Major Flickr Website Redesign

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  chrislawhon · Member · May 21, 2013 at 9:45 pm

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  Are you aware of problems with the Flickr website? It seems to have even caused the widget link in my blog to malfunction.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · May 21, 2013 at 9:47 pm

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  Are you referring to this blog? http://chrislawhon.wordpress.com/
  If not then please post the URL starting with http:// of the blog you are referring to.

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  chrislawhon · Member · May 21, 2013 at 9:51 pm

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  Yes the blog is http://chrislawhon.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · May 21, 2013 at 9:53 pm

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  Okay I wondered about that as I see the most recent post is dated January 5, 2011

  I tagged this thread for a Staff response, despite the fact that the issue appears to be on Flickr’s end of things. Please subscribe to it so you are notified when they respond.

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  natureintheburbs · Member · May 21, 2013 at 10:16 pm

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  I have the same problem at http://natureintheburbs.wordpress.com. Commenting so I can get the follow up posts.

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  timethief · Member · May 21, 2013 at 10:18 pm

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  Have you folks reported to Flickr support Staff that you have an issue as a result of their redesign? http://www.flickr.com/help/

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · May 21, 2013 at 10:29 pm

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  It looks like Flickr has 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.

  It is entirely possible that the new design may be rolling out gradually and that what I see under my Flickr photostream is not the same as what you see. What I can see for sure is that the structure of the RSS URL has indeed changed, so contacting Flickr may be the best course of action for you.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · May 22, 2013 at 6:58 am

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  Please disregard what I wrote above, as it looks like I haven’t quite received the entire new design on my Flickr account, so the instructions above are invalid.

  Instead, it’s a bit more complicated.

  For the Flickr RSS URL, cou can enter http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=MyID and replace the ‘MyID’ part with your Flickr ID. Please use http://idgettr.com/ to find your correct Flickr ID (which is different than your username).

  We have also updated the documentation at http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/flickr-widget/

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  chrislawhon · Member · May 22, 2013 at 2:37 pm

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  Thanks timethief. The lack of recent posts is due to the fact that for now it only functions as a gateway to my Flickr photos.
  Thanks macmanx. I will try the above steps to get the correct Flickr id.
  I think the Flickr staff is already getting an earful.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · May 22, 2013 at 4:51 pm

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  You’re welcome!

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  justjennifer · Member · May 22, 2013 at 7:03 pm

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  Interesting. I just got my feed link by going to my Photostream page and then clicking on the “Edit” link in the navbar. Opens the old photostream page and the RSS link is still at the bottom there, at least for now.

  The feed URL is a little longer, including &lang=en-us&format=rss_200 but still works in the WordPress.com Flickr widget.

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  natureintheburbs · Member · May 24, 2013 at 12:14 am

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  Thank you! Got the Flickr stream back.