (not a photo, album, tag, or any other page). Scroll down to the bottom of the page until you see the RSS icon and “Subscribe to [name]’s photostream.” Right click on either and copy the URL and paste that into the widget’s Flickr RSS URL box.

  This change on Flickr’s end has the potential to break everything that uses a Flickr RSS feed, so if you as a customer could let Flickr know, we’d (and everyone else who relies on Flickr RSS feeds) would really appreciate it.

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  mcaennyl · Member · Jun 11, 2013 at 10:58 am

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  You tell us to …
  ” Scroll down to the bottom of the page until you see the RSS icon and “Subscribe to [name]’s photostream.” Right click on either and copy the URL and paste that into the widget’s Flickr RSS URL box. “

  That’s a poor help, as THRE IS NO RSS ICON nor SUBSCRIBE… at the bottom of the Photostream page.

  Why do you persist in telling us to do what is not possible?

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Jun 11, 2013 at 2:08 pm

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  Hi there! @amightywp is out today, so I’ll be assisting you in his place.

  These changes over at Flickr have certainly been a challenge! I did a little research and found an official statement from their support staff on how to find your photostream’s RSS feed URL:

  To locate your RSS feed:
  Click You | Photostream.
  Select Edit.
  Scroll to the bottom of the page.
  Select Latest to the right of the RSS icon.

  Then you can copy the URL from the page that shows up when you click “Latest” – it will look like a bunch of code since it’s an RSS XML file. Paste that URL into the widget and you should be all set!

  Let me know if you’re still having trouble and I’ll be happy to help.